For the third year in a row, we have been turning an ordinary day into a real movie festival starring children! The red carpet, camera flashes, statuettes, gratitude and gifts — everything is just like at a real film festival. This event is not just about celebration; it’s a chance to showcase the creativity, patriotism, and team spirit of our communities. The DECIDE Film Festival is a competition for children’s videos that highlight the organization and activities of summer

11 buses from Switzerland will soon be serving the streets of Chernihiv! Thanks to the collaboration between the municipalities of St. Gallen and Chernihiv, the city has received public transport that will significantly ease travel for residents. This is especially important for people with disabilities, pensioners, and schoolchildren, who will be able to use the buses for free. This project is an example of solidarity and inter municipal cooperation in recovery of Ukraine. C

By 2027, high schools in Ukraine are set to adopt a «profession-oriented» approach. 85% of high school students support the high school reform as evidenced by the all-Ukrainian sociological survey conducted by KIIS. During the «Profession-oriented: What will be the reform of high school» event and the presentation of the all-Ukrainian sociological survey, a public discussion took place featuring the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Oksen Lisovyi, along with high s

What approaches to forming state regional policy in Ukraine will make it possible to attract investments for recovery and development? This topic was discussed during the «State Regional Policy in Ukraine: Implementation Tools» event organized by the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine with the support of U-LEAD with Europe Program. For over a year, the DECIDE project has been providing methodological and expert support to the development of the Od

Thanks to the DECIDE Swiss-Ukrainian project, Chernihiv Lyceum № 22 now has a safe shelter and a modern educational hub. More than UAH 4 million was invested in the renovation of the shelter, with UAH 3 million designated for the reconstruction of the premises and about UAH 734 thousand allocated for establishing an educational hub. This included the purchase of technology, furniture and other equipment. More than 370 m² of space was repaired in the shelter of Chernihiv Lyceu

Through the support of the DECIDE project, the basement has been transformed into a shelter and a modern educational hub! Thanks to investments of UAH 4.4 million, more than 900 m² of space has been restored, including new bathrooms and a lift for people with limited mobility. The Swiss-Ukrainian project «DECIDE» covered half of the costs, while the Nosivka territorial community from the Chernihiv Region funded the other half. The shelter is equipped with modern equipment to

More than 50 vocational school teachers completed practical training as part of initiative «Culinary Hubs. Training of Master Trainers», which is implemented with the support of the Swiss-Ukrainian Project DECIDE. Practical training is the final stage of the course for vocational school masters who train school chefs. Earlier, team of the Initiative conducted online training courses for 286 vocational school masters. The best 52 were selected from among them and trained to de

On August 26, Kyiv hosted one of the most important events for Ukrainian educators – Serpneva Conference, which was attended by over 300 participants and thousands of online viewers. The event brought together educational experts, teachers, representatives of public authorities and local self-governments, international partners, and others. The discussions and debates of the speakers at Conference focused on important issues related to technological innovations in education,

On August 13, 2024, Lviv hosted a large-scale forum «Partnership of Education, Business and Government for the Recovery and Development of Ukraine: Mission (im)possible?». The forum was organized by the Swiss-Ukrainian Project DECIDE with the support and in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The event was attended by over 300 participants, including representatives of the Government of Ukraine, Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine, people's deputi

From May 1 to June 7, 2024, DECIDE project together with the All-Ukrainian Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities conducted surveys in 250 territorial communities. More than 41600 participants took part, including 250 heads of community departments and administrations for education, 579 heads of extracurricular educational institutions, 1453 teachers, 25356 parents, and 14020 students. The purpose of the survey was to comprehensively assess the state and needs of