DVV International Headquarters prepared a material explaining its position regarding the current work in Ukraine during the war. Here is the extract from the statement.
"DVV International has been working with local partners to promote lifelong learning and strengthen adult learning and education (ALE) in Ukraine for over twelve years. The Institute started in 2010 with a regional office in Kiev to improve adults’ access to quality and affordable education. The sudden outbreak of war brings terrible suffering to the Ukrainian people and poses massive challenges to the global community. The focus must now, of course, be on the safety of the people and all diplomatic efforts to end the war as quickly as possible. Therefore, our thoughts are with our colleagues, the staff of our partner organisations, project participants and all people in Ukraine.
It is currently uncertain whether and how we will be able to continue our activities in Ukraine. But until the outbreak of the war we had done our work with a lot of passion and professionalism. We would therefore like to provide an insight into the work that our colleagues and civil society partners have done in recent years. The focus has always been on building an ALE system with the involvement of civil society actors – in order to give disadvantaged people in particular better prospects in life and more opportunities to participate, and to strengthen democracy in the country.
Our work to establish ALE structures is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and further projects are supported by the Federal Foreign Office. A qualified and motivated team consisting of one seconded specialist and ten local staff from the regional office in Kiev manage the diverse projects and activities."
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