The National Forum on Sustainability and Good Governance was held recently. During the Forum, an updated approach to strategic and spatial planning in Ukraine was presented, covering functional types of areas, macro-regions and NUTS-UA1 statistical regions. The presented achievements will serve as a basis for further development of state regional policy. Presented were: macro-regions of Ukraine: temporarily occupied areas, frontline areas, centre and west; a separate category

Last week, the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project team held two advisory meetings with heads of educational institutions and deputy school principals in Ivano-Frankivska community, which is the largest community in the region. Traditionally, the following topics were discussed: the reasons for implementing the reform and the tasks it addresses; the stages of reform implementation and the strategy for its implementation; the financing models. DECIDE experts informed participants o

On 13 November, a public discussion was held on the implementation of the high school reform for communities in Kherson region. The event was organised by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in cooperation with the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project and local governments. Kherson region was the final region in a series of events that covered 1,304 communities and more than 3,200 participants throughout Ukraine. Kherson region is preparing to implement high school ref

Communities are continuing to form a network to implement secondary education reform, and DECIDE Project experts are providing them with ongoing professional support. In October, Alla Bondar, Olena Hulenko and Yurii Orel, experts on local self-government from the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project, held a series of consultations with representatives of 11 communities in Chernihiv region. DECIDE experts visited Ivanivska, Kyinska, Mykhailo-Kotsiubynska, Novobilouska, Honcharivska

On 5–6 November, a two-day session entitled ‘Peculiarities of implementing the third stage of the NUS reform in Ukraine: community experience, regional particularities’ was held in Khmelnytskyi for DECIDE Project experts who have been working with communities in various regions of Ukraine since spring 2025. Over the course of ten months, DECIDE expert teams have provided consultations to representatives of more than 360 communities on the implementation of specialised seconda

This is the eighth of ten DECIDE hubs! The DECIDE career guidance hub is a modern educational space where pupils in grades 7–9 can explore various professions first-hand and make an informed decision about their future career.  The hub was created in partnership with the DECIDE project, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Poltava Regional State Administration and the Poltava Regional Council. Its opening is part of an initiative to pilot a new career guidanc

A modern career guidance hub has been opened at Vocational College No. 7 in Kremenchuk in Poltava region. The hub was created within the framework of the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Poltava Regional State Administration, and Vocational College No. 7 in Kremenchuk. DECIDE career guidance hub in Kremenchuk offers opportunities to students from the city and the region. Here, young people can find out ab

As part of the DECIDE: VIDBUDOVA initiative, the shelter at Chernihiv School No. 19 was renovated. It was this very shelter that saved the lives of more than 500 people during the shelling of the city in March 2022. Shelter area — 238 m². Budget — over UAH 4 million. These funds were used to renovate the shelter spaces, install two lifts for disabled people, and equip three large classrooms, a psychological relaxation room and inclusive changing rooms. They were also used to

Students in the Kulykivska community in the Chernihiv region are once again attending classes in person in safe and modern conditions. Through the DECIDE: VIDBUDOVA project, the community renovated a 300-square-metre school anti-radiation shelter, which can now be used by secondary school students. The project budget exceeded UAH 6 million. The funds were used to renovate the premises, including installing ventilation systems, accessible toilets, lighting, and comfortable lea

In September 2025, the DECIDE Project team of experts held 15 consultations in communities in the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions — those that face daily challenges, yet continue to work hard to ensure that education is maintained. During the public discussions, they explored options for restructuring the network of educational institutions and setting up academic lyceums. In particular: How to create a network of lyceums in conditions of a shortage of school students and teache

On 17 October, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in cooperation with the DECIDE Project and local authorities, held a public discussion on the reform of specialised high schools in Kharkiv. The Kharkiv region has become the 23rd region to host these meetings. To date, more than 1,260 communities from across Ukraine have participated in these discussions. The event in the Kharkiv region was attended by Nadiia Kuzmychova, Deputy Minister of Education and Science

In September 2025, our team of regional experts – Ihor Melnychuk, Petro Hotsaliuk, and Khrystyna Duda – held consultations in the Vyshniv, Liuboml, and Lukiv communities in the Volyn region. Together with community representatives, we discussed key issues of secondary education reform. Special attention was paid to the practical steps that communities can take right now. These include modelling a network of academic lyceums, preparing for the transformation of the school netw

Last week, public discussions were held with the participation of DECIDE project experts in the Karlivka, Lanna, and Martynivka communities. The discussions focused on the most pressing issues, namely how to establish an academic lyceum and make specialised education accessible to all school students. The central issue in the Karlivka community is establishing an academic lyceum, which is set to open on 1 September 2027. In the Lanna and Martynivka communities, the demographi

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Switzerland is investing CHF 18.5 million to continue supporting key reforms in Ukraine, specifically in education and decentralisation....

The DECIDE team spent two productive days at the Ukraine Recovery Conference held in Rome on 10–11 July 2025. The URC-2025 conference in...

A new career guidance hub has been launched at the Chernihiv Professional Lyceum of Railway Transport. Everything here is designed to...

What was the first month of summer like for the Zaporizhzhia community ? The two summer camp sessions were packed with fun activities...

As part of the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE project, partner communities successfully implemented projects focused on enhancing the safety of...

A two-day session entitled "Implementation of the Senior Specialised School Reform: Community Experience and Regional Characteristics"...