Seminar “Evaluation of Scientific and Educational Programs for National Minorities”

Center for Evaluation of Scientific, Educational and Social Programs, Institute for Sociology, Psychology and Social Communications of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Scientific Ethnosociological School of Professor Volodymyr Yevtukh in cooperation with the Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University and Grygoriy Skovoroda Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy State Pedagogical University initiate the Seminar “Evaluation of Scientific and Educational Programs for National Minorities”.

Date: April 14-15, 2015

Place: Kyiv – Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy

Under the patronate of Honorary Professor of Public Relations and Communication Moritz Hunzinger (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Themes to be discussed:

  • role of ethnic factor in the social development of modern societies
  • polyethnicity as modus vivendi
  • ethnic factor in the educational space of Ukraine
  • situation with the rights in the sphere of national minorities education
  • language situation in Ukraine, language milieu in Ukrainian schools
  • educational programs for national minorities
  • formation of interethnic tolerance in school milieu
  • activities of diasporal communities in educational and cultural areas
  • individual and group cultural rights in intercultural education
  • international experience in implementation of cultural and educational rights of national minorities and immigrants

To participate in the seminar the experts on ethnonational problems, lecturers, representatives of national-cultural societies are invited.

In the seminar are expected to participate: professor of the Goethe-University (Frankfurt am Main) Udo Rauin, professor of the Jagiellonian University Leszek Korporowicz, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov, Board Chair of the East European Development Institute Mridula Ghosh, former Advisor to the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Tetyana Pylypenko, Head of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Policy of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine professor Volodymyr Troshchynskyy.

The familiarity with the practices of educational and cultural activities of NGO’s of national minorities of Ukraine is planned.

Languages: Ukrainian, English.

Suggestions concerning  participation and questions for discussion, please submit on e-mail: evaluation.org.ua@gmail.com. Deadline: 20 December 2014.

About the organizers:

Center for Evaluation of Scientific, Educational and Social Programs was established in 2008 as non-governmental organization (NGO) of specialists in the field of social sciences and administration. Details on the web-site www.evaluation.org.ua

The Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University is located in Lutsk. It was founded in 1940. More information: www.eenu.edu.ua

Institute for Sociology, Psychology and Social Communications of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University is functioning from 2007. Details: www.ispu.npu.edu.ua

Grygoriy Skovoroda Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy State Pedagogical University is known with such name from 2002. It is located not far from Kyiv in Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy. More information: www.phdpu.edu.ua

Scientific Ethnosociological School of Professor Volodymyr Yevtukh realizes its activities since 2011. Details: www.yevtukh.info