• Project management, coordination and communication – general management of project activities. The evaluation criterion is the establishment of the Coordinating Council, committees and working groups, the Advisory Committee of Employers; holding meetings and appointments according to plan; conclusion of partnership agreements, development of the Management Roadmap and communication plan, interim and final reports.
  • Research on the prerequisites for the distance learning system development. Clarification of the development trends – conducting preliminary research and collecting initial data (research results and successful practical cases) for further development of the distance education system. The evaluation criteria are a scientific-practical conference, a forum of freelancers and employers, a sociological survey of project stakeholders (students and applicants, employers, teaching and management staff), study visits to EU universities to study and adapt the experience).
  • Development of a methodology for the implementation of distance education – substantiation of methods, approaches, tools and means of pedagogy and didactics that are most acceptable for the formation of promising competencies in distance education; development of a set of proposals for its improvement.
  • Development of institutional and organizational support of the distance education system. The indicator of implementation is the development of a standard model of the organizational structure of distance education and internal regulatory and legal support for its implementation.
  • Improvement of the methodological, staffing and logistical support of the distance education system. Provides as a result the development of guides and instructions for all involved participants in the educational process; conducting training and facilitation sessions for academic and administrative staff of the Free Economic Zone; equipping experimental training laboratories; formation and filling of the electronic platform of distance education.
  • Testing the distance education system (experiment) is carried out in partner universities, where special structural subdivisions with relevant current regulations should be created; as well as recruitment and distance learning of applicants for at least one educational program of master’s level.
  • Monitoring and quality assurance of the distance learning – development of distance education system management strategy; roadmap for quality assurance and integrity; quality management control plan; evaluation criteria, means of diagnosis and measurement of results; conducting periodic stakeholder surveys.
  • Project sustainability and scaling in Ukraine and Moldova. The criteria of which are the expansion of distance education, the establishment of the Association of distance learning institutions, development of proposals for higher education standards, strategies and policies in the field of higher education management.