Ukraine

To train Ukrainian, Georgian and Armenian media and wider public to choose reliable sources and create correct narratives, recognize and prevent disinformation.

To promote the cooperation of Ukrainian, Moldovan and Georgian fire rescue institutions, to assess the state of the countries' fire rescue and civil protection system, to identify administrative problems and to provide methodological assistance in order to improve the administrative abilities of the analogous rescue and civil protection service.

To strengthen the capacity of various professionals working with IDPs in the Lviv region to implement effective prevention and mental health promotion measures. To develop mental health promotion plans for participating organisations and institutions to start their implementation.

To increase opportunities for displaced children and youth to engage in safe, emotionally restorative non-formal education activities (camps and groups). To enable Ukrainian teachers to create inclusive non-formal education programmes in cooperation with each other and with Lithuanian teachers (pedagogical visits and developed programmes).

To update JSC Mykolaivoblenergo's power distribution network to the 20 kV voltage class, thus technologically advancing the installed solutions to EU standards.

To contribute to the restoration of Ukraine's public infrastructure by rebuilding the Borodyanka school building destroyed during the war, installing a hiding place, and cleaning up the environment. The project‘s goal is to contribute to the creation of a stronger and socially inclusive Ukraine by providing Ukrainian children with the opportunity to attend an educational institution.

Expected results: Rebuilt Borodyanka School No. 1 building, installed underground protective structure (shelter), improved school's external infrastructure (landscaping, access roads, squares, etc.).

To contribute to the restoration of Ukraine's public infrastructure by rebuilding „Radist“ kindergarten, which was destroyed during the war. The project‘s goal is to contribute to the creation of a stronger and socially inclusive Ukraine by ensuring that Ukrainian children have the opportunity to attend a pre-school educational institution.

Expected results: the building of the "Radist" kindergarten in Irpine restored.

To improve the socio-economic situation of internally displaced persons in Ukraine by organising courses for starting a business, encouraging IDPs to become active members of the community, and strengthening NGO partnership cooperation.

To strengthen resistance to disinformation and strategic communication capabilities, consolidating the dissemination of independent information in the EU's Eastern Partnership countries.

To train Ukrainian, Georgian and Armenian media and wider public to choose reliable sources and create correct narratives, recognize and prevent disinformation.

To promote the cooperation of Ukrainian, Moldovan and Georgian fire rescue institutions, to assess the state of the countries' fire rescue and civil protection system, to identify administrative problems and to provide methodological assistance in order to improve the administrative abilities of the analogous rescue and civil protection service.

To promote the active participation of the youth of the Eastern Partnership countries in the local democratic and political life, labor markets, focusing mainly on disadvantaged youth. The project aims to contribute to sustainable and advanced growth, social cohesion and the reduction of inequality.

Launching events of the programme activities were held in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Georgia in 2022.

To strengthen the capacity of various professionals working with IDPs in the Lviv region to implement effective prevention and mental health promotion measures. To develop mental health promotion plans for participating organisations and institutions to start their implementation.

To increase opportunities for displaced children and youth to engage in safe, emotionally restorative non-formal education activities (camps and groups). To enable Ukrainian teachers to create inclusive non-formal education programmes in cooperation with each other and with Lithuanian teachers (pedagogical visits and developed programmes).

To contribute to the restoration of Ukraine's public infrastructure by rebuilding the Borodyanka school building destroyed during the war, installing a hiding place, and cleaning up the environment. The project‘s goal is to contribute to the creation of a stronger and socially inclusive Ukraine by providing Ukrainian children with the opportunity to attend an educational institution.

Expected results: Rebuilt Borodyanka School No. 1 building, installed underground protective structure (shelter), improved school's external infrastructure (landscaping, access roads, squares, etc.).

To contribute to the restoration of Ukraine's public infrastructure by rebuilding „Radist“ kindergarten, which was destroyed during the war. The project‘s goal is to contribute to the creation of a stronger and socially inclusive Ukraine by ensuring that Ukrainian children have the opportunity to attend a pre-school educational institution.

