On 4 September, the inaugural meeting of the education component of the Swedish-Ukrainian Polaris Programme “Supporting Multilevel Governance in Ukraine” took place, officially launching cooperation with the second wave of partner hromadas.
Twelve new hromadas from ten oblasts of Ukraine joined the education component:
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Kryvyi Rih urban hromada (Dnipropetrovsk oblast),
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Kolomyia urban hromada (Ivano-Frankivsk oblast),
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Drohobych urban hromada (Lviv oblast),
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Rava-Ruska urban hromada (Lviv oblast),
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Novoorzhytska rural hromada (Poltava oblast),
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Sarny urban hromada (Rivne oblast),
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Hoshcha rural hromada (Rivne oblast),
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Shpola urban hromada (Cherkasy oblast),
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Khotyn urban hromada (Chernivtsi oblast),
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Berezhany urban hromada (Ternopil oblast),
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Valky urban hromada (Kharkiv oblast),
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Teofipol rural hromada (Khmelnytskyi oblast).
At present, the Programme supports 22 hromadas within the local-level education component. Its goal is to strengthen the capacity of hromadas in implementing education reforms, support teachers and administrators in building a modern school network, and create opportunities for improving student achievement and ensuring sustainable community development.
Oleh Fasolya, Team Lead of the “Education at Local and Regional Levels” area of the Polaris Programme, emphasised:
“Ahead of us lies a challenging, yet exciting and much-needed task. The mission of the education cluster is not only to search for management solutions but also to create an environment that enables every child to realise their potential. We want to help hromadas build an education policy that ensures accessibility, quality, and equity for all students.”
Participants discussed priority areas of cooperation, the format of upcoming trainings and consultations, and the first steps in developing local education development strategies.
