On 25–26 June, Gdańsk hosted the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 – the leading international conference dedicated to Ukraine’s recovery. The event brought together more than 7,000 participants, including delegations from over 40 governments, international organisations, financial institutions, business, and civil society. During the conference, more than 200 international agreements and contracts aimed to support Ukraine’s recovery were concluded. The delegation from Switzer

We are grateful to every single person who voted for our initiative! ‘For us, this award is, above all, recognition of the work done by the large team of DECIDE Project in partnership with the team of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, our mentors and coordination groups in the regions, communities, schools and businesses, and everyone who believed that careers guidance should become an integral part of the education system. Today, we can see that careers guida

On 18–19 June, Lviv hosted Ukraine’s largest educational festival “Teachers of the Future”. The event brought together over 2,500 educators and speakers from different countries, with more than 200 events centred on the main theme: “The Art of Shaping the Future”. The Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project joined the festival as a partner and shared its achievements in the development of specialised senior secondary schools and the career guidance system for children and adolescents.

On 18–19 June, Lviv hosted a two-day training seminar-workshop for heads of education authorities and their deputies from 63 communities in Lviv region. The professional development programme was approved by the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service and is worth 2 ECTS credits (60 hours). The training lasted from 11 until 27 May in a remote format, while on 18–19 June, an in-person workshop was held in Lviv. The event became a platform to discuss the key directions for

‘I’ve changed my mind, I’m not going to study here!’ – these words, spoken hysterically, were what Nataliia Kohuch, Director of the Ivano-Frankivsk Centre for Vocational and Technical Education No. 1, heard from a prospective student right in the hall of the educational institution a few years ago. The girl had been looking at beautiful photos of modern workshops on social media, but the first thing she saw in person was an old, shabby hall. This story was a defining moment f

On 17 June, Lviv hosted a workshop “Reform of specialised senior secondary education: Opportunities and challenges for the community”, which became the final event in a series of specialised advanced training programmes for community leaders, their deputies, and heads of education departments. The professional development programme was approved by the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service and is worth 0.6 ECTS credits (19 hours). Keynote speakers at the event included:

Career guidance from vocational schools used to look like this: a team of recruiters would come to the school, hand out leaflets and calendars – which the schoolchildren would throw away within a few minutes – and talk about the benefits of free education. These days, Brovary Vocational College has replaced such activities with welding simulators, virtual truck driving experiences, and a real modular house where students can see how the electricity, water, and heating systems

Practical solutions for forming a network of academic lyceums and implementing the reform of specialised senior secondary education were addressed by the participants of the strategic hackathon “Network Map: Transformation of Senior Secondary Education”, which was held on 12 June in Hatnenska community in Kyiv region, hosted by the Hatne Lyceum. The event brought together over 80 community leaders, their deputies, and heads of community education departments. The event was or

Until recently, the building was a typical Soviet-era canteen, with worn-out windows, damaged walls, and the atmosphere of a bygone era. Today, however, students who come here from secondary schools across the city and surrounding villages are stunned by what they see, describing it as a “spaceship”. Higher Vocational College No. 7 in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, opened a modern DECIDE career guidance hub. This article is of how the college’s team, together with its partner

Career guidance, reconstruction, and modern vocational education are not merely isolated areas, but form a single strategy for human capital development. In order to learn about the results of educational initiatives supported by Switzerland, a delegation comprising Félix Baumann, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation to Ukraine; Ilona Postemska, Senior National Programme Officer at the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation to Ukraine; Valentyna