{"id":17551,"date":"2025-07-28T10:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/?p=17551"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:38:32","slug":"empowering-education-swiss-delegation-visits-kharkiv-technical-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/empowering-education-swiss-delegation-visits-kharkiv-technical-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering VET Education: Swiss Delegation Visits Kharkiv Technical School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17551\" class=\"elementor elementor-17551\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c554843 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c554843\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff5ca4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff5ca4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>On July 8, a high-level Swiss delegation, led by the President of the National Council of Switzerland, Maja Riniker, visited the Kharkiv Technical School, in eastern Ukraine. The visit highlighted how targeted support from the Swiss government is enabling continuity in vocational education.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs. Riniker was accompanied by the Ambassador of Switzerland to Ukraine, F\u00e9lix Baumann; Deputy Head of Mission, Philippe Strub; Head of Bilateral Affairs and Parliamentary Presidencies, Myriam Bertsch; and Swisscontact in Ukraine team.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4847a7 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4847a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695771_y-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17555\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695771_y-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695771_y-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695771_y-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695771_y-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f66c737 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f66c737\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The delegation stressed that vocational training should be viewed on equal footing with academic education and that keeping skilled graduates in Ukraine will require continued investment and stronger ties with the private sector.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Swisscontact is expanding EdUP to include adult reskilling programs, in an effort to rebuild the workforce and ensure Ukraine\u2019s long-term resilience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88b6ad9 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88b6ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695775_y-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17557\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695775_y-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695775_y-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695775_y-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/photo_5440774527039695775_y-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c6f1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38c6f1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119668360 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119668360 BCX0\">The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW119668360 BCX0\">EdUP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119668360 BCX0\"> project, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Swiss private sector companies, such as <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW119668360 BCX0\">Geberit<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119668360 BCX0\"> and Sika, as well as the UBS Optimus Foundation, supports vocational schools in Ukraine through public-private partnerships.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW119668360 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 8, a high-level Swiss delegation, led by the President of the National Council of Switzerland, Maja Riniker, visited the Kharkiv Technical School, in eastern Ukraine. 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