Expected results: the building of the "Radist" kindergarten in Irpine restored.

To improve the socio-economic situation of internally displaced persons in Ukraine by organising courses for starting a business, encouraging IDPs to become active members of the community, and strengthening NGO partnership cooperation.

To enhance the skills of Ukrainian journalists, foster dialogue and collaboration between Ukrainian media stakeholders and civil society organizations, and support the independence and financial security of individual journalists in Ukraine.

Regional project

• 2 seminars were organised in Kiev to improve journalists' competences, to transfer journalism and finance practices and to build links.
• 10 selected journalists were awarded fellowships to carry out independent journalistic research. Appointed mentors provided personal guidance to the selected journalists and helped them implement their research projects.
• 10 thematic journalistic investigations were carried out in different regions and 82 publications (articles and videos) were produced.
• Financial support was provided to 3 journalists working in the war zone.

To strengthen resistance to disinformation and strategic communication capabilities, consolidating the dissemination of independent information in the EU's Eastern Partnership countries.

To develop systems for teachers' distance professional learning in Donetsk and Luhansk regions through the cooperation of Ukrainian national and municipal educational institutions and independent teacher training experts. 

• A 50-academic-hour distance training programme for Ukrainian teachers on the subtleties of distance education.
• Development of an online distance learning platform for teachers in Ukrainian https://vchytel.com.ua/

To involve residents in the process of project preparation and implementation; to create a basis for a group of local residents to develop cultural and educational initiatives; to inform young people about the possibilities of joint initiatives; based on the Fluxus philosophy, to popularize modern interdisciplinary artistic practices among local youth.

Embassy Project

• The interdisciplinary Ukrainian-Lithuanian plenary "Fluxus Residence" was attended by professionals and the local community, who were able to observe the creative process of the artists, participate in courses, lectures and discussions.
• Local groups have been initiated to further develop mass cultural and educational initiatives.

To contribute to the modernization and digitization of the central heating system; to prepare Ukrainian specialists to use the digital database of biomass and biofuel auctions.

Embassy Project

• 17 Ukrainian heat and electricity producers, biomass sellers and manufacturers learned how to digitally organise and regulate heating and biomass trading, and took part in the testing of the Lithuanian biomass auction.

To contribute to women's empowerment; to promote the inclusion and livelihoods of internally displaced women.

Embassy Project

• 27 women (displaced or from groups vulnerable to violence) received knowledge on business, online employment, time and financial planning, marketing services, business plans, business aspects, marketing strategies, etc. While communicating with the psychologist, they got acquainted with violence prevention measures.
• 20 social workers received training in violence prevention.
• A women's club for the Bilhorodka Territorial Community and a dedicated social networking platform were set up.

To train and prepare school specialists for effective prevention of psychoactive substances.

Embassy Project

To promote the active participation of the youth of the Eastern Partnership countries in the local democratic and political life, labor markets, focusing mainly on disadvantaged youth. The project aims to contribute to sustainable and advanced growth, social cohesion and the reduction of inequality.

Launching events of the programme activities were held in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Georgia in 2022.

To acquaint pedagogues of the Mariupol region in Ukraine with innovations that would help improve the quality of various areas of education and the integration of children with special educational needs. In addition, to teach them to apply innovative educational methods and strengthen children's ecological, aesthetic and healthy lifestyle skills.

Embassy Project

• During the project, sports, ecological, orientation, handicraft, communication, and business basics training took place.
• Teachers learned about non-formal education innovations and their application possibilities, the process of integration of children with special educational needs in Lithuania.
• 758 pupils (including 111 with disabilities) became physically stronger, gained self-confidence, increased their knowledge of the importance of health, acquired basic entrepreneurial skills, and learned to anticipate and plan their personal career goals.

To bolster social reintegration and economic empowerment of Ukrainian women, traumatized by the Crimean occupation and conflict in Eastern Ukraine.

