On December 16, in the conference hall of the "Ukraine" hotel, the results of the training seminar on the topic "how to start a political career?" were summarized, which is the first stage of the implementation of a long-term project of conducting training seminars under the general title "School of Public Leader".
The organizers of this event were the non-governmental analytical center Consortium of Intellectual Service "Leon-Analytic" and the youth public organization "Association of Young Reformers" (AMoRe). This educational project took place with the support of People's Deputy of Ukraine Volodymyr Bondar, who has constantly supported and supports interesting youth initiatives aimed at educating new leaders. The idea of organizing seminars was also supported by the Regional Development Agency "Volyn", which is an information partner of the international foundation "Renaissance".
The goal of this project is to find and train young people who are interested in politics, who lack practical skills and who would like to obtain them directly from politicians who have significant achievements in this field, as well as to raise the level of political culture of young people.
The training seminar consisted of 10 sessions held over two weeks. The total number of participants who successfully completed this training seminar was 25 people. These are mainly students of Volyn higher education institutions who care about their own future and the future of our state.
The participants of the project had the opportunity to consolidate the theoretical knowledge gained in practical sessions. Meetings with guest speakers were also useful and interesting - well-known politicians, People's Deputies of Ukraine and deputies of local councils, leaders of public organizations authoritative in the region, officials of government bodies and local self-government. In particular, the mayor of Lutsk Anton Kryvytskyi, regional council deputy Volodymyr Banada, former well-known officials of local administrations Stanislav Yashchyk and Bohdan Shyba, leaders of public associations Anton Sosnovskyi, Vladyslav Stemkovskyi, Oleksandr Stirko, Nina Pakhomiuk, as well as well-known journalists acted as experts. One of the sessions dedicated to the role of the Internet as a source of political information was held by the participants at the IATP center, which operates in the regional library for youth.
This project gave young people the opportunity to see paths for self-realization in politics. Participants received enough information about how one can acquire practical skills of working in political and administrative structures.
The organizers of this event are convinced that they have made a fairly significant contribution to raising the political culture and civic activity of young people and their development as political leaders of the new generation. It is precisely to address these issues that the long-term project "School of Public Leader" is intended.
All participants who successfully completed this training seminar received a corresponding certificate, which will help them in their further political career.
From the beginning of the new year, the organizers plan to continue holding similar events within the framework of the "School of Public Leader" project. And since 2004 is the year of presidential elections, the next events will be dedicated to electoral topics and will teach young people how to realize themselves during election campaigns.