Final round table of the international project «Together We Can»
On November 25, students and teachers of the Faculty of Social Sciences became participants in the final round table of the international project «Together We Can» of the Program of Expanding Opportunities for Public Leaders in Ukraine, which was carried out from February 1 to November 30, 2025 by the NGO «Social Interaction», NU «Zaporizka Polytechnic» in cooperation with the NGO «Human Rights Foundation» with the support of the Institute of External Cultural Relations (IFA) with the funds of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The results of the implementation of the project in the Zaporizhzhia region were summed up: students participated in a round table, 5 training schools in Kyiv and the summer camp «Agenda »Youth. Peace. Security« in Ukraine».
They also became participants in 3 trainings in Zaporizhzhia: «Media literacy for journalists and bloggers:
– 5 steps to a high level of media culture» (April 22)
– «Gender as a mainstream. Gender and inclusion» (May 15)
– «Emotional intelligence: the key to a culture of dialogue and effective conflict resolution» (May 27).
And also took part in the blog cafe:
– «A female military and a female veteran in the focus of the media» (June 4)
– «Creating a life in the Ukrainian realities of 2022–2025.» (August 20)
– «Methods of actualizing life-creating resources of people affected by the war» (August 24)
– «Motivation and self-motivation as the main influencing factors for goal achievement» (September 11)
– «Non-discrimination and human rights» (September 12)
– «Displaced women: should there be only happy media stories?» (September 15)
– «Institutionalization of youth organizations» (October 8)
– «Gender equality: reality and challenges» (October 9)
2 blog cafes were organized for the youth of the Kushugum community: «Youth space of the Kushugum community: how to create an environment where young people are heard and where they can realize their potential» (June 18), «Volunteering as the basis of community development» (August 6).
Within the scope of the project, 2 forum-performances were held using the method of the Forum-theater «For everyone, but not for themselves…» for residents of Shirokivska rural territorial community and Vodyna territorial community.
Project participants created 73 posts on the www.mustpost.online platform. Bloggers covered important events for Ukraine and the Zaporizhzhia region, the problems of «people and war», volunteering, youth leadership, social protection, gender equality, diversity and inclusion, many publications were devoted to the course of the project.
During the round table, 5 female ambassadors presented the results of the implementation of mini-projects: «Creating life in times of war», «Youth leadership in action», «Women’s destinies changed by war: »what« they say and »how« the media show», «Equality in action», «Youth changing the world: from idea to action in Kushugumsk community».
The project’s activities became an impetus for drawing public attention to the problems: ensuring political, social and economic participation of young people in all social processes; ensuring the fulfillment in Ukraine of the terms of Resolutions 1325, 2250 of the UN Security Council; development of civic activity of youth, their participation in the life of the city and the country in general, actualization of local problematic social issues at the level of the Zaporizhzhia community.
We work together — we develop together!
