International conference:
VET 2.0: Digital Skills and Management Solutions
Mondo invites you to an international conference “VET 2.0: Digital Skills and Management Solutions” taking place in Kyiv on 5th of March 2026.
The conference offers a platform for various actors in the field of VET education for diverse, yet much needed discussions. Throughout the day, different perspectives on and from VET education are delivered via keynote speakers, panel discussions and presentations.
Recent years have brought – besides the full-scale war – new reforms and laws on VET education, challenging the sector to adapt and offering new ways to continue providing education in these turbulent times. Rebuilding Ukraine depends largely on the human capital and met needs of labour market – placing an emphasis on VET education in Ukraine.
With the ongoing reforms and aspirations towards digitalising VET education, we invite you to come together and take a day to investigate these issues with others from the field.
The conference is organised by an Estonian NGO Mondo within the framework of the Multi-Donor Initiative Skills4Recovery, which is financed by the European Union, Germany, Poland, Estonia, and Denmark, and is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Solidarity Fund PL (SFPL).
program
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Opening speech |
| 11.00 – 11.20 | Welcoming words from NGO Mondo |
| 11.20 – 12.00 | Keynote The keynote is dedicated to mapping the current situation of VET education in Ukraine: how is the VET education system doing in Ukraine, what challenges is it experiencing and what potential and strengths does it hold? Iryna Shumik, Director General of the Directorate of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Panel discussion With the panel discussion, we are taking a deeper look into the VET system in Ukraine in the context of digitalisation. Bringing together experts and practitioners, panel discussion explores in which ways and how can digitalisation of the VET education in Ukraine unlock the potential of VET education and alleviate the challenges it is experiencing. Participants: Iryna Shumik, Director General of the Directorate of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Liliia Hrabovska, Deputy Director of the Department – Head of the Vocational Training Division of the Department of International Cooperation and Partnership in Education of the State Employment Service Yaroslava Do, Head of the Expert Group of the Directorate for Digital Skills Development and Digitalisation of Education, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Oleksii Oleksiuk, Programme Component Manager, Multi-Donor Initiative Skills4Recovery |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 14.20 | Overview by Marharyta Soroka Marharyta has worked together with more than 400 VET teachers and managers within the last year alone! With one mission – to support the digitalisation of VET education – Marharyta will share key takeaways and lessons learned from her experience. |
| 14.20 – 15.20 | Panel discussion What does it mean to digitalise VET education from the perspective of VET institutions? What does it look like? What is the potential that digital tools help us unlock in VET education and how can we turn this potential into a lived experience? These are some questions posed in the panel discussion. Participants: Marharyta Soroka, Co-author of international educational programmes and projects on digital skills development, Trainer Hanna Yaremenko, Educational Technology Specialist, University of Tartu (Estonia) Volodymyr Kalushka, Director of the Separate Structural Unit ‘Ternopil Professional College of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University’. PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Honoured Worker of Education Oleksii Telehus, Teacher at State Vocational and Technical Educational Institution “Konotop Higher Vocational School” |
| 15.20 – 15.50 | Overview of the future needs of labour market in Ukraine With the last presentation of the day, we will take a look into the future. With the predictions of the labour market needs we can see what professions and talents are needed in Ukraine. A knowledge valuable to any VET institution. Vlada Ihnatova, Еxpert in vocational education and adult learning, Helvetas Ukraine |
| 15.50 – 16.00 | Final reflections & closing words |
| 16.00 – 17.00 | Networking and Coffee
Moderator: Oksana Matiyash, Head of WINWIN EdTech Center of Excellence |