Environmental protection movement

In Ukraine, special attention has always been paid to environmental protection issues. During the times of the USSR, the most powerful organization was the Ukrainian Union for Protection of the Environment (UUPE), as well as the voluntary Brigades for Protection of the Environment. Thanks to those very organizations, the environmental protection movement of modern Ukraine received reliable human resources.

Today, non-governmental public organizations and funds, which act according to current legislation, form the basis of the environmental protection movement in Ukraine. The top priority task of those organizations is to draw society’s attention to issues of protection of the environment with the help of various events: expositions, protest actions, conferences, and information campaigns.

Today, the public environmental protection movement in Ukraine has become consolidated and more professional. Its organizations cooperate with state bodies to reach a certain goal in protecting the environment. About 25 all-Ukrainian public organizations operate in Ukraine, which have branches in different regions of the country, while the number of organizations directed toward protection of the environment total more than 500. They significantly influence the formation of state ecological policy and public opinion in the country.

For more details:

Ministry for Environmental Protection of Ukraine

www.menr.gov.ua

The largest non-governmental organizations:

Initiative Center to Support Social Action “EDNANNIA” www.ednannia.kiev.ua

All-Ukrainian Ecological League www.ecoleague.net

“Environment-People-Law” www.epl.org.ua

National Ecological Center of Ukraine www.necu.org.ua

“Ukrainian Rivers Network” www.uarivers.net

All-Ukrainian Public Organization “Mama-86” www.mama-86.org.ua

Public organization “Committee for Ecological Salvation of Ukraine” www.eco-ua.org

All-Ukrainian Charity Organization “Ukrainian Institute of Ecology of Man” www.uiec.org.ua

From personal experience

Vishal Ratnakar, theoretical physicist (India-Ukraine)
I graduated from Kharkiv State University in 1991. The Kharkiv School of Theoretical Physics was known throughout the world. Now I work as a consulting engineer at an international company. My knowledge of the Ukrainian mentality and the skills of gripping any subject quickly, which I acquired at the university, have proven very helpful in my current job. The only recommendation I have for my countrymen who are going to come to Ukraine to study is that you must learn, first and foremost, that the front passenger seat in a car here is on the right side. The rest is easy to learn.

Firsthand

Wu Li, Manager (China-Ukraine)
This year I have graduated from a higher educational institution in Kyiv and obtained a diploma. Currently, I am an intern at an international travel company operating in Ukraine. In the future, I plan to manage the business of a Chinese company in Ukraine’s market. I have the necessary knowledge for this, and cooperation between our two countries is on the rise. Besides, I have many good friends here. I would like to warn my compatriots who want to come to Ukraine that winters here are the same as in the northern provinces of China. So, do not forget warm clothes. But it is much warmer in the houses.

Not from hearsay

Olga Nemirovskaya, future lawyer (Russia-Ukraine)
Two years ago I decided to enter an educational institution in Kyiv and now I am here, studying. First, it is cheaper than in Moscow. Second, I have relatives and friends here who can support me. And third, I looked for new impressions, new places, and new discoveries. Kyiv proved the right choice for me. It combinesbeauty, antiquity, and the rapid rhythm of life typical of other big cities! I would like to say to my countrymen who are contemplating study in Ukraine that I study here in Russian and communicate in Russian as well. As for Ukrainian, it is a friendly and understandable language. I can already speak it a little. It’s cool!