Beginning of Cooperation Between the Educational Initiatives Foundation and the Ukrainian Institute for Educational Development

Beginning of Cooperation Between the Educational Initiatives Foundation and the Ukrainian Institute for Educational Development

15 March 2026 

We are pleased to announce the launch of a partnership between the Ukrainian Institute for Educational Development and the Educational Initiatives Foundation.
 
This collaboration focuses on developing human capital, as well as management and project-related competencies within the education sector. Key areas of cooperation include implementing joint research initiatives, advancing STEM education, and introducing innovative educational models.
 
The partnership also entails creating conditions for the development of STEM centers and educational hubs, as well as providing expert and scientific-methodological support for pilot educational initiatives.
 
We believe that this collaboration will contribute to the advancement of modern education and open up new opportunities for the educational community.

Nadiia Omelchenko’s contribution to the development of women’s leadership was recognized with an honorary certificate.

Nadiia Omelchenko’s contribution to the development of women’s leadership was recognized with an honorary certificate.

11 March 2026

During an official meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ukraine, Alle Dorhout, Nadiia Omelchenko—founder of the Educational Initiatives Foundation—received an honorary certificate recognizing her significant contribution to the development of the Ukrainian Women Entrepreneurs Hub (U&WE HUB) community.
 
We are grateful for the recognition of women’s role in building Ukraine’s resilience, and for the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ support of the U&WE HUB initiatives. Our Foundation joined this network in the autumn of 2025; over the course of more than a decade of operation under the leadership of Nadiia Omelchenko, the Foundation has implemented dozens of projects aimed at fostering women’s leadership.
 
We also extend our deep gratitude to Maryna Saprykina—founder of the U&WE HUB project and the NGO “Center for CSR Development”—for her dedication to supporting women entrepreneurs and advancing socially significant initiatives both in Ukraine and globally.

We invite you to the National Forum “Women-Led Recovery: Money. Solutions. Impact”

We invite you to the National Forum “Women-Led Recovery: Money. Solutions. Impact”

05 March 2026 

We invite participants of our community to visit the National Forum “Women-Led Recovery: Money. Decisions. Impact”, organized by the FinanceHER project from CSR Ukraine / U&WE Hub.
The forum will be held from 11:00 to 16:30 this Friday, March 6, 2026 at the address that will be communicated to all registered participants by personal letter.
 
Organizers: Ukrainian Women Entrepreneurs Hub with the support of Mercy Corps and RVO.
During the event, you will be able to learn a maximum of useful and practical information about:
— financial instruments and access to capital
— digital solutions as a factor of competitiveness
— logic of decision-making in the financial sector
— entrepreneurial resilience during wartime
— new economy of recovery of Ukraine
 
The forum takes place within the framework of the FinanceHer Project – improved access of female entrepreneurs to financing through digital, financial and entrepreneurial literacy.
 
 The FinanceHer Memorandum has already been signed by 19 banks, non-banking institutions, companies and government agencies, including Oschadbank, Credit Dnipro, Vision Fund, Activitis, Sense Bank, Astarta, MHP and others.
Learn more about the Project https://financeher.uwehub.org
Learn more about opportunities for women entrepreneurs in Ukraine and see you at the event!
The STEM-SPRING 2026 festival has begun

The STEM-SPRING 2026 festival has begun

02 March 2026 

 
STEM-SPRING – 2026 starts in Ukraine. This is an All-Ukrainian educational festival, which is once again held within the framework of the European STEM Discovery campaign.
 
Educational festivals and innovative projects STEM-Spring, STEM-Week and STEM-Day are an environment of unity of STEM educators, which helps to overcome the isolation of innovative institutions, institutions; disseminate the best experience in implementing STEM education, ideas and projects accumulated and implemented in previous years. Holding regional, national events within the framework of the European STEM Discovery Campaign initiative contributes to the integration of Ukrainian innovators into the global ecosystem of modern scientific education and the adaptation of European standards, the dissemination of Ukrainian achievements in the field of STEM.
 
The purpose of the festival is to popularize STEM education and raise public awareness of the importance of STEM education for scientific and technological progress and economic development of the state.
 
 The educational festival “STEM-SPRING in 2026 is held under the slogan: “Grow with ideas, bloom with innovations!” and lasts from March 2 to May 29, 2026 and is held at the initiative of the Foundation “Educational Initiatives Foundation”, the STEM UA platform (Ukrainian Academy STEM), the municipal higher education institution Dnipropetrovsk Academy of Continuing Education” of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, the Public Organization “Competence Center of the Federation of Employers’ Organizations of Dnipropetrovsk Region”.
Educational institutions of all levels and forms of ownership, organizations and institutions interested in the development of STEM education can participate in the event. Participation in the event is free of charge. Additional advice on preparation and holding can be obtained by e-mail: stem.academy.ua@gmail.com (subject of the letter “STEM-SPRING-2026”).
“Unbreakable Education” and Kulykivskyi Professional Agrarian Lyceum

“Unbreakable Education” and Kulykivskyi Professional Agrarian Lyceum

26 February 2026 

Within the framework of the project “Unbreakable Education”, the material and technical base of the Kulykivskyi Vocational Agrarian Lyceum was strengthened – the institution received modern computer equipment for the organization of a continuous educational process.
 
Together with partners, we opened a modernized, barrier-free shelter that meets the requirements of a safe educational environment. The space is equipped with training areas, communications and a modern kitchen for practical training of future specialists even during air raids. From now on, the lyceum operates in a full-time format.
 
The project was implemented under the coordination of the All-Ukrainian League of Ukrainian Women with the support of international partners. The total investment volume is over 7 million UAH.
We thank everyone who invests in the development of vocational education and the formation of the human resource potential of the agricultural industry