Results of the School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat

Школа молодого українського дипломата

The School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat of the IIR Business School of the Educational and Research Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association: results of the training course lasting from 8 June to 1 August 2024 with a total of 20 online lectures (40 academic hours).

The School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat is a social and educational career guidance project, through which Ukrainian youth can make a conscious choice about the institution of higher education, as well as get acquainted with the diplomatic sphere and international relations, and receive motivation tools and opportunities for further professional development.

We bring together the intellectual potential and experience of reputable Ukrainian diplomats, diplomatic missions, government institutions, public figures, and the faculty of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

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In addition, participants have the opportunity to communicate with Ukrainian diplomats and Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine as part of the exclusive public diplomacy project #OpenUkrainianDiplomacy. 

We can achieve these goals thanks to strong and sustainable support:

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
  • Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
  • Ukrainian embassies abroad;
  • Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; 
  • The Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; 
  • Foreign diplomatic missions in Ukraine; 
  • Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association;
  • General Directorate for servicing foreign missions GDIP Media Center;
  • Spouses of Ukrainian diplomats;
  • Scientific Society for the History of Diplomacy and International Relations and other partners. 

We express our sincere gratitude to the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Andriy Sibiga for meeting with the School participants at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

We express our sincere gratitude to the Director of the Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Hennadii Nadolenko, for the opportunity to visit the Diplomatic Academy. 

We are sincerely grateful for supporting the aspirations of young people to get acquainted with the diplomatic sphere:

The Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association - the School's general partner, personally, the President of the UFA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Volodymyr Dmytrovych Khandohiy, the Executive Director of the UFA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Valeriy Ivanovych Tsybukh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Tunisia and the State of Libya Volodymyr Khomants, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ambassador at Large of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi. 

We would like to express our gratitude to His Excellency Antonio Gazzanti Pugliese di Cotrone, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Ukraine, for the opportunity to participate in the international conference "Humanitarian Diplomacy in the Context of the War in Ukraine". 

At the School, we pay attention to introducing young people to well-known experts in the field of international relations and diplomacy, as well as informing young people about opportunities to use public diplomacy tools to promote the interests and strengthen the state's position in the world, participate in training, internships in international relations, in public sector projects, and get motivated for further achievements!

We are sincerely grateful to the distinguished speakers:

  • Mykola Hnatovskyi - Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, PhD in Law, Associate Professor of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2002-2022);
  • Ksenia Smyrnova - Vice-Rector for International Cooperation of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Comparative and European Law of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv;
  • Tetyana Sybiga, co-founder of the association "Spouses of Ukrainian Diplomats", public figure and translator;
  • Alla Polyova - Ambassador at Large of the Department of Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
  • Lyudmyla Nedilska, diplomat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (First Territorial Department, Consular Service Department), Acting Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto (2014-2016), PhD in Political Science, wife of the Consul General of Ukraine in Istanbul Consulate General of Ukraine in Istanbul.

We would like to express our gratitude to Pavlo Oleksandrovych Kryvonos, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Second Class, Director General of the State Enterprise "General Directorate for Servicing Foreign Missions" and Inna Khomenska, Head of the Directorate "Media Centre of the Scientific and Educational Institute of the State Institute of International Relations", PhD in Philology, for the opportunity for the School participants to participate in online and offline events of the Media Centre of the Scientific and Educational Institute of the State Institute of International Relations. 

We would like to express our gratitude to Professor Iryna Matiash, Chairman of the Scientific Society for the History of Diplomacy and International Relations, for inviting the School to become a partner of a number of events of the international project "Women in Diplomacy: Challenge or Mission" (March-June 2024) with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. 

The participants of the School got acquainted with the faculty of the Educational and Research Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and learnt about the opportunities to become an internationalist.

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Educational specialities and teachers were represented:

  • "Country Studies" - Head of the Department of International Regional Studies, Doctor of History, Professor Mykola Doroshko Mykola Doroshko;
  • "D. in Political Science, Head of the International Relations Department of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Associate Professor Roman Petiur, PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor Mykola Kapitonenko, PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor Ksenia Denysenko;
  • "Anton Nanavov, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, is a professor of international economic relations;
  • "International Information" - Doctor of Political Science, Professor Nataliia Pipchenko:
  • "International Law" - Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, PhD in Law, Associate Professor Mykola Hnatovsky. 

