Ukrainian Vibes is a project that gives young Europeans the opportunity to participate in discussions on topics that are important for modern European society and creates awareness of Ukrainian history and culture in Europe. Change Communications participates in the project for the third time: in 2021, in 2022 and in 2023.Tasks:
- To organize a series of online and offline discussions among Ukrainian and German community on the topics of Ukrainian history, civic activism and the consequences of war for the ecology and human rights.
- To encourage experts and young people to participate in discussions.
Solutions:
- Creation of a German-Ukrainian youth project team, training for the team and constant expert support of the team’s work.
- The initial idea was to hold live discussions in different cities of Germany and Ukraine. But due to the restrictions related to Covid pandemic and the war, most of the discussions were online. Unfortunately, there was no off-line discussion in Ukraine – only in Germany, however bright online events took place in Ukraine.
- Conducting promotional campaigns among experts and young people to involve them in discussions in Ukraine and Germany.
Results:
- 7 on-line discussions with 172 participants from 34 countries in 2021 with over 195 000 people were reached by promo campaign.
- 8 off-line and 3 online discussions with 60 offline participants from 17 countries and 120 online participants from 24 countries in 2022.
- Over 500 people were reached via subscription newsletter and over 7 000 people were reached via Instagram in 2022
- Creating the Catalog of Ideas for a sustainable future of Europe, not limited by EU borders, and distribution the catalog among the members of the European Parliament.
- The project took the third prize on the European Charlemagne Yourh Prize in 2022.
Partners and beneficiares:
The project was implemented in a partnership with Democracy International, NECU, as part of the Engagement Global ASA-programme, with financial support from the BMZ and with additional financial support from the SAP Solidarity Fund and the Alfred Toepfer Foundation.
