On the basis of results of TMF Project in Ukraine, that was finished in 2015 and got high opinions of international experts, Ukrainian project team along with National Mining University plans to fulfill the one-year project "Raising Knowledge among Students and Teachers on Tailings Safety and First Legislative Review in Ukraine" (hereinafter – Project) during 2016/2017 funded and coordinated by German Environment Agency. The project proposal was supported by Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The main project objectives are:

- raising the knowledge in the TMF safety among Ukrainian students in environmental and mining sciences and young university teachers dealing with education on environmental protection as an advanced European approach to improve safety of hazardous mining sites by modern education course;

- improving the TMF safety level by addressing this issue on the legislative level in terms of how Ukraine fulfils its obligations under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from the extractive industries.