More than 200 events took place due to the Day of Europe in Ukraine
More than 200 festive events took place in Ukraine due to the celebration of the Day of Europe in 2011. The celebration was also supported by the European Program of the International Renaissance Foundation.
Residents of 40 localities – from oblast centers to villages – joined the celebration. They participated in educational and entertainment events and for the first time, during celebration of the Day of Europe they found out more not only about the countries of Europe, their culture and traditions, but about European values too.
300,000 people participated in the nationwide campaigns called “I share European values”, “European Parades”, “Youth – for European values!”, “Eurobus-4: Youth of Europe – for Ukrainian communities” and in events of regional scale in Vinnytsia and Rivne Oblasts, Uzhhorod and Kyiv.
The nationwide campaign “I share European values” united residents of Vinnytsia, village of Hannivka in Dobropilsky Region of Donetsk Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kaniv, Kremenchuk, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Rovenki in Luhansk Oblast, Okhtyrka of Sumy Oblast, Sambir of Lviv Oblast, Simferopol, Sumy, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi and Chernihiv around European values that include respect to human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, respect to human rights, in particular, respect to the rights of minorities.
Within the framework of the project “Youth – for European values!”, students of senior classes from secondary schools and students from colleges and universities of Lviv, Khmelnytsky, Kirovohrad, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia and Cherkassy saw three theater performances on the topic of European values and also participated in the discussion regarding the proclaimed values.
“European parades” took place in Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Cherkassy and Zaporizhia. This type of activity represented a range of entertainment events in the format of walking procession of the participants.
Youth of small towns and villages had an opportunity to communicate with their peers from the countries of European Union, find out more about the EU and the opportunities that it offers and also about the opportunities to implement interesting public initiatives. Young people from 13 populated places had such communication during the stops of the Eurobus in their area (the project “Eurobus-4: Youth of Europe – for Ukrainian communities”).
Also public debates took place in Kyiv, such as event “No to visa regime! Europe is our home!” and event “Smile, Europe!”.
Contact information: European Program, Daryna Nakonecha, (044) 461 95 00, nakonechna@irf.kiev.ua
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The goal of the European Program is to promote Ukraine’s European integration by providing financial and expert support to relevant civil society initiatives.
