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Polish-Ukrainian European School

The sponsors of the project: The Stefan Batory Foundation,  Carpathian Foundation 
and The Office of the Polish Prime Minister (Government‘s agency for family matters)

1. The date and place of the program’s realization:

The Polish-Ukrainian European School [PUES] was realized from august 20th to august 30th 1999, therefore it lasted 10 days. The first part of the program (7 days) took place in Poland (ZHP-Polish Scouts Association facility in Ruszelczyce near Przemyśl), while the last three days were realized in the Ukrainian Ministry’s of National Defense sanatorium in Szkło near Nowojaworiwsk.

Initially the organizers planned the School to last 8 days but obtaining appropriate financial funds enabled us to prolong the program by another two days and accepting a larger than planned number of participants.

2. Members participating in the program:

In general 40 people participated in the Polish-Ukrainian European School half of that number from each side, the Polish and the Ukrainian one. Furthermore there were 2 Slovakian participants.

Most of the participants were aged between 18 and 20 years. They were representing the following organizations:

  • Parlament Młodzieży z Przemyśla - Youth Parliament in Przemyśl
  • Młodzieżowa Rada Miasta Rzeszowa - Youth City Council in Rzeszów
  • Niezależne Zrzeszenie Studentów – Independent Student’s Association
  • Lwowski Obwodowy Komitet Organizacji Młodzieżowych (LOKMO) - Youth Organizations’ District Committee in Lviv
  • Centrum „Młoda Dyplomacja” (Uniwersytet we Lwowie) - Center “Young Diplomacy” (Lviv University)
  • Parlament Młodzieży Obwodu Lwowskiego - Youth Parliament of the Lviv District
  • Lwowska Obwodowa Organizacja „Młodzież za Reformami” - Lviv’s District Organization “Youths for the Reforms”
  • Klub intelektualnej i twórczej inicjatywy „DYNASTIA” - Intellectual and creative initiative’s club “DYNASTY”
  • Lwowska organizacja młodzieży „Stowarzyszenie Ukraińskiej Młodzieży” - Lviv’s Youth Organization “Ukrainian Youth Association”

3. Substantial program:

Thanks to obtaining appropriate financial funds we managed to prolong the training to 10 days (instead of 8 as planned). As a result, new components were introduced into the program to make it more attractive. Apart from the previously planned 50 hours of activities, 3 additional lectures (2 hour long each) took place. The first of them was dedicated to cultural cooperation between Poland and Ukraine during the last years, and the last two- to the implementation of European law standards into the Polish and Ukrainian laws. Additionally, two trips were organized, during which the participants had the opportunity to visit Przemyśl with its surroundings and Lviv (with Łyczakowski Cemetery).

no. Issues Number of hours Form of activity
1. Integration activities 4 Workshop
2. Poll checking the level of knowledge 1 Test
3. Cultural and economic cooperation between Poland and Ukraine during the last years, especially in the Polish-Ukrainian borderland 2 Lectures
4. Cooperation possibilities of the Polish and Ukrainian youth organizations on the field of tourism, culture and joint educational programs 5 Workshop
5. The European Union’s programs directed to youths from the European Union and Central-Eastern Europe countries 2 Lecture
6. The main present political systems, the political structure of the European Union member countries and a comparison of Polish and Ukrainian political systems 7 Workshop
7. Political transformation in Poland and Ukraine after the fall of the Eastern Bloc 3 Discussion with participation of guests
8. Changes in the Polish and Ukrainian laws in the context of these countries’ aspiration for the European Union membership 4 Lecture
9. The history of European integration – historical background, plans of integration, political obstacles, directions of the Communities’ expansion, new members, integration of Poland with the European Union 7 Workshop
10. European Community Law – the structure of the founder’s Treaties and the nature of the derivative law acts. Legal-institutional system and the decision-making process. 12 Lecture and a simulation game
11. Social-economic structure of the European Union’s member countries, Poland and Ukraine. Economic and Monetary Union. 7 Workshop and lecture
12. Common rural and local policies in the European Union 2 Workshop
13. Poland and Ukraine’s aspirations to participate in the European structures, the role of Poland towards Ukraine after Poland joining NATO and the European Union 3 Discussion with participation of guests
14. Cultural review of the European Union countries, Poland and Ukraine 5 Workshop
15. A tour of Przemyśl with its surroundings (Krasiczyn, Fortifications) All day long coach trip
16. A tour of Lviv and the Łyczakowski cemetery All day long coach trip

4. The program’s results:

Thanks to the realization of the Polish-Ukrainian European School we managed to establish better contact with the youth organizations from Ukraine. The presence of 2 colleagues from Slovakia will surely initiate trilateral cooperation between youth organizations from Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia. Even now we are preparing a realization of three succeeding trainings on the European Union, which will take place by the end of this year and at the beginning of the next year. We would like them to be, similarly to the case of PUES, programs involving all partners to the same extent into the realization of the project, not only the head organizer.

Another very important result of this program was elaborating new ideas for cooperation of the polish and Ukrainian youth organizations. Most probably at the beginning of next year there will be an international program (training) organized, dedicated to the functioning of non-government organizations in Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia. Furthermore, ideas emerged to organize Polish-Ukrainian scientific (historical) conferences, as well as language and culture schools. Special organizational groups (Polish-Ukrainian) were appointed to realize these programs, and have already started preparations for realizing these projects.

5. The realizers of the project:

The program was realized by a team of several trainers and assistants from our association and partner organizations and by invited lecturers and specialists. During trainings we were using the latest publications rendered accessible by the European Communities’ Diplomatic Agency in Warsaw and the Center for European Information attached to the European Integration Committee Office.

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ostatnia aktualizacja: 08 sierpnia 2002 roku
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