OUR GYMNASIA PUPILS STUDIED DEMOCRACY 5 DAYS.*

On April 18-23, Krasiuk Roman, the FCG President, Svitlana Chumak, the FCG Queen,  and Y. V. Momot, a teacher of English, participated in a five-day training at "School of democracy," conducted in English and Ukrainian, organized by the Council of Europe, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the European Wergeland Centre and the Foreign Ministry of Norway. The training, which brought together teams from 10 regions of Ukraine, was held in the picturesque ethnographic complex "Ukrainian Village", located 30 kilometers from Kyiv.

The training participants deepened their knowledge and skills necessary for the development of democratic governance at school, met with NGOs, studied the structure and principles of democratic society, learned to develop projects for the development of democratic governance and the active participation of young people in the life of the school and the community.

Swiss and Ukrainian trainers noted good knowledge of the English language of our team, and representatives of European countries (Norway, Switzerland, Poland, Georgia) recognized the successful defense of the project  by the gymnnasia team.