The Professional Association of Ecologists of Ukraine together with the National Center for Sustainable Development within the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Program, funded by the governments of Denmark, Switzerland and Sweden in 2020, launched the project Interaction Platform "Ecoprofessions of the Future – the Future of Ecoprofessions", aimed at raising awareness of future ecologists in the real expectations of employers, increasing public attention to the role of dual education, joining the efforts of educators and employers in preparing highly qualified professionals.
Students and their supervisors of all universities, who prepare bachelors and masters of environmental specialties are invited to participate in this year's online congress. Interactive inclusion of student studios from Kyiv, Lviv, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Dnipro, Kramatorsk and others is envisaged.
Participation is free, but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
For participation, please contact: (063) 84 93 806, adm@ecolog-ua.com (Nataliia)
"The goals of the platform are to outline the key environmental issues that will be focused on for the next 20 years, to determine the basic requirements for preparation of professional ecologists, their level of knowledge, skills, competencies, including professions related to environmental protection, immersion in modern professional abilities and skills as well as requirements of employers; early professional guidance, popularization and involvement in professions related to eco-management, eco-safety, eco-engineering, environmental protection technologies, etc.; to attract the potential of talented youth to projects and programs of eco-transformation of the country. The goal of the platform is to educate new generation business youth who know the basics of nature management, preservation of ecosystems, care for the natural heritage and lead an active lifestyle," – say the organizers.
7 key topics have been identified:
1) Future nature management and nature conservation: Ukraine and the world;
2) Eco-specialists of the new generation and the development of the applied field of environmental protection;
3) Transformation of state policy in the ecosphere and environmental education;
4) Sustainable Development Strategy: a look into the future;
5) Management of professional development in environmental protection and marketing of eco-personality;
6) Involvement in the profession or how a student can start working and earn in the field of ecologization?
7) Digital transformation of environmental management
There will be interesting speakers who inspire and immerse one in the profession:
UN expert Liudmyla Tsyhanok – President of the Professional Association of Ecologists of Ukraine, CEO Ecobusiness Group, Editor-in-Chief of journal "Ecology Enterprise"; Ruslan Strilets – Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources; Oksana Bilous – Assistant Head of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance; Eduard Arustamian – Director of the Department of Natural Reserves and Land Resources of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine; Dmytro Zaruba – First Deputy Head of the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine; UN expert Vladyslav Antypov – Vice President of PAEU, Director General of CERN; Valentyn Shcherbyna – Vice President of PAEU; Vaahn Mnatsakanian – Head of the Department of Ecology, Energy Management and Labor Protection of Mariupol City Council, Vice President of PAEU for Community Ecologization; Maksym Soroka – PhD in Environmental Safety, Chairman of the PAEU Committee for Atmospheric Air Protection; Mariana Hinzula – Doctor of Philosophy, Expert on Water Resources Protection, Member of the PAEU Water Committee, Deputy Head of Subsection 101 "Ecology" of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; Expert NAQA Victoriia Khrutba – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Ecology and Life Safety of the National Transport University; Vladyslav Varnavskyi – Director of Ecology Interpipe; Olha Semkiv – Chief Ecologist of "Arcelormittal Kryvyi Rih"; Petro Dryhulych – Ecologist of Naftogaz of Ukraine; Yuliia Holovchuk – Ecologist of Kryvyi Rig Cement; Oleksandr Chumak – Engineer of Environmental Protection of "Kronospan"; Nataliia Slobodian – Head of DTEK's Department of Climate Change and Ecology; Stanislav Ihnatiev – PhD, CEO of "Solar Generation", founder of the Kharkiv Energy Cluster and Valentyn Frechka – inventor, creator of the paper production technology from fallen leaves.
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