{"id":18804,"date":"2025-09-15T10:41:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/?p=18804"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:59:46","slug":"strategic-roundtable-edup-and-business-partners-unite-in-the-carpathians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/strategic-roundtable-edup-and-business-partners-unite-in-the-carpathians\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Roundtable: EdUP and Business Partners Unite in the Carpathians"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18804\" class=\"elementor elementor-18804\" 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-9f67a13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f67a13\" 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-94729be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94729be\" 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>The Swisscontact EdUP project team held a strategic roundtable on Mount Pip Ivan Chornohirskyi in the Carpathians.<\/strong><\/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-b9bf1fe dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9bf1fe\" 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<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064663_y-1024x577.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18789\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064663_y-1024x577.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064663_y-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064663_y-768x433.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064663_y.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\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-76c8f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76c8f03\" 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 data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"549\">The event brought together members of the project team and representatives of the business community \u2014 our partners. Among them were: Mykhailo Orlenko, Executive Director of the Association \u201cUkrainian Manufacturers of Translucent Structures\u201d; Serhii Zapetliaiev, Director of LLC \u201cVikna-Star\u201d; Olena Hryb Brand Manager at Apiglorija and Nataliia Kuzora, HR Manager at Herz.<\/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-2187be9 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2187be9\" 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<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064644_y-1-1024x577.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18791\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064644_y-1-1024x577.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064644_y-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064644_y-1-768x433.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/photo_5922628991037064644_y-1.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Discussion of the New Vocational Education Law <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\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-f7a7695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7a7695\" 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<h3 data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"590\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">During the roundtable, the participants discussed two key blocks of issues:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3><ol data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"1270\"><li data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"1088\"><p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"1088\"><strong data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"723\">The new Law of Ukraine \u201cOn Vocational Education\u201d<\/strong>, focusing in particular on:<br data-start=\"751\" data-end=\"754\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f538.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd38\" \/> establishing supervisory boards in every vocational institution and strengthening their role in governance;<br data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"867\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f538.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd38\" \/> expanding the autonomy of vocational education institutions;<br data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"933\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f538.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd38\" \/> promoting vocational professions \u2014 from school students to adults;<br data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1005\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f538.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd38\" \/> the need to foster closer cooperation between VET institutions and businesses.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1270\"><p data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1270\"><strong data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1131\">The project\u2019s development dynamics<\/strong>, including its strategic plans for the future. The discussion also touched on what skills and professions Ukraine will need in 5\u201310 years.<\/p><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f5606a elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"1f5606a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cSupervisory boards in VET institutions are a powerful lever of influence from the business side. They help align vocational education with labor market needs, ensuring that VET institutions train specialists required by the economy.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\"> Yuliia Epifanova, EdUP Project Manager<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4c030 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"9d4c030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWe closely followed the adoption process of this law and welcome its approval \u2014 it is the right step in the development of vocational education, and it is very important for us. From the perspective of supervisory boards, it is an essential mechanism for control and protection of the funds that businesses \u2014 including ours \u2014 invest in the development of these institutions.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Mykhailo Orlenko, Executive Director of the Association \u2018Ukrainian Manufacturers of Translucent Structures\u2019<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee6282b dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee6282b\" 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<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\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\/09\/20250913_0713560-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18863\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250913_0713560-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250913_0713560-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250913_0713560-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250913_0713560-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250913_0713560-2048x1536.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">EdUP Team at the Mountain Summit (2,028 m) <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\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-ba8bd09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba8bd09\" 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<blockquote data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"374\">\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"374\"><strong data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"372\">The project expresses its sincere gratitude to the organizers \u2014 Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University\u2014 for making it possible to work and spend time in such a unique location, the astronomical and meteorological observatory on Mount Pip Ivan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"459\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<\/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>The Swisscontact EdUP project team held a strategic roundtable on Mount Pip Ivan Chornohirskyi in the Carpathians. The event brought together members of the project team and representatives of the business community \u2014 our partners. Among them were: Mykhailo Orlenko, Executive Director of the Association \u201cUkrainian Manufacturers of Translucent Structures\u201d; Serhii Zapetliaiev, Director of LLC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,67,51],"tags":[],"zakupivli":[],"class_list":["post-18804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engagement-of-the-private-sector","category-news","category-quality-of-education"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18804"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18867,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18804\/revisions\/18867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18804"},{"taxonomy":"zakupivli","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zakupivli?post=18804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}