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Western NIS Enterprise Fund Launches Urban Movement “City Is Me”- New Educational Project for Youth in 18 Ukrainian Cities
March 18, 2024Cities today play a vital role in stimulating economic development, competing for talent, and addressing global challenges. Understanding how cities function and how to improve them is an important tool for strengthening citizen engagement. Recognizing this need, Western NIS Enterprise Fund is launching an educational project aimed to unite young people and provide them with the tools necessary for active engagement in urban life. The Urban Movement “City Is Me” program was designed to be held for teenagers aged 10 to 17 in 18 cities of Ukraine from March 18 to June 28, 2024.
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1000 scholarships for Prometheus IT courses in partnership with WNISEF: free training in programs created together with GlobalLogic, Ciklum, and the top industry experts
January 16, 2024Prometheus, Ukraine’s largest educational platform, offers scholarships for paid IT courses created in partnership with GlobalLogic, Ciklum, and top industry experts. The Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) is generously providing 1,000 scholarships to make the training free of charge.
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Launching the Strategic Changes Support Office Together With WNISEF
January 04, 2024The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, supported by the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), which implements reform initiatives and transformational projects in Ukraine, is opening a Strategic Changes Support Office. The project was implemented as part of the joint efforts with the NGO Foundation for Support of Reforms in Ukraine.
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Everyone Should Contribute To Rebuilding: Community Building Centers Will Be Created In Ten ATCs
September 15, 2023Lviv hosted a workshop for ten communities from various regions of Ukraine that won the grants to create community building centers. With grants provided by the Western NIS Enterprise Fund and Cedos, each community will receive up to UAH 1,000,000 to open such centers.
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COMMUNITY BUILDING CENTERS FOR ATC DEVELOPMENT: GRANTS FROM WESTERN NIS ENTERPRISE FUND AND CEDOS
July 05, 2023Cedos and the Western NIS Enterprise Fund are announcing a grant competition for amalgamated territorial communities (ATCs) to create or renovate community building centers. The main goal is involvement (participation) and development of communities by uniting people, communicating, supporting each other, participating in impactful initiatives of the community, and planning for the future together. The centers should be fully accessible spaces.
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THE FUTURE OF UKRAINIAN CITIES. AN URBAN PROJECT FOR UKRAINIAN YOUTH ENDS IN POLAND
April 26, 2023The Urban Club for Ukrainian youth “The City Is Me” in Warsaw is a joint project of the Ukrainian House in Warsaw, the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), and the “Child Effect” NGO. The first priority of the Club is to provide its participants with important practical knowledge about cities – Polish, Ukrainian, and others. The Club’s initiator and co-organizer is Iryna Ozymok, WNISEF Local Economic Development Program Manager, founder of the International Mayors Summit, and author of a children’s book explaining how cities function and what’s the role of people in them. “The City Is Me” Urban Club in Poland was organized in Lublin and Warsaw.
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Lublin Urban Club: “We want children to know that they are the same city dwellers as adults”
December 24, 2022Lublin hosted the pilot Urban Club “The City Is Me” – a series of interactive meetings for children and youth from Ukraine and Poland.
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Lublin Urban Club. The City Is Me
November 28, 2022Lublin Urban Club. The City Is Me – this is the motto of the first youth urban club in Lublin, opened on Friday, November 18. For five weeks children and youth from Poland and Ukraine will be attending free workshops along with Polish and foreign experts to design an environmentally friendly city together. To join the Club, one needs only to register at the link. Participation in the Club meetings is free.
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USAID and WNISEF to award 700 scholarships to study at GlobalLogic, Ciklum and SoftServe IT courses on Prometheus platform
October 28, 2022Ukraine’s largest educational platform Prometheus launches affordable IT courses in partnership with IT industry leaders GlobalLogic, Ciklum, and SoftServe. The best graduates will get invitations to the interviews and continue cooperation with the companies. 700 applicants will be able to join the educational programs for free due to scholarships. The project is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and WNISEF.
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Want to speak Ukrainian? Now it’s even easier to start! Western NIS Enterprise Fund supports The United project
September 15, 2022Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) has supported The United project aimed to ease the transition to the Ukrainian language. Since April the project has been actively implemented by the Teach in Ukrainian initiative.