To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the European Wergeland Centree, we will share insights from our work and lessons learned through a series of thematic seminars running from November 2023 through March 2024. The first seminar focuses on the role of education in Ukraine’s defence of democracy.
The Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine has shown the vital role education plays in the civil preparedness of our democracies. At wartime, schools have started to function as local humanitarian hubs — for example, by offering support to internal refugees. At the same time, great efforts are made to continue offering all students the education they need to build a future for their country.
EWC has supported democratic educational reforms in Ukraine in close partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine since 2013.
When? November 23, 10.30-12.00
Where? Forstandersalen, Sentralen, Oslo.
Preliminary programme:
10:00 – Doors open
10:30 – Welcoming words, Ana Perona Fjeldstad, Executive Director of The European Wergeland Centre and Inga Bostad, chair of the board.
10:40 – Keynote address, Khrystyna Chushak, Head Programme Coordinator Ukraine, Schools for Democracy: Supporting Educational Reforms in Ukraine Programme, presents the main findings from the research project “Ukraine’s Fight for Democracy: The Role of Schools in Times of War”
11:00 – Panel discussion
Jorun Nossum, Director, Department for the Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine NORAD
Khrystyna Chushak, Head Programme Coordinator Ukraine, Schools for Democracy: Supporting Educational Reforms in Ukraine Programme
Natalia Kidalova, Ukrainian teacher, trainer of the Schools for Democracy: Supporting Educational Reforms in Ukraine Programme, winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2019 (TBC)
11:45 – Q&A session
The seminar will be in English and streamed on Facebook. Registration is necessary for physical participation at the seminar at Forstandersalen, Sentralen, November 23, 10.30-12.00.