As part of the second International Forum on Eastern Ukraine «Re-integration in Donbas – improvement of the humanitarian situation and enhancement of people to people contacts in the conflict region» was a panel discussion “Growing up in the conflict region: how can civil society contribute to improvement of the quality of the informal and formal education in the East? “.
The discussion was moderated by Andrey Kolobov, member of the NYCU Board of Trustees
During the panel discussion, the issues of conflict resolution in the Donbass and social reintegration in the context of the ongoing armed conflicts were raised, as well as the problems and tasks of representatives of the active community and society in general.
Julian Kritsak, Chairperson of the National Youth Council of Ukraine presented the NYCU policy paper ” Youth, Peace and Security”
Also, the panel discussion was attended by representatives of the NYCU member organizations in the Donetsk Region (Donetsk Youth Council) and active contributors of Donbas:
– Anna Avdiyants, Initiatives Platform “Teplitsia”
– Oksana Stupak, NGO “Youth of the East of Ukraine”
– Mykola Dorokhov, FREE HOME
– Uliana Yehorova, trainer, facilitator of the NGO “Light”, manager of the educational project “From country to Ukraine”, member of the OSCE Expert Group on “20-30 Perspective”