Silver award from the European Assembly of Women Deputies
Svitlana Kropelnytska, Head of Project and Education Center «AGENTS OF CHANGES» at the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, and Project Manager was awarded a silver medal in the contest «Ukrainian Women’s Best Initiatives for Democratic Development of Local Communities». The award ceremony took place on September 27 in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. It was the second annual contest held by the European Assembly of Women Deputies with the support of the International Embassy of Women Entrepreneurs, the EU Delegation to Ukraine, the Council of Europe Delegation to Ukraine, the Association of Ukrainian Cities, and the Book Summit.
The event held in the Ukrainian Parliament was attended by both the contestants, this year numbering 135, and 24 winners in various categories from different regions of Ukraine, as well as honored guests, including Matti Maazikas, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Marcus Brand, UNDP Strategic Adviser on Democratic Governance, who presented the award to our nominee, and members of the Ukrainian Parliament.
«I am happy that the European Assembly of Women Deputies, together with the contest partners, commended our project initiative for the democratic development of local communities in our region and today I am honored to represent in the Verkhovna Rada not only one of the most powerful universities in the Western region and in the whole Ukraine – a modern educational, scientific, innovative institution, brain center of reforms, which actively supports and directly participates in the implementation of European integration reforms in Ukraine, simultaneously combining, thanks to the project approach, two of them – education and decentralization», – said the contest winner Svitlana Kropelnytska.
Today, Igor Tsependa, Rector of the Precarpathian University, on behalf of the whole team, congratulated Svitlana Kropelnytska, Associate Professor of Finance, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Doctoral Student, on receiving the award. It was entirely due to the support of this initiative provided by the university management, the proper conditions created at the university and EU grant funds, that enabled the creation of a unique platform, with a strong partnership of education and science, state and local authorities, local governments of the newly created united territorial communities, business and civil society institutions.
«AGENTS OF CHANGES» Center is a unique innovative platform for commercialization of scientific development through the project approach, for training of the project managers through the system of dual education, the environment for introducing innovative communication tools that allows engaging a broad range of representatives of local self-government interested in the development of their territories, as well as specialists from various fields and industries.
«AGENTS OF CHANGES» of the Precarpathian University is the painstaking work of a powerful team of management and specialists who realise bold dreams in order to create the European future!