# Partners

**Source**: https://www.ugent.be/eureastplatform/en/partners
**Parent**: https://www.ugent.be/eureastplatform/en/funding/overzicht.htm

## Partners in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Ghent University has bilateral agreements with higher education institutions from Eastern Europe and Eurasia:

- **Armenia\**[Yerevan State University](https://www.ysu.am/en) (Faculty of Sciences)
- **Georgia**\
  [Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University](https://www.tsu.ge/en) (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science)
- **Kazakhstan\**[L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University](https://enu.kz/en/) (Faculty of Sciences)\
  [M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University](https://auezov.edu.kz/eng) (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering)\
  [Suleyman Demirel University](https://sdu.edu.kz/) (Faculty of Sciences)
- **Kyrgyz Republic\**[Ala-Too International University](https://alatoo.edu.kg/en/) (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences)
- **Ukraine\**[National University of Kyiv-Mohyla University](https://www.ukma.edu.ua/eng/) (Faculty of Law and Criminology)**\**[Odessa National Polytechnic University](https://op.edu.ua/en) (Faculty of Sciences)\
  [Ukrainian Catholic University](https://ucu.edu.ua/en/) (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy)

## Local partners

The local, external partners are:

- [Ostend Science Park](http://www.greenbridge.be)
- [VOKA Oost-Vlaanderen](http://www.voka.be/oost-vlaanderen)
- [North Sea Port](https://www.northseaport.com/en)
- [Port of Oostende](http://www.portofoostende.be)
- [Province of East-Flanders](http://www.oost-vlaanderen.be)
- [City of Ghent](http://stad.gent)
- [Flandres Investment and Trade (FIT)](https://welcome.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/en)

## International partners

The Eureast Platform is not only developing ties with local partners and partners in the focus regions, we also seek cooperation with institutions within Europe and the US which have a strong focus on Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

We have active ties with [IRES Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies](http://www.ires.uu.se/) at Uppsala University, the [University of Kent](https://www.kent.ac.uk), [CEURUS Centre for EU-Russia Studies](http://ceurus.ut.ee) at Tartu University.