Press-conference “Ukraine will be training conflict management and mediation specialists” was hold in June, 6 in Meeting Room of Academic Board of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute. Minister on issues of temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced people of Ukraine, Vadym Chernysh, pro-rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute for academic work, Petro Kyrychok, dean of the Faculty of Sociology and Law of the university, Andrii Melnychenko and head of Department of Sociology, Professor Pavlo Kutuiev took part in the meeting.
Press-conference has been called on the occasion of establishment on the Faculty of Sociology and Law of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute new Master’s program for conflict management and mediation specialists. Thus, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute will become the first Ukrainian university to train specialists of such subject area. Training of such specialists if of great urgency since under conditions of social and economic instability and due to real facts of not announced war in Ukraine, specialists with not only practical experience of conflict management at different levels and area but also with theoretical solid knowledge and information about foreign best practices in this line are currently in great demand. New Masters’ program as according to Vadym Chernysh is only the first step towards creation of national system of conflict management at different stages of their development. “We had negotiations along with several Ukrainian higher educational establishments, - he said while talking with journalists. – And it is Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute that demonstrated its willingness and readiness to implement such program”.
The program is implemented in terms of study area “Sociology”. According to Anatolii Melnychenko, the first enrollment will take place this year. Is has been planned to recruit thirty-forty students. Future masters will be studying in the field of conflict management and mediation for one year and four months. All working programmes and curricula have already been drawn up and approved as appropriate.
The photo of training programme for conflict management and mediation specialists in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute being implemented and Minister on issues of temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced people of Ukraine, Vadym Chernysh talking about it.