2019 Opinion Festival Discussion Program
We call your attention to the final discussions program of the Opinion Festival 2019, which will be held on September 7 in Sievierodonetsk, in the park next to the Maidan Peremohy (Victory Square).
The General program of the Opinion Festival 2019 is available at the link.
Discussions:
| Location 1 | ||
| 12:00-13:30 | Education reform, why it worked in Estonia and the Czech Republic and will it work in Ukraine? | Description |
| 14:00-15:30 | The fight for clean air in the Czech Republic: Examples, successes and tasks | Description |
| 16:00-17:30 | Does decommunization end with the renaming of street? |
| Location 2 | ||
| 12:00-13:30 | City data: How open data can serve the residents of local communities | Description |
| 14:00-15:30 | Digital transformation at community level | Description |
| 16:00-17:30 | Digital security and digital rights of citizens |
| Location 3 | ||
| 12:00-13:30 | How not to drown in election promises and come to love critical thinking? | Description |
| 14:00-15:30 | Media literacy and manipulation in mass and social media | Description |
| 16:00-17:30 | On the needs and achievements of civil society in eastern Ukraine according to its representatives | Description |
| Location 4 | ||
| 11:30-13:00 | Are labor jobs “dinosaurs” or our future? | Description |
| 13:15-14:45 | Gender stereotypes: Myth or reality? | Description |
| 15:00-16:30 | City culture. The direction of development of Sievierodonetsk | Description |
| 16:30-17:30 | Open working meeting: Let’s fix up the hospital | Description |
| Location 5 | ||
| 11:30-13:00 | To hold it or not to hold it, that is the question! Or the lack of public toilets in the city | Description |
| 13:15-14:45 | East Germany and eastern Ukraine: Common features of political identity | Description |
| 15:00-16:30 | The dream to teach everyone! Or inclusive environment in schools | Description |
| Location 6 | ||
| 12:00-13:30 | Reportage by TV channel UA:Donbass | |
| 14:00-15:30 | Discussion with the main prosecutor of Estonia: Ethics and corruption in the public sector | Description |
| 16:00-17:30 | Bad peace or good war? Or how to achieve justice | Description |
| Location 7 | ||
| 11:30-13:00 | From the Phoenix bird to the bird of happiness! Internal resource and prevention of emotional burnout | Description |
| 13:15-14:45 | Homeless pets: a common responsibility | Description |
| 15:00-16:30 | Till the end of the world! International exchanges, internships and volunteering | Description |
| Location 8 | ||
| 11:30-13:00 | Speak Ukrainian? The place of Ukrainian language in the eastern regions of Ukraine | Description |
| 13:15-14:45 | Sex, drugs, rock’n’roll – integrating invisible people | Description |
| 15:00-16:30 | Unforgettable childhood or children’s tourism in Ukraine | Description |
Presentation location:
| 9:00-12:00 | Artists’ work on the letters “Opinion Fest” | |
| 11:00-17:00 | Platform for informing about mine security “Knowledge yes – mines no” | |
| 11:00-18:00 | Children’s location | |
| 11:00-20:00 | Exhibition “Velvet Revolution. The end of the totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia” (Location No 1) | |
| 11.00-20.00 | Information installation of the club CSM (Center for Contemporary Art) | |
| 12:00-16:00 | Presentation of the program UP shift from UNICEF | Description |
| 13:00-13:30 | Quiz for children and adults “My Luganschyna” | Description |
| 13:00-16:00 | Creative union “Ne freska, konechno”. Activity with the minibus START – collective creation of a public art object | |
| 16:45-17-45 | Discussion by the minibus START “The beginning of a new history or the end of an old one?” by Tymur Klochko, culture activist from Sievierodonetsk. | Description |
| 14:00-16:00 | Active citizens: Community mapping of Sievierodonetsk | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Mini concert – ukulele covers | |
| 17:30-18:00 | Flash mob “Gather your community” (location No 2) |
Evening Program:
| Concert. Hip-hop artist from Estonia Reket | Description |
| Concert. “Vagonovozhatye” (Ukraine – IDM, spoken word, electro-rock) | Description |
| Night movie screening. The film “Kolya” (Oscar winner) |
The festival program is being finalized,
each theme will be added gradually on this page.
Stay tuned!
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Contact information: [email protected], (099) 078-46-66
The organizers of the Opinion Festival are the Charitable Foundation “Vostok-SOS” and the Estonian organization MTÜ Mondo in partnership with Democracy Reporting International and Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights. The media partner of the festival is GURT Resource Center: Portal of Socially Active Citizens and the main media partner is the TV station UA: Donbass and UA: Ukrainian Radio Pulse.
The Czech Center co-organizes the event.
The Festival is a part of the Transition Promotion Program and takes place with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
and with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia and the Swiss Embassy in Ukraine.
