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UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS’ SELF-GOVERNMENT
Independent national union of students of Ukraine
Member of the European Students’ Union
What is UASS?
UASS is an independent and democratic national union of students.
On the voluntary basis UASS unites local students’ unions, students
NGOs, and other students organizations, which work in the higher
educational institutions, and other active students in order to protect
their rights and represent Ukrainian students on the national and
international level.
UASS is a heritor of the Ukrainian Association for the Development
of the Students’ Self-government, which was established in 1999.
STRUCTURE OF ASSOCIATION
• Legislation development;
• Social protection of students;
• Improvement of quality of education;
• Students movement development;
• International cooperation.
Work spheres
• Development of students opinions and policies
regarding local, regional and national legislation;
• Monitoring of the legislation initiatives and giving
students opinions on them;
• Development of the legislation proposals regarding
working areas of UASS;
Legislation development:
• Managing projects and campaigns for students rights;
• Provision of consultancy to students and students
unions on students rights and ways for their
protection;
• Monitoring of the state of students scholarships,
documents, and other rights fulfillment;
Social protection of students:
• Supporting implementation of Bologna process action
line in Ukraine;
• Lobbying for students participation in decision
making in higher education management and quality
assurance;
• Consulting students and students organizations on
mobility possibilities.
Improvement of quality of higher education:
• Monitoring and consultancy on the implementation of
the changes to the Law of Ukraine “On Higher
Education” regarding students unions;
• Educating students representatives through holding
educational events;
• Experts and trainers support of local students union
through the respectful pool.
Students’ unions development
• Management of the joint projects with the National
Unions of Students in Europe;
• Support of the development of the students movement
in Belarus through the work in the Belarus working
group of the European Students Union;
• Participation in the formation of the European students
policies through the European Students Union.
International cooperation
• UASS is a member of the European Students Union since
2007;
• In 2010-2012 UASS participated in the civil campaign "Youth
guard: youth is watching you!";
• In 2010-2014 UASS was the member of the national civic
coalition “Against Degradation of Education!”;
• UASS is a member of the National Youth Council of Ukraine.
Membership of UASS in umbrella organizations:
MEMBERS OF UASS
Representing 1,6 million of students
UASS member unions are students unions, their
associations, and other students organizations that on the
democratic basis represent interests of students and are
controlled by students only . Who work in the name of
the students’ rights protection and development of the
students-centered higher education system in Ukraine.
UASS has 39 local city branches that coordinate work of
UASS member unions on the local level.
Who are the members of UASS?
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
Students representatives in the scholarship committees
Lobby campaign of UASS in
2004, which resulted in the act of
the Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine which included students
unions to the higher educational
intuitions scholarship committees.
Students discounts for the railway transport use
In 2005 UASS had a successful
campaign and students from private
HEI have received the same
discounts as students of the state
HEI. Later on in 2007 UASS held a
campaign against the distraction of
the discounts for the summer time,
which has reached its goal.
Stop the "enslavement" of students
In 2005 Ukrainian Parliament has made a decision that
students who receive state scholarships should work for
three years after their graduation at the place decided
by government. UASS held a campaign which made
president to veto this decision.
Increase of students’ scholarships
In 2007 before the Parliament elections UASS demanded
from the political parties to clarify their position on
students issues. Only one party did it, and agreed to make
a reality proposed by UASS students priorities. It resulted
in the increasement of the students scholarships in 4 times.
Campaign against the acts of the Cabinet of Ministers
In 2009 and 2010 Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted
acts that were putting more financial pressure on students, such
as an act on the introduction of the extra administrative fees for
students, decrease of the state funding and etc. Campaign held
by UASS has resulted in the abolition of these acts.
Adoption of the “students” law
Since 2003 UASS has been working
on the changes to the Law “On
Higher Education” of Ukraine,
regarding students self-government
organizations. The changes text was
made by the students and other
NUSes. UASS was guiding this draft
through 7 years path. The changes
were adopted by the Ukrainian
Parliament, and signed by the
president on January, 19 2010.
Adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education”
On July 1, 2014 the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the new Law “On Higher Education”,
which was developed by the working group, chaired by Michael Zgurovsky, Rector of the
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Development and adoption of the law was advocated by the
national civic campaign “Against Degradation of Education!”, which was implemented
by the coalition of UASS, civic movement “Vidsich”, student labor union “Direct
Action”, and youth NGO “Foundation of Regional Initiatives”. Moreover, leaders of
UASS participated in the work of the group on the development of the text of the bill.
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