Embassy Project

• Intensive courses on business creation, management, motivation and psychological support were organised for women affected by the conflict.
• 6 mentors from two regions of Ukraine (Kiev and Chernovtsy) were trained.
• A group of women, advised by psychologists and public relations specialists, developed business plans within 2 months. The 6 best plans were awarded prizes.
• 6 participants started their own businesses (drawings on clothes, sewing of national clothes, sewing school, animation studio, psychological and medical online counselling, setting up a leisure centre for children and youth).
• Women can publish information about their businesses on the website womanact.com.ua

To contribute to the improvement of the mental health and rehabilitation services for children with war trauma in Donetsk and Luhansk regions by introducing a psychosocial support training program to school psychologists, social workers, and pedagogical students and psychosocial therapy for children. 270 children with war trauma living in “red” and “grey” zone of war conflict in eastern Ukraine learned techniques for coping with post-traumatic stress. In addition, they developed skills of psychosocial self-help and improved their psycho-emotional condition and resilience.

• 54 school psychologists, social workers and education students from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the programme "Children and War. Training in Recovery Techniques" were trained in mental health care, rehabilitation and diagnosis of traumatised children.
• 270 war-traumatised children living in the "red" and "grey" conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine were taught techniques to combat post-traumatic stress, psychosocial self-help skills to improve their psycho-emotional state and resilience, and stress and anxiety release.

To support the educational reform in eastern Ukraine by modernizing Avdiivka School No. 2 and transforming it into a model educational and community center.

• Classrooms at Avdijivka School No.2 (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Geography, Physics, Informatics, Primary Education, History and Languages) are equipped with the latest specialised equipment and modern educational tools necessary for a proper education and training process.
• The school's educational carpentry and sewing workshops equipped with the necessary tools to improve the educational process by introducing the principle of experiential learning.
• The school has a catering complex that meets all sanitary and hygiene requirements.
• A multi-purpose sports field with playgrounds has been built on the school premises to accommodate physical education classes, training sessions, and children's and adults' team sports competitions.

To improve social situation of displaced people, esp. women, experiencing violence and create conditions for holistic participation in public life.

• Report and valorisation of the first year of the project. Remote meetings of project experts, consultations on adjustments to the way project activities are carried out;
• Publicity of the project results on the social websites of the project partners;
• Two scientific articles produced.

To support and strengthen the Tatar identity of IDPs by passing on the traditions to the youth and developing the knowledge of the Tatar language.

Embassy Project

• For children, youth and women of Tatar origin, a language environment was maintained, language courses were organized in Lviv.
• Women learned traditional embroidery.
• A children's club "Kok qusagi" ("Rainbow") operated.
• 2 books were published which will be distributed for free to Tatar schools and cultural centres.

To enhance the skills of Ukrainian journalists, foster dialogue and collaboration between Ukrainian media stakeholders and civil society organizations, and support the independence and financial security of individual journalists in Ukraine.

Regional project

• 2 seminars were organised in Kiev to improve journalists' competences, to transfer journalism and finance practices and to build links.
• 10 selected journalists were awarded fellowships to carry out independent journalistic research. Appointed mentors provided personal guidance to the selected journalists and helped them implement their research projects.
• 10 thematic journalistic investigations were carried out in different regions and 82 publications (articles and videos) were produced.
• Financial support was provided to 3 journalists working in the war zone.

To protect and develop the language, musical and cultural traditions of Crimean Tatars. Additionally, to enable forcibly displaced children to nurture their national culture.

Embassy Project

• More than 100 Crimean Tatar children were given the opportunity to learn their mother tongue (10 lessons), history and culture (10 lessons), to present and promote national dance and song (10 lessons each), and to learn folk sewing.

To improve the export opportunities of SMEs in eastern Ukraine by increasing active cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises in the development of commonly-used services, product development, and marketing; strengthening cooperation between business associations and local government by enabling cluster creation. Project activities focus on the areas with the greatest potential for clustering.

