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Science for Peace – Equal Education to Everyone!
NGO Open Policy Foundаtion (OPF)
Established in 2008
Mission: to promote the traditional European values and the values of sustainable development, to expand an access to quality education for children and youth, to develop a scientific and an innovative potential of Ukraine.
Target Audiences:
1. Children (especially from Donbas and Crimea)
2. Families3. Students (including
from displaced universities)
4. Young scientists5. Local communities 6. Media
Projects: Informational campaign
and video-lessons for school-students from Donbas and Crimea
«Hot-line» for students from Donbas and Crimea
The Civic Platform to reform the science in Ukraine
Internаtionаl Green School Children's Media Studio
“Ptahy” Family ethno-fest «How to
draw a bird…»
Partners: UNICEF; Ministry of Science and
Education; Ministry of Informational Policy; Ministry of temporarily occupied
territories and IDPs Ukraine; Ministry of Social Policy; Ministry of Ecology and Natural
Resources; Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC); Ukrainian Independent
Information Agency (UNIAN); PedPresa; Ukrainian Center for Educational
Quality Assessment (UCEQA); Displaced universities.
The territories controlled by the Ukrainian authority/boundary line
in Donetsk region 556 secondary schools were functioning (149 thousands children) during the 2015-2016 academic year;
18 schools and 19 preschool educational institutions have been fully destroyed on the Eastern Ukraine during the 2016-2017 academic year;
24 preschool educational institutions continue to work in Luhansk region on the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authority (16,837 children);
there are 3094 children’IDPs in secondary schools in Luhansk region;
the number of pupils and students from IDPs families in preschools, secondary schools and vocational and technical education institutions is 11,611 people.
SituationMilitary Conflict in Eastern Ukraine,
Annexation of the Crimea
The temporarily occupied territories From the temporarily occupied territories 614 children obtained state certificates of the externat studies, 306 children obtained state diplomas in 2015-16 academic year
Information provided byDepartment of Education of Luhansk and Donetsk regions
Donbas-Crimea OPF Programme: 2014-2017Projects:
Support the pupils of 9th and 11th grades from the ATO area and Crimea : educational and social support (Parliament Committee, MES, UNICEF, MSP, 2014-2015)
Camps “International Green School” for IDPs (by supported diaspora of Canadian and USA, 2014-2017)
Creating an International Platform for Expanding Access to Quality Education for Citizens Affected by the Conflict (by supported French Embassy and MES, 2016-2017)
Informing the graduates from the ATO area and Crimea on the possibilities to get Ukrainian education and obtain a Ukrainian school certificates (with MES, MIP, Ministry of temporarily occupied territories and IDPs Ukraine by supported UNICEF, 2016)
OPF: Successful Advocacy Campaign 2015
simplified procedure for crossing the contact line for graduates from uncontrolled territories of Donbas and Crimea to passing IEE
extending of the registration dates for an external testing IEE (Independent External Evaluation) until the 20 April and additional sessions on 9 June-9 July on 2015
the step-by-step instruction for children Donbas, Crimea about getting the Ukrainian school certificate (by OPF, UNICEF, MES)
OPF: Successful Advocacy Campaign 2016
distance learning and information company included on Resolution of Government aimed at implementing some principles of internal policy on Donetsk and Lugansk areas where public authorities temporarily exercise their powers. (№8-p of 11 January 2017)
The Order of the Ministry of Science and Education № 537, № 560, № 697 (about the work of Educational Centers «Donbas-Ukraine» and «Crimea-Ukraine» and regulation on externat education in secondary schools)
The State target program of recovery and peace building in Eastern Ukraine
In the Ministry of Education and Science the „hot line“ for children from Donbas and Crimea was started on July 2016
OPF: Informing the graduates from the area ATO and Crimea, results of 2016
• Video Lessons > 20 000 views on YouTube
• 3 audio clips > 3 000 ethers
• 1 video and 4 animated video > 18 000 views on YouTube > 1 500 ethers on TV
• 10 radio channels, 12 TV channels including broadcasters in the temporarily occupied territories
• Hot Line > 5 000 calls > 1 000 calls from Donbas and Crimea
• 5 step by step instructions have been developed with MES;
• participation in the 9 working groups on the normative and legal documents;
• internet platform dostupnaosvita.com.ua have been created;
• preparation of proposals for improving policies, legislation on Education and Science;
• Including the proposals in: 3 laws 1 draft law 1 State target program 4 resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers
OPF: Informing the graduates from the area ATO and Crimea, results of 2016
• 1 008 students from the temporarily occupied territories entered into the university due to Educational Centers “Donbas-Ukraine” and “Crimea-Ukraine”
• 3 000 peoples addressed to the educational centers “Donbas-Ukraine” and “Crimea-Ukraine”. 4 000 pupils were interested in the possibility of obtaining state standard educational documents
• > 60 000 of the population of Ukraine, including > 6 000 peoples from the temporarily occupied areas of Crimea and Donbas learned about the mechanism of obtaining state standard educational documents
OPF: 7 Proposals for UNICEF Ukraine Country Programme Cycle 2018-2022
Extension 1) the age limit of the target audience of the educational program to 3-18 years (especially from Donbas and Crimea, because in 15-18 years older pupils receive state educational documents);2) target audience are the children not only from Donbas, but also from CrimeaInclusion the points about:3) the distance education for pupils;4) the launch and popularization of an information campaign for children of Donbas and Crimea5) prioritization STREAM-education as standard of quality education in Ukraine6) the indicator of equal access to quality education for children from rural areas7) implementation of the pilot project concerning an effective formula for calculating financial resources for the proper functioning of the educational sphere
OPF: The initiatives of 2017-2022
1. Creation an Open Distance Educational Center (e-school) GREEN STREAM E-Education Center
2. Trainings of distance learning for teachers
3. Information and advocacy campaign
4. The launching the “Hot line” network in the Educational Centers “Donbas-Ukraine” and “Crimea-Ukraine”
Open Distance Educational Center (e-school)GREEN STREAM E-Education Center
AIM: increase the access to quality education and possibilities to obtain a Ukrainian school state certificates for 3000 children and youth from the zone of conflict on Eastern Ukraine and in Crimea in 2017-2020 by creating e-school GREEN STREAM E-Education Center
Recording full video course of STREAM e-lessons in all subjects of the school state curriculum for 1-11 grades/ Posting of video lessons and accompanying teaching materials, tests on the websites dostupnaosvita.com.ua (OPF with UNICEF) and pedpresa.ua (MES). Important! without registration!
Recording and spreading video lessons on flash cards and spreading among schoolchildren from the territories uncovered with 3G Internet
STREAM:
Report to the European Commission of the expert group on science education, 2015http://ec.europa.eu/research/swafs/pdf/pub_science_education/KI-NA-26-893-EN-N.pdf
What will be the Standard of quality education in Ukraine 2022? Reading and writing? No
GREEN STREAM? YES
FOR EVERY CHILD!
NGO «OPEN POLICY FOUNDАTION»
01034, Kyiv, Prorizna str. 23 B
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Skype: Open Policy Foundation
openpolicy.org.ua
Iryna Zhdanova, PhD
Executive Director