More than 500 communities united for the future: National piloting of the system

The additional selection of communities to participate in the national pilot project of the career guidance system for children and adolescents, implemented by the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE Project in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, has been completed.

We congratulate 119 new communities and 5 districts of Kyiv on joining the national pilot project! Overall, 510 communities are already developing a career guidance system together with us!

The list of communities is here:

Region	Name of community (additional selection)
Vinnytsia (7)	Voronovytska settlement community
	Dzhulynska village community
	Koziatynska city community
	Kryzhopilska settlement community
	Pohrebyshchenska city community
	Samhorodska village community
	Chechelnytska settlement community
Volyn (4)	Kivertsivska city community
	Ratnivska settlement community
	Soshychnenska village community
	Torchynska settlement community
Dnipropetrovsk (2)	Zhovtovodska city community
Dnipropetrovsk (2)	Pereshchepynska city community
Donetsk (3)	Kalchytska village community
	Novodonetska settlement community
	Nikolska settlement community
Zhytomyr (10)	Andrushkivska village community
	Berezivska village community
	Vchoraishenska village community
	Hlybochytska village community
	Yemelchynska settlement community
	Kurnenska village community
	Ovrutska city community
	Olevska city community
	Slovechanska village community
	Shvaikivska village community
Zaporizhzhia (1)	Tokmatska city community
Ivano-Frankivsk (4)	Nadvirnianska city community
	Rohatynska city community
	Starobohorodchanska village community
	Voinylivska settlement community
Kyiv (6)	Byshivska village community
	Vyshneva city community
	Dymerska settlement community
	Pirnivska village community
	Rokytnianska settlement community
	Skvyrska city community
The city of Kyiv	Darnytskyi район
	Desnianskyi район
	Dniprovskyi район
	Holosiivskyi район
	Obolonskyi район
Kirovohrad (2)	Velykovyskivska village community
Kirovohrad (2)	Pobuzka settlement community
Lviv (15)	Borynska settlement community
	Boryslavska city community
	Buska city community
	Velykoliubinska settlement community
	Horodotska city community
	Hrabovetsko-Dulibivska village community
	Drohobytska city community
	Zabolotzivska village community
	Mykolaivska city community
	Novoiavorivska city community
	Pidberiztsivska village community
	Rozvadivska village community
	Slavska settlement community
	Starosambirska city community
	Trostianetska village community
Mykolaiv (2)	Volodymyrivska village community
Mykolaiv (2)	Pivdennoukrainska city community
Odesa (12)	Artsyzka city community
	Baltska city community
	Biliaivska city community
	Buszhatska settlement community
	Vasylivska village community
	Vyhodnianska village community
	Korolino-Buhaska village community
	Kodymska city community
	Novoborysivska village community
	Pishchanska village community
	Reniiska city community
	Usativska village community
Poltava (6)	Hrebinkivska city community
	Kozelshchynska settlement community
	Lokhvytska city community
	Martynivska village community
	Opishnianska settlement community
	Khorolska city community
Rivne (6)	Bilokrynytska village community
	Derazhnenska village community
	Klesivska settlement community
	Koretska city community
	Ostrozhetska village community
	Rivnenska city community
Sumy (3)	Nedryhailivska settlement community
	Synivska village community
	Shostkynska city community
Ternopil (5)	Hrymailivska settlement community
	Kozivska settlement community
	Lanovetska city community
	Pidhaietska city community
	Skorykivska village community
Kharkiv (3)	Balakliiska city community
	Barvinkivska city community
	Shevchenkivska settlement community
Kherson (5)	Beryslavska city community
	Novotroitska settlement community
	Oleshkivska city community
	Tavriiska city community
	Chulakivska village community
Khmelnytskyi (6)	Volochyska city community
	Horodotska city community
	Netishynska city community
	Polonska city community
	Shepetivska city community
	Yampilska settlement community
Cherkasy (3)	Budyshchenska village community
	Lipliavska village community
	Stepankivska village community
Chernivtsi (3)	Boianska village community
	Ostrytska village community
	Toporivska village community
Chernihiv (11)	Vysochanska village community
	Horodnianska city community
	Dobrianska settlement community
	Kyinska village community
	Kozeletska settlement community
	Mrynska village community
	Olyshivska settlement community
	Snovska city community
	Sosnytska settlement community
	Sribnianska settlement community
	Yablunivska village community

The first year of the national pilot project has shown that systematic careers guidance works!

During this time, more than 61,000 students in Grades 8–9 have discovered the world of professions:

They went on career guidance excursions to more than 2,200 enterprises, institutions, and organisations. They gained an inside look at different professions, spoke to specialists, and learnt about the career opportunities available in their communities.

They visited vocational, pre-university, and higher education institutions to gain a better understanding of what their own educational path might look like after leaving school and where to pursue education in line with their career preferences.

They also studied the JOBS course – explored their own strengths and interests, and learnt to match their abilities with potential educational and career trajectories.

In fact, more than 75,000 students in Grades 8-9 will study this course this academic year!

Meanwhile, the communities united everyone whose role is crucial to the future of children and adolescents around career guidance: the education sector, local authorities, and employers.

Cooperation with the business sector became one of the key outcomes of the pilot project – more than 1,000 memoranda of understanding were signed!

Local, regional, and national businesses help teenagers get to know the real world of work and identify opportunities for professional fulfilment in Ukraine.

However, scaling up the pilot project is only part of the next stage in the development of the career guidance system in Ukraine.

Currently, in cooperation with the Zurich University of Teacher Education, we are training mentors to prepare 15,000 career guidance counsellors who will work with students in Grades 7-9 in all schools across Ukraine!

Ahead are new partnerships with the business sector, even more career guidance excursions and opportunities for children and adolescents to explore the world of careers, build their own educational and career trajectory, and choose their own future!

09.09.2026 - 17:30 | Views: 395

More than 500 communities united for the future: National piloting of the system

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