The formula ensures that each institution will receive core funding to guarantee stable operations. The remainder of the funding will depend on the performance of the vocational colleges. When allocating this portion of the funding, the following factors will be taken into account: the number of students; the demand for vocational qualifications in the region; compliance with the enrolment plan; employment of graduates; the implementation of short-term programmes; the institu

The dialogue platform was organised by the All-Ukrainian Association of Communities (VAG) in partnership with the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project. The discussion brought together the VAG leadership, representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, DECIDE Project, members of the VAG Board, as well as almost 200 member communities of the Association in an online format. Key speakers were: Andrii Butenko, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine; Valentyna

This summer, DECIDE ran a separate selection process to support initiatives for internally displaced children and Teenagers from Luhansk region, as the security situation has prevented their communities from organising summer clubs for them in the usual way. As previously reported, based on the results of the selection process, grant support was awarded to: NGO Prostir Foundation; Arms of Mercy Charitable Fund. They organised summer activities for children and teenagers from

DECIDE Summer Clubs «We are at home – in Ukraine» and their creative culmination: the DECIDE Film Festival 2026. This summer, the DECIDE Summer Clubs 2026 «We are at home – in Ukraine» ran in 23 communities across 8 regions of Ukraine. A total of 695 educators took part in the initiative, and the activities of the Summer Clubs reached more than 5,600 children, including 348 internally displaced children and 98 children with special educational needs. The main focus this summe

How do children and adolescents in Ukraine view their professional future, what influences their choices, and do they see opportunities for professional fulfilment in their community, region, and the country as a whole? To answer these questions, the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project, jointly with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), conducted a national survey on the educational and career expectations of children and teenagers as part of a national pilot proje

Representatives of the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine held a working meeting to discuss priorities for future cooperation and the next steps in implementing education reforms. Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Andrii Butenko, DECIDE Project Manager Valentyna Poltorak, and component coordinators Larysa Zhabenko and Yuliia Molchanova took part in the meeting. During the meeting, key areas for further cooperation we

The pilot project aims to create a comprehensive, sustainable, and accessible model for career guidance and support for students, implemented by the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, regional military administrations, local governments, educational institutions, and employers. During the first year of the pilot project at the community and regional levels: more than 61,000 students in Grades 8–9 took part in c

In September, the team of the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project visited the partner Hrebinkivska, Lokhvytska, Shcherbanivska, and Nekhvoroshchanska communities in Poltava region. Together with the community leaders, heads of education authorities, financial and humanitarian departments, and teaching staff of educational institutions, the experts discussed future plans for cooperation with DECIDE, as well as the current needs of the communities in terms of consultative and expert

This summer, DECIDE Summer Clubs 2026 «We are at home – in Ukraine» offered children more than just a chance to relax, make new friends, and spend time together. The main focus of the summer clubs was careers guidance – and discovering the world of professions was certainly not limited to simply hearing about what careers they might pursue in the future. But today, the focus is not on career guidance, but on active leisure activities at our clubs. The summer club programmes w

The community is located in an area of active hostilities; its residents have been fully evacuated and are now scattered across Ukraine and the world, whilst teaching continues remotely. It would seem that, in such conditions, the main task of education is simply to maintain the educational process in schools. However, Dobropilska community in Donetsk region proves that even during wartime and whilst evacuated, it is possible to successfully relaunch the career guidance syste