• During to the training, 54 small businesses and 7 Zaporizhzhya Chamber of Commerce employees strengthened the capacities of the Zaporizhya region cluster and gained knowledge to develop export to the EU.
• 15 companies were given practical knowledge and advice on business cooperation and clustering through individual consultations.
• During the visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Lithuania, the Lithuanian Auto Parts Manufacturers and Exporters Association (LAuGEA) and the Zaporizhzhya cluster EAM signed a cooperation agreement.

To familiarize Ukrainian teachers and librarians with the process of integration of statehood, democratic foundations, and concepts in non-formal education during remote seminars.

Embassy Project

• Using the experience of methodologists and Lithuanian teachers of the Anykščiai L. and S. Didžiuliai public library, about 150 Ukrainian teachers and librarians sought progress, introducing innovative experiences of children's competences in the field of non-formal education.
• During 5 workshops, a model was presented on how to teach children to understand the European roots and identity of their region through the knowledge of the region and the sequence of significant events.

To develop systems for teachers' distance professional learning in Donetsk and Luhansk regions through the cooperation of Ukrainian national and municipal educational institutions and independent teacher training experts. 

• A 50-academic-hour distance training programme for Ukrainian teachers on the subtleties of distance education.
• Development of an online distance learning platform for teachers in Ukrainian https://vchytel.com.ua/

To aid victims of the conflict (youth and war veterans) to adapt to civilian life and improve the image of war veterans through modern urban culture, non-formal education, and volunteering.

Embassy Project

• Young people in Popasna (Luhansk region) learned about volunteering: 15 war veterans and about 40 teenagers worked together to build a roller skating rink.
• Sports competitions, master class performances, dedicated talks, psychological services were organised and a film about veterans was presented during the project.

To improve the quality of legal defense through increasing transparency and accountability of Ukrainian Bar Association and its regional bodies, improving its public perception, building the advocates’ capacity to be active and demanding members of the Bar.

To enhance the skills of civil society organizations in the target region to engage in international litigation and advocacy as part of a wider strategy to tackle systemic issues affecting women in their countries (e.g. sexual and gender based violence) through practical and tailored legal mentoring, legal clinics and training.

Regional project

• Two cases are identified and agreed with partners;
• Advice provided on two legal cases;
• Legal strategy developed in NG case against Georgia;
• A roundtable on self-defence in domestic violence cases was held to identify strategic litigation issues and the need for expert assistance for partner lawyers;
• New information on cases related to violence against women was collected.

Promoting social integration and entrepreneurship of women affected by the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Embassy project

• 30 internally displaced women have acquired the knowledge and skills needed to start a business, 21 business plans were developed.
• 4 women started their own personal businesses during the project (tailoring, cooking, cosmetics, hairdressing and clothes repair);
• A website has been created and maintained to provide information on women's businesses.

Fostering of new “watch-dog” leaders in local communities and enhancing awareness of NGO leaders in blogging/digital powers.

Regional project

• The educational tool "Fake News in the Media and Social Environment" prepared;
• Two 4-day international trainings were implemented. A group of individuals with professional knowledge of citizen journalism and the challenges of fake news was trained;
• Informal network of bloggers and local community leaders created. Planned roundtables in Ukraine and Moldova implemented.
• An educational-promotional film has been produced which can be used as additional training material for video bloggers.

To contribute to the reforms in the schools of Luhansk and Donetsk regions by improving teaching skills in order to develop students' social and emotional competencies and to strengthen their general competences.

• 60 young people and 4 accompanying teachers from schools in eastern Ukraine took part in youth exchange.
• 10 schools in Donetsk and Luhansk implemented educational partnership projects, which have had a positive impact on local communities by improving the school microclimate and building cooperative relationships.
• 20 teachers and 20 trainers from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions improved their professional skills in developing students' social and emotional competences.
• Methodological guidelines for the implementation of social and emotional education in schools were developed and presented to the educational community in Eastern Ukraine on the online portal obozrevatel.ua.

To empower women in peace and security processes at the national and regional levels in Ukraine by facilitating the capacity building of stakeholders in government and NGO sector that will develop and implement evidence-based and context-specific action plans on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in all regions of Ukraine.

