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Read more on periodic reports Ukraine Inscribed in 2019 (14.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity The tradition of Kosiv painted ceramics – which include dishes toys and tiles – arose in the 18th century reaching its golden age in the mid-19th century The products are made using local grey clay watered with a white clay of creamy texture; when dried they are painted using a metal stick scratching technique to form a graphical contour drawing They are then fired and painted with metal oxides to produce the traditional green and yellow colors but not so much as to lose the traditional colouring the green dye spreads to create the watercolour effect The main feature of Kosiv ceramics is the figurative design of the ornament The ceramics are used in everyday life and have a practical and artistic value Masters work in family workshops and small craft workshops and the practice constitutes an identity marker and sign of affiliation with the community The Department of Art Ceramics of Kosiv College ensures the continuity of generations of masters and bearers and has a special responsibility for sustaining the tradition preserving the traditional technological cycle (potter’s wheels Password forgotten? Katherine “Katya” Kosiv during Women in Medicine Month!Katya Kosiv What is your favorite part of being a doctor/researcher What motivated you to become a doctor/healthcare worker Having a tangible skill set that improved people’s lives Did you have a mentor that made an impact on you I was sure I wanted to be an adult cardiologist I had an opportunity to do a rotation with Dr a pediatric cardiologist at Cook County Hospital in Chicago I was amazed at variety of cardiac conditions that you could visualize through this modality I was seeing kids and young adults doing incredibly well with these heart conditions She inspired me to become a pediatric cardiologist Do you have any advice for other women in medicine or those who might be interested in becoming a woman in medicine follow your ideas and be confident in your abilities My daughter who is 6 years old and asks so many questions What/who is your current favorite song or musical artist "Now is Not the Time to Panic" by Kevin Wilson Home page » Topics » Art » Kosiv: A Motorcycle Club amid the Mountains which is mainly known in Ukraine for its ceramics and the traditional market has been also familiar to moto culture fans for a long time A local enthusiast Vasyl Kuryshchuk has been developing it for 40 years he created his own workshop and mini-museum of antique motorcycles and cars Vasyl meets us near the entrance to the yard where we can see some motorcycles and cars waiting to be the part of his exposition The door to the workshop is always open for guests – everyone can stay there for a night and sleep among the retro vehicles Vasyl never refuses tourists the possibility to stay overnight in such extreme conditions if they want it There had been motorcycles in Ukraine before the World War II Sometimes there were no horses in villages and people tilted land with motorcycles fastening them to ploughs as soldiers would often return from the war with these “iron horses” and there are some historic prerequisites for it who had been thoroughly preparing for the war was shown the motorcycle models produced with BMW and Zündapp enterprises the USSR had no own production: before the WWII it had bought four series of BMW motorcycles via Switzerland to avoid buying from the plant made some replicas of them and launched their own motorcycles before the war a lot of replicas were produced: GAZ-51 as a copy of the US Studebaker or the 1st generation of Zaporozhets as an alternative to the Italian “people’s auto” Fiat-500; Viatka was an exact duplicate of an iconic Italian Vespa there were a lot of various competitions which first were mainly intended to train military men the Championship of Motocross was held for both Ukraine and the USSR in general The main goal was to test the endurance of machinery and people: sportsmen were prepared to defend their country The main attributes of the competitions were shooting and grenade throwing and the winner was the one with the most precise throw The route through Ukraine lasted for 3 days and the USSR Championship continued for 5 days such competitions to test the endurance of motor sportsmen are called “enduro” and now they traditionally begin with a car exposition rather than shooting or explosions and country-cross are now actively being developed ВVasyl Kuryshchuk is a local activist who develops motorsports His passion for motorcycles and other vehicles has lasted for more than forty years: My whole life has been devoted to motorcycles my mother worked in Kolhosp (the form of a collective farm in the Soviet Union) No family members were involved with motorcycles I remember when I was a little boy we used to watch the competitions and count the vehicles The motorcycles were dirty because they drove in the woods Few of them would make it to the third circle I will never forget the smell of a motorcycle His passion influenced his relatives as well as the whole family followed Vasyl’s example and started driving motorcycles: his brothers He certainly knows his trade not only by its smell: Vasyl has practically furnished a place in the workshop where he can sleep if necessary comfortably accept guests and teach his followers and the young generation how to drive In the premises which the district council provided to Vasyl to establish a club There is also a significant collection of rare motorcycles cars and old things – the items of auto and moto culture The collection is functional – almost all of it is in running