The Victor Pinchuk Foundation conducts the Second Youth Forum Zavtra.UA 2010

The 3rd Youth Forum of the nationwide scholarship programme ‘Zavtra.ua’ of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation will be held from 17 to 20 May. Over 300 scholars chosen by the expert commission as a result of the competition among 1500 candidates will become the Forum participants. Sixty leading universities of Ukraine are this year’s partners of the programme.

The first two days of the Forum will focus on the team building and project training, as well as development of social projects covering such areas as culture, health, education, environment, human rights and etc. The final event is planned for Wednesday, 19 May. On this day the students will present their projects, three of which will be selected for further administrative and financial support from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

Background:

Zavtra.UA Scholarship Programme is the first nation-wide programme of support for gifted young students in Ukraine, sponsored by private funds. It is one of the components of Victor Pinchuk Foundation's projects in the field of education and science.

The main strategic goal of the programme is to facilitate formation and strengthening of a new generation of intellectual and business elites in Ukraine from among best graduate students of the national institutions of higher education. The programme is intended to help gifted young students find the best positions in different areas of business and public life that correspond to their intellectual and professional capabilities, and to help them become the driving force of progressive changes in Ukraine.

The main aspects of Zavtra.UA scholarship programme:

• provision of monthly scholarships during a year;
• implementation of Individual Initiative Support Programme under Zavtra.UA, i.e. financial support for art, science and research, social and economic, and business projects that are developed by the winner students (primarily social projects) promoting Ukraine’s future and developing scholar’s potential;
• engaging students in collective social initiatives;
• engaging students in activities that strengthen their social and personal responsibility for the country.

The programme's strategic goals are achieved through the selection of the most talented students of the Ukrainian universities, those with high intellect, aspiration for knowledge and individual scientific work, in addition to outstanding personal qualities and general concern about Ukrainian society. The selection of such students is carried out following a three-stage competition. Selection criteria are: intellectual level, independent scientific work, leadership and communication skills.

The programme also provides scholars with additional opportunities for personal development, support of individual projects and collective initiatives, as well as organizing of informal communication, skills and information exchanges.

The programme is implemented in a close cooperation with Ukrainian universities. The list of universities participating in the programme is formed by the Foundation, based on the Board of Trustees recommendations in accordance with their recognition in the society and academic environments, according to their level of educational process and scientific research, as well as according to the need of representation of different regions and university majors. The list of the universities could be reviewed annually with respect to the effectiveness of participating institutions.

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation
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