• UN resolution no. 1325 localization work experience report was prepared and presented to representatives of local authorities and NGOs (more than 100 people);
• UN Resolution localisation handbook produced, printed and distributed in Ukraine in 200 copies;
• Methodology and lessons learned widely disseminated in Ukraine.

To strengthen the capacity of Ukrainian government, public sector and professional journalists to recognize and resist disinformation, to share Lithuania's experience in tackling propaganda and strengthening independent media. Upon the implementation of the project, Ukraine's information security will be improved.

• 5 regional workshops were organised in the East and South of Ukraine, strengthening the target audience's ability to identify and counter disinformation. Around 900 people gained knowledge on how to distinguish real information from propaganda and which sources to use to get real information.
• 3 prominent Lithuanian information security and strategic communication experts, who participated in each regional seminar, shared Lithuanian experience in countering propaganda and strengthening independent media. Lithuanian experts contributed to the joint publication "Information wars against Ukraine and other European countries: Lithuania's experience in countering propaganda".

Support for educational reform in eastern Ukraine by modernizing Avdiivka School No. 2 and transforming it to a model educational and community centre.

To introduce a new professional development program of civic education under the concept of “New Ukraine School” to eastern Ukraine teachers.

• 5 free videos (lessons) for teaching civic education to primary school teachers created and uploaded on YouTube;
• 11 certified teacher-instructors from Kharkiv, Lugansk, Donetsk trained, 5 speakers/instructors certified as teacher trainers;
• 76 primary school teachers have been trained according to the course programme.

To improve social situation of displaced people, esp. women, experiencing violence and create conditions for holistic participation in public life.

• Report and valorisation of the first year of the project. Remote meetings of project experts, consultations on adjustments to the way project activities are carried out;
• Publicity of the project results on the social websites of the project partners;
• Two scientific articles produced.

Developing of distance learning methodologies for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) subjects; organization of the international “Green School” in 2020.

Embassy project

• 150 educators from eastern Ukraine participated in distance learning and STEAM training and learnt about distance teaching practices at Vytautas Magnus University and Vilnius Ozas gymnasium;
• Distance education procedures of Vilnius Ozas Gymnasium were adapted and recommendations for the Ministry of Education of Ukraine and the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on the use of distance education in Ukrainian schools prepared;
• Motivational video, 2 video instructions on distance learning were created.

To contribute to the improvement of Ukrainian education quality by sharing Lithuania’s experience in children and young people non-formal education, social and emotional intelligence (SEI) development.

• Teachers trained and pilot projects on restructuring the financing of non-formal education implemented in 2 municipalities (Kremenchuk and Gorodok). The new knowledge and its application will enable municipal teachers to address the problems of children/students and increase their motivation and help them to resist harmful habits.
• A methodological publication "Evaluation of non-formal education of children" was prepared and translated into Ukrainian.

To contribute to the research and promotion of Ukrainian historical and cultural heritage from early 15th century.

• Translations of scientific articles into Ukrainian and English carried out. The translations were used in the preparation of the book.
• 5 maps/charts for the book were prepared.
• A richly illustrated scientific publication "Vytautas' Epoch in Ukraine" in Ukrainian and a summary in English prepared.

To support and develop Crimean Tatar club activities in order to create a linguistic environment and a common cultural space for children and women.

Embassy project

• Language environment for children and women created;
• Educational literature in Tatar for children developed;
• Traditional embroidery courses organised.

Trainings on entrepreneurship, self-employment and active citizenship for IDP women of Crimean Tatar community.

To promote justice sector reforms by contributing to the strengthening   independence, transparency and confidence in the judiciary institutions.

To establish a cultural club that will create a linguistic environment and a common cultural space, dedicated to educate children and support Crimean culture.

Embassy project

To contribute to the preservation of historical and cultural heritage objects in the city of Lutsk and to raise public awareness of historical and cultural diversity.