state except for those items which are being restored now it is important to find the appropriate materials I had to wait for the supply of wire for IZh: — It was not made in plastic like all contemporary parts So we’ve ordered the wire online to install specifically the fabric one Vasyl Kuryshchuk has been gathering his collection for almost 40 years Now it includes 15 motorcycles and 13 cars The motorcycles are Gilera (the factory does not exist now) of 1984 There is also a Baltic mini-motorcycle which was a dream of all children in the USSR as well as motorbikes and carts in the collection Each item of the collection has its own story: something was exchanged but the craftsman knows everything about each of his “iron horses” He is also acquainted with BMW replicas which were produced in the Soviet Union after the WWII Motorcycles and cars were made on the dies of the taken-out factories Vasyl’s collection includes the duplicates of 1951 spare parts for which were produced on the German dies The taken-out BMW factory was partly launched in Kyiv there was a line-production of some famous Soviet brands The USSR had various approaches to the production of the vehicles for people Now you can observe it at the retro workshop: The difference is as follows: this is Moskvitch There is also a restored Zaporozhets; they search spare parts for it online It is a copy of Fiat-500: the motor was produced in Melitopol and the driving gear was taken from Volkswagen New Beetle (Volkswagen New Beetle — ed.) and when he saw Fiat-500 he declared: “Make a car for people” And they (USSR — ed.) started to crank out cars “for people” We have a joke: the motor is at the bottom because that is where a thought to put it there appeared A humpbacked Zaporozhets had a good cross-country capability back then It used to be the best car to drive in winter because it had off-road qualities: the best car to go fishing or for auto tourism back in those days the restored Zaporozhets Cabriolet is a gem of the workshop; it is used for driving just on exhibitions and parades it was even lent to the neighbouring village for Malanka (Ukrainian folk holiday celebrated on January 13) to make a performance of the movie “Kidnapping Every motorcycle is important to Vasyl Kuryshchuk The exhibits he values the most are those which have all original parts The most important activity for the collector is to preserve factory-assembled motorcycles with no paint applied – the way it was on the run back in the last century — The oldest motorcycle is “Moscow” made in 1949 We have never had an intention to collect the old things and the workshop; the restoration or the collection are optional The restoration of old autos and motor vehicles has its peculiarities: — I had a motorcycle to restore which was brought from the WWII and then disassembled and put to the strykh (dialect form for “attic” — ed.) where it was kept A man who had brought it died and his grandchildren sold the house and did not even know about the motorcycle at the attic The motorcycle DKW is an original German vehicle made in 1932 and the people who had bought that house to establish a cafe took it back and put it for the history The workshop attracts visitors with its exhibits a great number of spare parts and other stuff as well as with the opportunity to stay overnight there as Vasyl has a partly equipped place for sleeping He had foreign guests as well – the participants of the World and Europe championships especially from Germany and the Netherlands – They came to Kosiv region just to sleep among the retro vehicles We have plans to open a hostel to take in the trainees and sportsmen of the training or competitions which have become traditional for Kosiv The collection is just an addition to the main activity Vasyl Kuryshchuk is the CEO of the motorcycle club called “Highlanders” Japanese and Austrian motorcycles for its youngest members and everything that is necessary for training auto and moto tourism that has impacted the integral combination of the workshop where sportsmen and auto and moto travellers can stay But the most attention is paid to children: a moto school and driver teaching are organically entwined in the activities of the club that is extensively engaged in the growth of the young generation The youngest members had joined the club before they came to school and the first-graders already take part in competitions That is the place where children can develop their driving skills this is an alternative to the online environment The club is also acknowledged for its adult victories The motorcycle club has been among the best of three clubs in team scoring at the competitions over several years The club members do not count their personal achievements The sportsmen get their qualification and then present Kosiv at many competitions and auto and moto events both in Ukraine and Europe: — Vitalii Kuryshchuk was the first in Kosiv region who achieved the standards to obtain a master of sports Vasyl Andrytsuliak has already become a master It is hard to do it because one needs to spend a year of training and competitions and to obtain scores from race to race and the result is measured at the end of the year If you get the place 1 to 3 at the championship of Ukraine you comply with the standards which are now further improved The core of the club is approximately twenty people who cannot imagine their lives without motor vehicles Some leave to work abroad to buy a motorcycle there are always those whose way of life is strongly linked to motorcycles its sports fellows from other cities are always surprised: it has a team of adults and children various disciplines – everything is estimated and taken into account and they are