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Fellows of Salzburg Global's Ukraine Civil Society Forum discussed the immediate needs and long term goals for Ukrainian education
On 4-8 June 2023, Fellows of Salzburg Global Seminar gathered in Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria, for a meeting of Salzburg Global’s Ukraine Civil Society Forum.
At the meeting, several working groups set out priorities for the country, including concrete recommendations for stakeholders to support the rights, return, and reintegration of displaced persons and refugees, addressing both immediate humanitarian needs and long-term perspectives including the ultimate physical reconstruction and social integration of liberated territories as part of a Ukraine-wide project of national identity.
The working group on education discussed the role of the national Ministry of Education and Science (MoES) of Ukraine and its role in attempting to continue to provide education to all. They also discussed the role of civil society organizations, which would ultimately be to support and monitor the MoES' efforts and to advocate for more transparency and more participation of all the stakeholders of education in shaping policy and in overcoming the current challenges faced by all the groups of learners and educators inside and outside the country to guarantee quality and inclusive education in the short and long terms.
The Ukraine Civil Society Forum provides vital connectivity for Ukrainian civil society leaders both inside and outside the country not only with each other but also with strategic actors and in the private sector, international donor, development, and political communities, and counterparts in other countries in the region. It enables continued prioritization, planning and collaboration among Ukrainian civil society leaders for both near term support during the ongoing war, as well as for future reconciliation, reconstruction, and rebuilding processes.
Read the working group’s recommendations here.
Read the Ukrainian version here.