Oleksandr Chaikin from International Cooperation Department, Zhytomyr National Agroecological University in Ukraine, has been granted a scholarship, ES-01-A for an exchange visit in the framework of Sandal Institute Exchange (SIE) to Fil. Dr. Jan-U. Sandal Institute, Norway. The exchange visit takes place at the Institute's venue from Friday, June 21, 2019 to Sunday, June 30, 2019.

The exchange is organized according to Article 1 in Cooperation Agreement between Zhytomyr National Agroecological University, Ukraine and Fil. Dr. Jan-U. Sandal Institute. 

Oleksandr Chaikin is PhD in Economic Sciences, International Cooperation Department leading specialist, senior lecturer at Ecological Safety and Environmental Economics Department of Zhytomyr National Agroecological University, Ukraine.
Oleksandr took part in Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State (USA). The winner of the scholarship of Faculty Exchange Program (FEP) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Colorado State University (USA). He took part in Professional Experience Exchange of “German-Ukrainian cooperation in the field of organic farming” project, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany (Germany).
He has been awarded the Diploma of Social Entrepreneur School IBS in May 2019 and was a Keynote speaker at the 64th Summit Conversations on Emergent Issues in Social Entrepreneurship. He is the author of more than more than 50 scientific works, including 1 foreign collective monograph, 10 articles in foreign scientific periodicals and Ukraine scientific specialized periodicals that belong to the international scientometric databases, 7 in Ukraine scientific specialized professional periodicals, 35 scientific publications that testify research results approbation.