trying to regenerate moto tourism now The club arranged a place for motor track for their own needs and they also put the wooden obstacles for enduro training Every year they hold the parades of retro vehicles at memorable dates of Kosiv they developed a route for Ruba Grunem competitions which stretches through the forest and along the populated areas (the length is 100 km): we had three complete tracks at this competition for the sportsmen of different levels: professionals and the sportsmen drove four circles per day Such an event was possible thanks to the sponsors and the local authority Vasyl sincerely believes that in course of time they will be able to invite sportsmen from all over Europe to Kosiv Watch how we took part in TEDx in Ivano-Frankivsk how we managed to get acquainted with a wonderful family of potters in Kosiv and how we visited the motorcycle workshop there Involved in the preparation of the material 13 volunteers Project support: Fundacja Euromaidan-Warszawa Use of materials is only permitted upon providing the source: Ukrainer.net Дизайн — Артем Зубкевич Розробка — Deluxcode The event took place at the “Karpatski Zori (Carpathian Dawns)” campsite as part of the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between the Kosiv District Department of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk Region and the Kosiv district branch of the Ukrainian Red Cross The objective was to educate children about behaviour in case of emergencies Firefighters and volunteers conducted an awareness-raising session covering safety protocols and other household dangers requiring immediate response An essential aspect of the event was the exchange of insights on psychological preparedness for disaster relief National CommitteeUkrainian Red Cross Society This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The International Organization of Migration (IOM) is scaling up its emergency health response in Ukraine by providing life-saving medical supplies to health-care facilities in both war-affected regions and those hosting large numbers of displaced persons.  In partnership with the NGO “Medical Aid Committee in Zakarpattia" IOM delivered more than half a tonne of medicines and medical consumables to the central hospital in the town of Kosiv located in the mountainous area in Ivano-Frankivsk Region funded by the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF) included the most prescribed and the fastest-used medications and items used for the treatment of common diseases.  will cover needs of the hospital up to two months The Kosiv Central Hospital was the first one to receive aid which will be further provided to another four facilities in Dnipropetrovsk Since the start of the full-scale war in February the hospital in Kosiv provided outpatient treatment to over 3,600 displaced persons who found a temporary home in the local community the hospital offered employment to three doctors who were displaced from the worst-hit areas including Kharkiv Region and Kyiv’s suburbs The facility also serves as a maternity centre where 19 displaced children were born during the last five months we had to accumulate all resources to extend our services This assistance covers our needs in medicines and consumables for up to two months As we might witness another wave of the COVID-19 especially when the number of our patients has significantly increased,” said Dmytro Mykytiuk In addition to the on-site consultations and treatment this facility also oversees several collective centres for IDPs located in the community that includes over 40 settlements.  located in the community that includes over 40 settlements “The health-care system in Ukraine has been impacted by the war which made the needs much higher in many communities By replenishing medical supplies of the primary health care providers we are preventing any shortages that these facilities might face in the context of the large-scale displacement in Ukraine,” noted Tetiana Hoidash the Medical Coordinator at the “Medical Aid Committee in Zakarpattia" The hospital in Kosiv provides health-care services to a big community where many displaced persons now live IOM also aims to ensure continuity of care for persons with disabilities patients with noncommunicable diseases and those living with HIV and Tuberculosis during the war.  Subscribe to IOM 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Infants with the conditions generally die within their first year clinical associate professor of pediatric cardiology at Stanford But Collins and his co-authors at Arkansas analyzed the outcomes of the 100 babies with trisomy 13 or 18 in the study who had received heart surgery What they found was that patients who underwent heart surgery had a significant decrease in mortality and that the impact lasted for the next two years \"We thought we'd show no difference in survival but it turns out there's a marked one,\" Collins said A study describing the team's findings were published online Oct was on the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences when much of the work was done Using data gathered from 44 children's hospitals across the United States between 2004 and 2015 the researchers reported outcomes for nearly 1,600 patients the largest study ever of infants with trisomy 13 The researchers found that heart surgery increased survival and hospital discharge on average from 33 percent to approximately 67 percent for these patients and that this benefit lasted through two years of follow-up \"When we analyzed the survival curves the data spoke for themselves,\" Collins said the number of babies that survive more than doubles after surgery.