To improve the quality of psychosocial rehabilitation services in Kiev, Donetsk and Poltava regions

Embassy project

Increasing the availability of psychosocial rehabilitation services in conflict-affected areas.

Embassy project

To contribute to the reforms in the schools of Luhansk and Donetsk regions by improving teaching skills in order to develop students' social and emotional competencies and to strengthen their general competences.

• 60 young people and 4 accompanying teachers from schools in eastern Ukraine took part in youth exchange.
• 10 schools in Donetsk and Luhansk implemented educational partnership projects, which have had a positive impact on local communities by improving the school microclimate and building cooperative relationships.
• 20 teachers and 20 trainers from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions improved their professional skills in developing students' social and emotional competences.
• Methodological guidelines for the implementation of social and emotional education in schools were developed and presented to the educational community in Eastern Ukraine on the online portal obozrevatel.ua.

To share experience of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at local level among  the local authorities of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, to issue policy recommendations for the implementation of these goals at local level and to strengthen international cooperation between municipalities.

Regional project

To introduce into practice non-formal education teaching methods and to train teachers to use these methods for teaching English, physical activity and working with social problems in Ukrainian schools.

Embassy project

Support for educational reform in Eastern Ukraine by modernizing Avdiivka School No. 2 and transforming it to a model educational and community centre.

To enhance institutional capacities of displaced pedagogical institutions by developing their summer activities organizational skills.

Embassy project

To select good practices of Lithuania and other European countries that could be adapted and effectively used in Ukrainian educational system and to prepare integrated vocational training programs suiting the requirements of the target group.

To improve teachers' capacity to develop pupils' social and emotional competences to prevent bullying.

Embassy project

To improve social situation of displaced people, esp. women, experiencing violence and create conditions for holistic participation in public life.

• Report and valorisation of the first year of the project. Remote meetings of project experts, consultations on adjustments to the way project activities are carried out;
• Publicity of the project results on the social websites of the project partners;
• Two scientific articles produced.

To foster implementation of education reforms envisaged in EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and “New Ukrainian School” concept.

Support for children affected by the Russian aggression through their involvement in educational and cognitive activities.

Embassy project

To strengthen small and medium-sized businesses in Ukrainian regions by providing them with expertise in international trade and exports to the European Union and information on environmental regulations in the EU.

To improve the quality of education and integration of children with special educational needs in Shostka city.

Embassy project

To contribute to the improvement of Ukrainian education quality by sharing Lithuania’s experience in children and young people non-formal education, social and emotional intelligence (SEI) development.

• Teachers trained and pilot projects on restructuring the financing of non-formal education implemented in 2 municipalities (Kremenchuk and Gorodok). The new knowledge and its application will enable municipal teachers to address the problems of children/students and increase their motivation and help them to resist harmful habits.
• A methodological publication "Evaluation of non-formal education of children" was prepared and translated into Ukrainian.

Transfer experience to the Eastern Partnership countries (Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) in localising Sustainable Development Goals. The project will contribute to the raise of awareness and competences of local authorities and will serve as basis for further cooperation.

Regional project

To contribute to the research and promotion of Ukrainian historical and cultural heritage from early 15th century.

• Translations of scientific articles into Ukrainian and English carried out. The translations were used in the preparation of the book.
• 5 maps/charts for the book were prepared.
• A richly illustrated scientific publication "Vytautas' Epoch in Ukraine" in Ukrainian and a summary in English prepared.

Embassy project

Joint development cooperation project by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Lithuania and Swedish Institute

To contribute to the improvement of Ukrainian education quality by sharing Lithuania’s experience in children and young people non-formal education, social and emotional intelligence (SEI) development.

• Teachers trained and pilot projects on restructuring the financing of non-formal education implemented in 2 municipalities (Kremenchuk and Gorodok). The new knowledge and its application will enable municipal teachers to address the problems of children/students and increase their motivation and help them to resist harmful habits.
• A methodological publication "Evaluation of non-formal education of children" was prepared and translated into Ukrainian.