The NGO Open Policy Foundation, established in 2008, aims to promote European values, ensure sustainable development, and expand access to quality education for children and youth in Ukraine, particularly in conflict-affected regions. They offer various initiatives, including educational support for pupils from Donbas and Crimea, international green school camps, and the creation of a distance learning platform. Their advocacy efforts have led to key policy changes to facilitate educational access for affected students from these areas.

1. Science for Peace –
Equal Education to Everyone!
Synergy – into action!

2. NGO Open Policy Foundation
Established in 2008
Mission:
 to promote traditional
European values
 to ensure the values of
sustainable development
 to expand access to
quality education for
children and youth
 to develop scientific and
innovative potential of
Ukraine

3. NGO Open Policy Foundation
 pupils (including from
Donbas and Crimea)
 Families conflict
affected
 students (including
from displaced
universities)
 young scientists
 local communities
 media
Target Audiences:

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)
The National news agency "Ukrinform"
PedPresa
Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality
Assessment (UCEQA)
NGO Open Policy Foundation

5. Situation on Eastern Ukraine: 2015-2017
The territories controlled by the Ukrainian authority/contact line
2015-2016:
• 556 secondary schools were functioning, 149 000 pupils studied in Donetsk region
• 765 pupils obtained state diplomas ( for 11 grade), 850 pupils – state certificates (for 9 grade ) by
external studies in Donetsk regions
• 247 (pupils from 11 grade), 240 (pupils from 9 grade) studied by externat in Lugansk region
2016-2017:
• 579 schools (among them 567 comprehensive schools with daily form of studies, 7 schools with evening-
classes, 5 private schools) where 151 500 pupils study in Donetsk region
• 299 secondary schools were functioning, 52 200 pupils studied in Lugansk region
•
• 20 educational institutions stopped the activities through combating operations and lack of pupillary
contingent
• on the contact line 41 schools are located, 7 851 pupils from IDPs families study there – 11 900
(preschools, secondary schools and vocational and technical educational institutions) in Donetsk region
• the number of children and pupils from IDPs families in preschools, secondary schools and vocational and
technical educational institutions is 11 611 people in Donetsk region, 3 185 – in Lugansk region
Information provided by
Department of Education of
Lugansk, Donetsk regions

6. NGO Open Policy Foundation
1. 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)
2. Camps “International Green School” for IDPs (supported by diasporas of Canadian
and USA, 2014-2017)
3. Creating an International Platform for Expanding Access to Quality Education for
Citizens Affected by the Conflict (by supported French Embassy and MES, 2016-
2017)
4. 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. NGO Open Policy Foundation
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 was appointed 2 additional
sessions
 the step-by-step instruction
for children Donbas, Crimea
about getting the Ukrainian school
certificate (by OPF, UNICEF, MES)

8. NGO Open Policy Foundation
Successful Advocacy Campaign 2016
 Distance learning and information compaign were included into
the 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

10. NGO Open Policy Foundation
We offer: 2017-2020
1. To create an International Platform for Expanding Access to Quality
Education for Citizens Affected by the Conflict (started to work on 2017 in
support of MES and French Embassy)
2. To conduct analytical research on identifying the needs of 2017-2020 and
to elaborate short-term strategic plan on expanding access to quality
education for children and youth affected by war
3. To create an Open Distance Educational Center (online school) “GREEN
STREAM” with a full course of the school curriculum (for 1-11 grades)
according to the state standards and new innovative content of STREAM
education with emphasis on forming responsible citizen
4. To transform already functioning website http://dostupnaosvita.com.ua/
(created with UNICEF support) into the open platform of distance learning
and providing a complex educational services to pupils and entrants from
Donbas and Crimea
5. To conduct comprehensive training for teachers with modern methods of
distance education, to launch the relevant courses in the pedagogical
universities
6. To expand information and advocacy campaigns
7. To create a network of counseling centers in the regions and at the
educational centers “Donbas-Ukraine”, “Crimea-Ukraine”

11. NGO Open Policy Foundation
What will be the Standard of
quality education in Ukraine 2022?
Reading and writing? No
GREEN STREAM? YES
FOR EVERY CHILD!
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

12. AIM:
to increase the access to quality
education and possibilities to
obtain Ukrainian school state
certificates for 3 000 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
NGO Open Policy Foundation
Open Distance Educational Center GREEN STREAM
Partners
Children's Engineering Academy
Regional Institutes of Postgraduate Education
Institute of modernization of educational content
scientific lyceums
young scientists

13. Proposals for 2017-2020
An International Platform for Expanding Access to Quality
Education for Citizens Affected by the Conflict
Ways of implementation
 technical assistance
 financial assistance
 informational assistance
Synergy – into action!
NGO Open Policy Foundation

14. 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