\" Most infants in the study were admitted at less than a day old and 51 percent of infants in the study who had congenital heart defects died in the hospital or were discharged to hospice The researchers also found that in-hospital mortality decreased in infants who were older at their admission date Collins said his goal is to challenge the narrative surrounding these two conditions folks would've said there's nothing we can do to help those babies,\" he said \"But now people have proven if you do heart surgery early patients with Down syndrome can live to adulthood and be active members of their community The difference it makes for them is tremendous.\" Forty percent of people with Down syndrome have congenital heart disease it is now standard-of-care to operate on children with Down syndrome Scientists aren't sure why trisomy 13 and 18 are associated with higher rates of congenital heart disease than trisomy 21 and why patient death rates are so much higher that trisomy 13 and 18 patients have far more neurological and developmental issues than those with Down syndrome and is unsurprised at hospitals' attitudes that surgery is considered a big risk to take with patients who have a low likelihood of survival he suspects that the results of this study might shift the paradigm of how babies with trisomy 13 and 18 are cared for \"Surgery gives parents the option to say 'We're going to do everything we can for our baby,'\" said Collins \"And now we've shown that heart surgeries could allow parents to take their babies home from the hospital Collins also said that taking care of the patients' heart problems early on could enable caregivers to then properly analyze other health issues and perform follow-up procedures is looking at all the risk factors other than heart disease in more than 3,000 trisomy 13 and 18 patients and analyzing how their collective health problems fit together Collins hopes eventually to create a guideline for pediatric caregivers to determine which problems to treat in which order His work teasing out the most effective treatments for these babies ties into Stanford Medicine's focus on precision health the goal of which is to anticipate and prevent disease in the healthy and precisely diagnose and treat disease in the ill Two researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are also co-authors The research did not receive external funding The data were acquired from the Pediatric Health Information System as part of the use agreement with participating hospitals Heart surgery significantly decreases in-hospital mortality among infants with either of two genetic disorders that cause severe physical and intellectual disabilities, according to a new study by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine and his colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences "We thought we'd show no difference in survival but it turns out there's a marked one," Collins said the data spoke for themselves," Collins said the number of babies that survive more than doubles after surgery." folks would've said there's nothing we can do to help those babies," he said "But now people have proven if you do heart surgery early The difference it makes for them is tremendous." Forty percent of people with Down syndrome have congenital heart disease 'We're going to do everything we can for our baby,'" said Collins "And now we've shown that heart surgeries could allow parents to take their babies home from the hospital His work teasing out the most effective treatments for these babies ties into Stanford Medicine's focus on precision health Stanford Medicine is an integrated academic health system comprising the Stanford School of Medicine and adult and pediatric health care delivery systems. Together, they harness the full potential of biomedicine through collaborative research, education and clinical care for patients. 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illegal preferences or discrimination.  Stanford's Non-Discrimination Policy Nowadays Roksolana Kosiv is an iOS Developer at Spotify Stockholm office and it all started with Natural Sciences and Mathematics Lyceum in Dolyna city It was there the girl received an impetus to study diligently At that time her life began to revolve around Mathematics and English With the help of her father-programmer she decided to associate her future with programming and chose the new Software Engineering specialty at the Software Department at the Institute of Computer Science and Information Technologies of Lviv Polytechnic the girl planned to spend the summer under the Work & Travel program in America but visa refusal prompted to do something in Ukraine The path to iOS Developer started with an Android developer (trainee) job at Remit where after her internship Roksolana was offered a job the girl traveled on business trips and got acquainted with Stockholm Spotify is a digital music service that gives you assess to listen to music and podcasts legally This is exactly the service that is still officially unavailable in Ukraine or rather did not look for a job there intentionally because she was happy in Lviv (as it is recognized to be one of the most comfortable cities in Ukraine) Having an interview at this company is already a great experience The interview process lasted approximately two months Job offer was sent in two weeks after the last interview she did not think for a long time – such opportunities do not happen often Full text – on DOU.ua portal E-mail: coffice@lpnu.ua Taras Shevchenko National university of Kyiv National Ecological Centre of UkraineMarch 22 Ivano-Frankivsk region Region has been welcoming participants to the winter session of the Carpathian School and activists of civil society organizations who gathered at