These events took place within the framework of the project "Student Space - Territory of Active Actions," implemented by the Volyn Regional Youth Public Organization "Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)" with the support of the Democracy Assistance Fund of the US Embassy in Ukraine. Leaders and activists of student self-government of the city's higher educational institutions took part in the trainings, in particular from Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk State Technical University, Vyacheslav Lypynsky Volyn Institute of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (IAPM), Volyn Institute of Economics and Management, Lutsk Humanitarian University, and Volyn State School of Culture and Arts. During the trainings, students examined issues related to building an effective structure of the student self-government body, methods of activating and motivating students to participate in student self-government, activity strategy and communication tactics for student self-government. The experts on these issues were Serhiy Adamchuk, a member of the Board of the All-Ukrainian Student Council under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and Vitaliy Shabunin, a deputy of the Rivne City Council and a member of the Coordination Council of the public movement OPORA. A mini-training on leadership for student activists was conducted by psychologist Oleksandr Ostapyovsky. Within the framework of the event, the issue of forms of cooperation between public organizations and student self-government bodies was also raised. At the training, students had the opportunity to test their organizational skills and leadership qualities and to learn about the experience of student self-government activities in other regions of Ukraine. The main goal of this event, however, was to consolidate the experience of student self-government leaders and to provide an opportunity to jointly solve student problems through developing mechanisms of cooperation among Lutsk student self-government bodies. On the initiative of Mykhailo Shelep, head of the Volyn Regional Youth Public Organization "Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)," a decision was made to organize in the near future an introductory trip to the city of Rivne to study the experience of student self-government of local higher educational institutions.
Additional information: The project "Student Space – Territory of Active Actions," implemented by the Volyn Regional Youth Public Organization "Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)" with the support of the Democracy Assistance Fund of the US Embassy in Ukraine, is intended to help develop and strengthen the institutions of student self-government of higher educational institutions of III-IV accreditation levels in the city of Lutsk and to consolidate the city's student community. Within the framework of the project, it is planned to hold roundtable meetings of the city's student self-government activists, training sessions and educational seminars for student self-government activists, an information seminar for representatives of higher educational institution administrations, and the organization of introductory trips to educational institutions of Ukraine and neighboring countries.