As the project School of Civic Participation2 has two-year validity period (2014-2015), this year was the last and the Second National conference “Social Animation for Cultural Development and Communities” was carrying out.
Second National conference “Social Animation for Cultural Development and Communities” in the frames of the «School of civic participation – 2» was carried out from November 29 till December 1, 2015, in Lviv-Bryukhovichi. The three-day action which united public figures from different areas of Ukraine for the exchange of experience and knowledge of new opportunities for public work.
Second National conference “Social Animation for Cultural Development and Communities” Leading experts of the public sector were involved in carrying out training sessions, and also graduates “Schools of civic participation – 1” joined the team of trainers.
Following questions were considered at the conference:
• Experience of NGO West-Ukrainian resource center in the development of local communities;
• “My Community — Our General House” project;
• Basics of media literacy;
• Dobrodel Platform as animator’s tool;
• Experience of NGO “Charm” in the development of communities;
• How to create a center of local activity;
• Experience of NGO «Golden years» in the development of local communities;
• Hard situations in the society: work with case study;
• Formations of critical thinking. Freyre’s dilemma;
• Decentralization and its influence on the development of local communities. A role of public activists in this process;
• Public work is the hobby which developed into a profession;
• Work with a body as the instrument of mutual understanding;
• Specific interaction with regional state broadcasting companies;
• Tourism as an instrument of social animation;
• “School of life” as an instrument of development of society;
• School of Active Skills of Society as the way of activization of society.
Performances at plenary sessions, work at training sessions, the photo report are covered in the edition of 2015 – “Materials of the Second National conference “Social Animation for Cultural and Community Development”.