the end of February in the city of Kosiv for the traditional Carpathian School This year the Carpathian School was conducted in a hybrid format The success of the event largely depended on the active participation of leading domestic universities National Environmental Centre of Ukraine (NECU) National Nature Park (NNP) “Hutsulshchyna,” and local activists The beginning of the session was announced by Mykola Blyzniuk Chairman of the Board of the Center for Civic Initiatives of Kosiv Region also National Facilitator of the Ukrainian Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Director of the NNP “Hutsulshchyna.” Welcoming remarks were delivered by Serhiy Zapototsky Dean of the Geography Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Chairwoman of the All- Ukrainian Ecological League Rector of Volodymyr Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University – leaders of educational and public institutions investing their resources in the development of informal and professional education in local communities the Carpathian School is actively developing receiving recognition from leading Ukrainian universities and laying the foundation for transboundary ecological cooperation He emphasized the importance of further development of the “third” mission of universities The “third mission” refers to informal and professional education initiated by researchers and students of the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology in the Kosiv and Vyzhnytsia local communities of Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi regions since 2016 This initiative has found development in cooperation between institutions of higher education and powerful Ukrainian civil society organizations The cooperation agreement between Taras Shevchenko National University and the NECU School educational programs are coordinated by scientists of Taras Shevchenko National University based on similar cooperation agreements and academic mobility with partner educational institutions of Ukrainian and European universities the regional charity organization “Center for Civic Initiatives,” and others 182 participants were registered to the school with 57 present in the session hall and others joining remotely The participants represented 18 Ukrainian regions and seven foreign countries such as Poland The School’s organizing committee developed a robust working program which was actively collaborated on by scientists and students from leading educational institutions in Ukraine such as Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” Lviv Polytechnic National University Active participation in the School’s work was seen from Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas which have been long-standing partners of the Carpathian School Eminent scientists and specialists from Visegrad countries and Ukrainian universities along with representatives of student and youth organizations actively participated in the School’s activities and Round table discussions Among the priorities of the School were the thematic areas presented the experience of the Visegrad experts in water and land recovery on assessing the negative impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine ensuring sustainable management of natural resources in the Carpathian Mountain and addressing contemporary challenges and prospects for informal education in Ukraine the team of Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V.H Representatives of the National Nature Park (NNP) “Hutsulshchyna” played an active role in discussing biodiversity conservation issues in wartime conditions a researcher and scientist of the Carpathian region Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the NNP “Hutsulshchyna” EUROINTEGRATION OF UKRAINE AND THE CARPATHIAN CONVENTION is the title of the plenary report delivevred by Tamara Malkova Director of the International Charity Organization “Green Dossier Information Center” She also is Coordinator of Working Group 5 “Energy and Climate Change” of the Ukrainian side of the Civil Society Platform Ukraine-EU she highlighted urgent challenges for Ukraine in terms of rapprochement with the European Union both at the level of laws and at the level of rules and customs existing in society She emphasized the importance of the Copenhagen criteria compliance with the global goals of the EU in the sphere of politics and economy facilitated the section’s work in English This session aimed at lessons learned from the foreign experts of Visegrad countries and Slovakia which united their educational resources within the framework of the project “Education for Sustainable Development: Transferring V4 Countries’ Experience for Ukraine’s Recovery,” supported by the Visegrad Fund The experts represented the following institutions: the Professional Association “Water for Climate – Environmental Technologies” and the Trnava University both from Slovakia; the Czech Institute of Heritage Interpretation Czech Republic; and Gdańsk University of Technology Participants were presented with the experience of the Slovak Republic regarding measures for preserving water resources Ivan Matušek demonstrated how such technologies slow down climate change and influence the achievement of sustainable development goals Lenka Diener from Slovakia shared social technologies for communicating scientific conclusions regarding climate change and research results on the state of the environment as well as various communication tools with non-professional audiences Polish expert Piotr Rybarczyk presented possible solutions for cleaning contaminated soils and air using biological methods based on phytoremediation and biofiltration Such methods are actively implemented in Poland