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Young Football Volunteers project soon to be launched
15 July 2011
Launch of the initiative 'Fair Play', part of the social project 'Let's Do It Together' led by the Government of Ukraine. (GIZ - Ukraine, 2011)
Kiev, Ukraine: In August 2010 the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) received the 2010 Monaco Charity Award from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).  Every year the UEFA gives this award to a deserving organization that is mobilizing the power of sport to achieve positive change. Read
More about: Culture & sports  Youth
Youth portal and handbook launched for youth civic engagement in Ukraine
16 June 2011
From left to right, Olga Devyatkin, UNV Portfolio Manager, Elena Panova, UNDP Deputy Country Director in Ukraine, Igor Kokhic, Director of the Ukrainian Youth Policy Department, and Eugenia Petrivska, UNV/UNDP National Project Manager, held a joint press conference in Kiev to launch a national Youth Portal to support networking among Ukraine's youth organizations and a handbook of best practices for youth and organizations working with youth. (UNV)
Kiev, Ukraine: On 31 May 2011, at a press conference in Kiev, UNV, UNDP and the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sport of the Government of Ukraine jointly launched 'Active Youth Tested Recipes', a handbook of best practices for youth and organizations working with youth, and a national Youth Portal to support networking among Ukraine’s youth organizations. Read
More about: Youth
IVD story competition first place: Volunteering in the soul of nature
23 November 2009

And what about my students? It would be great if they could see how wonderful double rainbows, which embrace the world, are when you watch them on a mountain top or in a canoe. And how amazing it is to watch the sunset in the mountains.

Then, perhaps, they wouldn't have let small rivers die, mountains and woods sink in litter, trees be uncontrollably cut. Or any other actions which lead to climate change and endanger the life of mankind.
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More about: Environment  Youth
Youth social inclusion project presented in Ukraine
26 March 2009
Zhytomir Oblast, Ukraine: The implementation of the 'Youth Social Inclusion for Civic Engagement' project has started at the regional level in Ukraine. The project was launched in September 2008 with the overall objective of supporting youth social inclusion and civic engagement.

The project will develop key social competencies, which are needed for proactive youth involvement in society and decision-making processes, thus providing support to further enhancement of the Government's youth policy in Ukraine.

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More about: Youth
Getting together for volunteerism in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
11 July 2008
UNDP Ukraine Resident Representative Francis O'Donnell (left) and Deputy Resident representative Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecka (centre) discuss proceedings with UNV senior programme specialist Jamshed Kazi. (Philip Sen/UNV)
Kiev, Ukraine: Building civil society in the former Eastern bloc countries presents some unique challenges. Along with local partners, UNV and UNDP are working together to boost the role of volunteerism there. Read
More about: Civil society  Youth
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