The School participants had the opportunity to strengthen their personal skills and competences by participating in lectures and workshops:

  • D. in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Director of the Business School of the Corporation "Science Park of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv" Business
  • coach and presenter Vladimir Zubchenko;
  • Marina Grysenko, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, is the expert on future career coaching;
  • media literacy, critical thinking - PhD in Social Communications, Associate Professor at the Institute of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Oleh Dzholos;
  • to learn about the role of youth and women in modern diplomacy - Karina Radchenko - Master of International Economic Relations (graduate of IMB of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) and Master of Law, PhD student, Youth Delegate of the Council of Europe, member of the UNESCO working group, founder of PAIS Partnership for Advancing Innovative Sustainability - PAIS.

We are grateful to the students of the Institute of International Relations for meeting with the participants of the School:

  • Yuriy Petryk is a graduate of the International Business study programme. Bachelor's degree, Chairman of the Student Council of the Institute of International Relations, Executive Director of the ADASTRA Analytical Centre, interned at the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council; Assistant to the Youth Delegate of Ukraine to the United Nations (2023-2024, 2024-2025); graduate of the School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat;
  • Pavlo Zelenskyi is a 4th year student of the International Business programme, First Deputy and Acting Head of the Student Council of the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, an auditor at Deloitte and KPMG; he has been an intern at the National Security and Defence Council's Countering Disinformation Centre; winner of the Dmytro Kuleba Scholarship (2023); graduate of the School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat;
  • Ian Earl-Ruzhytskyi - 4th year student of International Relations; Project Coordinator of the Youth Council at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; Project Manager of the NGO "Public Diplomacy Platform"; graduate of the US Department of State Global UGRAD programme in Washington, DC, interned at the Department of Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communications of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; graduate of the School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat;
  • Yegor Cherkun - Bachelor of the Institute of International Relations, Tor 5 Young Diplomats of Ukraine 2023; Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Social Policy for Digital Transformation; Project Manager of the digital team of the Ministry of Social Policy with the support of the GAP programme funded by Switzerland and implemented by the Eastern Europe Foundation; Board Member of the Ukrainian Student League on GR; Secretary of the delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Angola; former assistant to the People's Deputy of Ukraine.

We are sincerely grateful for the invitation to the respected organisers of the offline events. It was a great joy and honour for the School participants to join the communication with well-known specialists and experts, who gave them the opportunity to discover the practical aspects of the diplomatic sphere, namely 

  • A visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a meeting with the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Andriy Sibiga, with the organisational support of the Association "Spouses of Ukrainian Diplomats";
  • visit to the Gennadiy Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a meeting with the Director of the DAA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Gennadiy Nadolenko;
  • Participation in the conference "Humanitarian Diplomacy in the Context of War in Ukraine" (04.04), at the invitation of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Antonio Gazzanti Pugliese di Cotrone, Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Ukraine - Mr Andriy Hanas, Ms Sofia Michal; 
  • roundtable discussion "10 years of aggression: economic consequences for muscovy" (27.06). Organisers: Media Centre of the State Institute of International Relations and the Centre for Russian Studies;
  • Round table "Peace Summit in Switzerland as a test for peace or World War III", organisers: Institute for Foreign Policy Studies, GSIS Media Centre.
  • Presentation of the School's diplomas at the Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association with the participation of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Executive Director of the UFA Valeriy Tsybukh. 

Thanks to the Press Centre of the Institute of International Relations. For the photo, we thank Anna Fialkovska. 

We sincerely congratulate all graduates of the School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat!

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Even in difficult times, you strive to change the world for the better, demonstrate your concern, interest in international relations and strengthening of Ukraine's place on the world stage, bring new ideas, creativity and energy, and, most importantly, have a thirst for knowledge, self-improvement and development and an understanding that you are the driving force behind the restoration of the state! Let your powerful voice be heard around the world, and let your hearts be filled with hope, optimism and faith in victory! 

With sincere gratitude and respect, Natalia Rylach, Head and co-founder of the School of Young Ukrainian Diplomat, PhD in Economics.