and other European countries Michal Medek from the Czech Republic demonstrated how to educate people during leisure time and change their attitudes towards nature This section was represented by a powerful team of scientists Head of the Department of Ecology at the National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.” He initiated the section’s work with his presentation on “Categorization of the Environmental Consequences of Military Aggression.” and Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” presented a report on the Ecological- economic dimension of the impact of russian aggression against Ukraine Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine presented the characteristics and environmental consequences of the contemporary Russian-Ukrainian war and Head of the Department of Ecology and Botany at Sumy National Agrarian University continued the topic by assessing the war’s impact on the environment in Sumy region Lecturer at the National University “Kyiv- Mohyla Academy,” and Senior Researcher at the S.I Subbotin Institute of Geophysics at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine focused on the atmospheric effects of military actions in Ukraine the long-standing director of the Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve named after F presented a report on the events of the first months of the full-scale invasion and occupation of the reserve by Russian forces and its dire consequences for the most famous Ukrainian nature reserve and Yulia Khristinchenko presented the key results of the project “Assessment of the environmental consequences of war for communities,” which is being implemented with the support of the Fund for Democracy and Development of the USA Embassy The results of the NECU research group on the implementation of the SPARCs projects (Sustainable Energy Positive & Zero Carbon Communities) were presented by Yevhen Bovsunovskyi The second day of the school’s work started with an online plenary presentation titled “Strengthening the Education Network for Sustainable Development in the Carpathian Region” delivered by Tamara Mytrofanenko Vienna Office of the Carpathian Convention Secretariat She informed the participants about the role of the Carpathian Convention in science development for the Carpathians the directions for enhancing sustainable development in the Carpathian region and the prospects for building an informal international network called “Science for the Carpathians” (S4C) Section 3 united the Ukrainian-speaking auditorium led by two recognized professors in the Ukrainian Carpathian region and Carpathian School lecturers: Yuriy Masikevych professor of Bukovinian Medical University and Myroslav Malovanyy head of Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management department started with a presentation delivered by Yuri Masikevich a professor at the Bukovinian State Medical University on the topic “Sanitary and hygienic aspects of environmental safety of the mountain ecosystem of the Eastern Carpathians.” a professor of the Lviv Polytechnic National University presented a report entitled “Comprehensive strategy for the restoration of anthropogenically disturbed landscapes using substrates based on organic waste a professor at the Department of Ecology of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas and also the head of the Dniester River Basin Council highlighted the activities of the Dniester River Basin Council and eco-innovative solutions for sustainable water resource management After the conclusion of the section agenda Project Manager at the International Charity Organization “Information Center Green Dossier,” delivered a presentation on “Sustainable Agriculture: The Case of the Carpathian Region.” Sustainable tourism in the Carpathian region was a central theme of the section led by Victoria Kiptenko Associate Professor of the Faculty of Geography of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (in remote mode) Associate Professor at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University on “Natural and cultural heritage of the Vyzhnytsia district in the context of sustainable tourism,” shed light on the conservation and protection challenges facing this unique region Her presentation echoed the theme presented by her Czech colleague Michal Medek in the previous section Professor at Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas presented a report titled “Environmentally Friendly practices of mountain ski resorts/instruments and practices of cultural tourism in the Carpathians.” Professor at Ivan Bobersky Lviv State University of Physical Culture delivered a presentation on the topic “Classification of geographic names of territories (on the example of Ukrainian Marmarosh).” representative of the civil society organization “TseGryn” and Uzhhorod National University delivered a presentation on the topic “Sustainability of tourism in Ukraine: Current status and potential for improvement,” which was actively discussed by the participants of the section The concluding section of the Winter Session of the Carpathian School was moderated by Valeriy Mykhaylenko PhD Associate Professor of the Faculty of Geography of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (in remote mode) and Mykola Blyznyuk a professor at the Volodymyr Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University Head of the Department of Vocational Education Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University delivered a presentation on “Formation of Environmental Outlook in the Context of Technological Education.” representing the Intellectual Forum ‘Unified Europe,’ and Mykola Maliy Director of the legal company LLC ‘AUR- CONSULTING,’ presented