Skype Discussion on the Topic of Intercultural Education.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, a member of the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy (USCCD), helped launch a pilot project, a series of monthly discussions between Americans and Ukrainians via the Window on America Centers in Lutsk, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Kyiv and USCCD.

In the framework of that pilot project on June 21, 2012 at 10:00 am (DC time) - 5:00 pm (Ukraine time) the discussion with Lutsk Window on America Center was held and it covered the topic of Intercultural Education.

The format of discussion was a Skype video conference call: 40 minutes speaker's presentation, and 40 minutes - Q&A. The working  language was Ukrainian.

There were invited two speakers on the topic of Intercultural Education:

Elvira Kizilova and Lyudmyla Melnyk.

Elvira Kizilova worked on her Masters’ in Public Administration at the University of Arkansas and headed the Department for Foreign Cooperation and Image Policy which was responsible for international relations and promotion of the Crimean tourism overseas.

Lyudmyla Melnyk worked as a cross cultural technical facilitator for the U.S. Peace Corps in Ukraine (TEFL and youth development) in 2010-2011.  She has served as a facilitator, coordinator, and an interpreter in a variety of cultural programs both within Ukraine and abroad (USUF, Sister-City, Open World, CDC).

9 people - teachers from local schools and Volyn National University, librarians gathered at the Window on America Center in Lutsk to talk over the topic of  different  cultures, mainly Ukrainian and American. The speakers made the informative presentation of the main concepts of Cultures.

The next part of the Skype discussion was dedicated to the question of Education that was of great interest among the present teachers.

We believe every person can make a positive change to society and received knowledge on Intercultural Education will help the Ukrainian people to understand American way of life, its culture.