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GoGlobal is an initiative of Global Office NGO aimed at promoting language learning and volunteer movement in Ukraine, fostering intercultural dialogue and public diplomacy.

Objectives:

  • Promoting knowledge and use of foreign languages.
  • The new generation of Ukrainian shaving free world values.
  • Preparedness for the challenges of the 21st century.
  • Public Diplomacy.
  • Promoting volunteer movement in Ukraine.
  • Internal integration.
  • New quality of civil service where a foreign language is a must.
  • High level of foreign language teaching.

Mission:

Initiation and implementation of projects which promote dialogue between Ukraine and the world without barriers, and creation of conditions for educating a new generation in line with the free world values.

By2020:

of Ukrainian higher category civil servants

will speak one of the official languages of the Council of Europe

of Ukrainian school graduates

will have command of two foreign languages

population of Ukraine

will be able to speak English

Projects

GoCamp 2016-2017

All-Ukrainian new format language school camp project engaging foreign volunteers.

Goal

To bring up a new generation of comprehensively intelligent and educated youth, who realize themselves as citizens of Ukraine, are ready for the challenges of the 21st century, open to other cultures and for whom knowledge of foreign languages is a common rule.

What GoCamp gives:

    • a new format of English learning in high school;
    • a new generation of Ukrainians who share the values of sustainable development societies;
    • overcoming of language barrier;
    • development of life skills of students (critical thinking, teamwork, creativity, leadership, etc.);
    • exchange of cultural values and the expansion of outlook;
    • overcoming of stereotypes about Ukraine among foreigners;
    • popularization of volunteer movement in Ukraine;
    • positive positioning of Ukraine in the world

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children attended language camps

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schools participated in the project

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volunteers from 53 countries

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towns and villages of 24 regions

Global Content

PR-activity aimed at promoting foreign language learning in Ukraine.

Goal

Promoting knowledge and use of foreign languages.

The following projects are implemented within the framework of the program:

www.uaspeaking.org

The media platform on foreign languages learning possibilities. You can find interesting articles on the topic, events and free opportunities on the web-site.

Films in original language

Since November 2015 Ukrainian cinemas organize first nights of modern blockbusters in their original languages.

Guinness Record

On 28 May 2016 the biggest English lesson in the history of Ukraine took place in 56 cities simultaneously. 5977 people from 93 locations of the country joined the lesson.

English for free

Language schools across Ukraine provide free places in English study groups for everyone and hold conversational clubs and workshops. More than 150 private English language schools have already joined the project.

Global Government

The project aims at introducing criteria of foreign language knowledge evaluation among civil servants.

Goal

New quality of civil service where a foreign language is a must.

At the end of 2015 requirements for the civil servants to know the English language were for the first time set forth in the Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service” thanks to GoGlobal. An amendment was also made to the Strategy for Public Administration Reform in Ukraine, which makes it obligatory for civil servants to know foreign languages.

From now on, workers of central government agencies, and later those of regional levels, have to take a compulsory test of the English language proficiency. On completion of the test, the workers having high level of English have received a salary increment.

After being tested, the employees of state agencies can increase their level of English for free to meet the standards being implemented in the country. English will also be included in refresher course programs for civil servants.

In the civil service system of Ukraine English proficiency has to become a compulsory standard and bring national civil servants to a new level of international communication.

  • Since 2015 knowledge of English is a compulsory requirement for employment to management positions in the Presidential Administration and a number of other agencies.
  • The English language courses for more than 500 different categories of civil servants and structural units in partnership with British Council and NATO have been introduced.

GoTeaching

The project is aimed at improving English language teaching in schools.

Goal

Improving the level of foreign language teaching.

GoGlobal in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and British Council in Ukraine have launched the project “Teachers of English as Change Agents”.

In November 2015 137 teachers in 7 regions of Ukraine (Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Chernivtsi, Lviv and Volyn) and Kyiv started to study within the framework of the project.

Results of the pilot wave

As a result of the training each teacher in practice worked out gained knowledge and skills, held workshops and demonstration classes. “Change Agents” trained by British Council themselves become teacher trainers who pass their knowledge to fellow teachers of English in their regions. So 110 teachers were selected to take the workshop for coaches in August 2016.

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applications

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participants from 7 regions

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workshops were held by ``agents of change``

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teachers participated in the workshops

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demonstration lessons

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students attended open lessons