on ‘Implementation of the interactive methodology V-3 in the activities of the legal clinic in conditions of martial law As part of the Winter Session with support from the Visegrad Fund, a student poster contest was organized. Students from several leading universities in Ukraine prepared and presented posters dedicated to current environmental issues including the impact of Russian aggression on the environment All participants of the student poster competition which were ceremoniously presented by the hosts of the Carpathian School Summarizing the results of the Winter Session of the Carpathian School its participants noted the positive dynamics in its activities which is manifested in the formation of a network of universities to strengthen informal education in the Carpathian region as well as in the broader involvement of student youth The scientific team and organizers of the School see further development of its scientific and educational activities through coordination and cooperation with colleagues from the Carpathian Convention countries and other EU countries involvement of national parks from Carpathian region countries in cooperation integration of ideas and practices of the Carpathian School into the educational process at Ukrainian universities and using the School to present and disseminate the best practices in education and sustainable development as well as to counter existential challenges facing Ukraine participants had the opportunity to visit the NNP “Hutsulshchyna” Participants of the Carpathian School noted a positive trend in the development of the university network to enhance informal education in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathian region The Visegrad Fund project facilitated connections with colleagues from Slovakia Cooperation agreements with the NECU were signed by The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Other universities and environmental CSOs are invited to cooperate The Carpathian School is actively spreading knowledge on Sustainable Development Goals in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathian region The establishment of a Youth Branch intended to strengthen work with the students with the provision of the Academic Mobility office of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv which is also working on facilitating internal academic mobility mechanisms for students and credit recognition under the ECTS system for participants of the Carpathian School The Organising Committee is looking forward to expanding cooperation with the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention and strengthening the “third” mission of universities The Committee members are actively working on developing information channels including the creation of a website and an educational hub for students Future activities of the school include renew the composition of the Carpathian School organizing committee Include international partners and the head of the Student Branch of the Carpathian School in the committee Strengthen cooperation with colleagues and scientists from Carpathian region countries by organizing summer and winter schools and writing grant proposals for the development of the Carpathian School Work on establishing a transboundary network of National Parks in the Carpathian region Develop information channels to highlight the activities of the Carpathian School Encourage participants to publish the results of the Carpathian School’s work on the websites of their universities Spread information about the educational hub of the Carpathian School Publish a Collection of Scientific Papers of the Carpathian School based on the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv The International Carpathian School – 2024 took place within the framework of the project “Education for Sustainable Development: Transferring V4 Countries’ Experience for Ukraine’s Recovery,” supported by the Visegrad Fund Міжнародна Карпатська школа – 2024 відбулась в рамках проєкту «Освіта для сталого розвитку: передача досвіду країн V4 для відновлення України» («Education for sustainable development: transferring V4 countries’ experience for Ukraine’s recovery») The project is co-financed by the governments of the Czech Republic and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants of the International Visegrad Fund The mission of the fund is to promote the ideas of sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe The authors would like to thank Viktor Karamushka Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy for providing photographs and comments on the text of the photo report Українська версія 20242025 ЧТ.01трав.Цілий деньСУБ.31Всеукраїнська екологічна акція «Чисте повітря» та день охорони атмосфери від забруднення викидами автотранспорту(Цілий день) ПТ.02трав.Цілий деньВсесвітній день тунця(Цілий день: п'ятниця) СУБ.03трав.Цілий деньДень Сонця(Цілий день: субота) ЧТ.08трав.Цілий деньВсесвітній день мігруючих птахів(Цілий день: четвер) ПТ.09трав.Цілий деньРамкова конвенція ООН про зміну клімату(Цілий день: п'ятниця) ПН.12трав.Цілий деньДень екологічної освіти(Цілий день: понеділок) ЧТ.15трав.Цілий деньВсесвітній день захисту клімату(Цілий день: четвер) ВТ.20трав.Цілий деньПідписання Конвенції про охорону морських живих ресурсів Антарктики(Цілий день: вівторок) ВТ.20трав.Цілий деньВсесвітній день бджіл(Цілий день: вівторок) ЧТ.22трав.Цілий деньМіжнародний день біологічного різноманіття(Цілий день: четвер) ПТ.23трав.Цілий деньВсесвятній день черепахи(Цілий день: п'ятниця) СУБ.24трав.Цілий деньЄвропейський День парків(Цілий день: субота) СУБ.31трав.Цілий деньВсесвітній день проти куріння(Цілий день: субота) Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.