NGO Open Policy Foundation. Science for Peace - Equal Education to Everyone!

1. Science for Peace –
Equal Education to Everyone!

2. NGO Open Policy Foundаtion (OPF)
Established in 2008
Mission: to nurture 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.

3. Target Audiences:
1. Children (especially
from Donbas and
Crimea)
2. Families
3. Students (including
from displaced
universities)
4. Young scientists
5. Local communities
6. Media

4. 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.

5. 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.
Situation
Military 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 by
Department of Education of Luhansk and
Donetsk regions

6. Donbas-Crimea OPF Programme:
2014-2017
Projects:
 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)

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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
Crimea
Inclusion the points about:
3) the distance education for pupils;
4) the launch and popularization of an information campaign for
children of Donbas and Crimea
5) prioritization STREAM-education as standard of quality education in
Ukraine
6) the indicator of equal access to quality education for children from
rural areas
7) implementation of the pilot project concerning an effective formula
for calculating financial resources for the proper functioning of the
educational sphere

12. 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”

13. 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

14. 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:

15. Report to the European Commission of the expert group on science education, 2015
http://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!

16. NGO «OPEN POLICY FOUNDАTION»
01034, Kyiv, Prorizna str. 23 B
Tel./fax: (044) 279 00 96;
mob.: (+38) 068 024 51 69
Skype: Open Policy Foundation
openpolicy.org.ua@gmail.com
openpolicy.org.ua
Iryna Zhdanova, PhD
Executive Director