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On April 27 at 10:00 a.m., a press conference will be held at the National News Agency of Ukraine “Ukrinform” on the topic “OPEN CLASSROOM WINDOWS INTO THE FUTURE! Cooperation between Ukraine and Israel in science education, STrEAM-learning, and student engagement in creating startups”.

Organizers: NGO “Open Policy Foundation”, Network “Civil Platform for the Reform of the Scientific Sphere in Ukraine”, and NGO “Israeli Friends of Ukraine” with the assistance of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, the Embassy of Ukraine in the State of Israel, the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine, and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Speakers:
Iryna ZHDANOVA – Executive Director of the NGO “Open Policy Foundation”, Coordinator of the Network “Civil Platform for the Reform of the Scientific Sphere in Ukraine”, founder of the International Green School, MASHAV alumni, PhD.

A representative of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine.
Anna ZHAROVA – Co-founder and Head of NGO “Israeli Friends of Ukraine”, Israel (Skype). Valeria HOKHMAN – Chief Specialist of the Department of Secondary Education and Pre-school Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Olga LISCHYK – Deputy Chairman of the Luhansk Regional State Administration.
Lucy IKPESU – STEM Trainer of WAAW Foundation, Coordinator of the project “STEM for Girls”, MASHAV alumni, Nigeria (Skype).

During the press conference, the results of the first Israeli-Ukrainian Educational Forum 2018, which took place in Tel Aviv, and a roadmap for reforming the secondary education in Ukraine (specialized scientific boarding schools) will be presented.The speakers will talk about Ukraine-Israel cooperation in innovative educational technologies and the involvement of schoolchildren of specialized scientific institutions in the field of startups and entrepreneurship.

An important topic of the discussion will be the access to STrEAM education for children from remote areas and students affected by armed conflict. The organizers will present a new project Open GREEN STrEAM, developed for Luhanska and Ivano-Frankivska oblasts. This project will be implemented on the basis of the International Green School (Міжнародназеленашкола) in the highland region of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Also, the representatives of the NGO “Open Policy Foundation” will present a charitable project of the International Green School for children from the east of Ukraine and families of the ATO participants.

The partners of the first Israeli-Ukrainian Educational Forum were: NGO “Open Policy Foundation,” Ukraine; METC (Mashav Educational Training Center), Israel; Milhauz Institute of Identity Art and Education, Israel; The Field Center for Entrepreneurship at Ariel, Israel; Center for Innovative Education “Pro.Svіt”, Ukraine; EdCamp, Ukraine; STEM Coalition, Ukraine; Institute of Public Diplomacy, Ukraine; Global Ukraine; Ukrainian Global School.

More information about Open Policy Foundation:openpolicy.org.ua.

Video clip “Interesting science among the picturesque Carpathian Mountains - International Green School”

Live stream video of the press conference will be available at the link

Contacts:
01034, Kyiv, Prorizna Str. 23B
Tel./Fax: (044) 279 00 96
Mobile phone: (+38) 068 024 51 69
Skype: Open Policy Foundation
openpolicy.org.ua@gmail.com
Contact person: IrynaZahorodnia, Program Coordinator