On April 26, 2016, The Ukrainian School of Elites co-organized the Partner Platform Conference “Fit for WIN-WIN Partnership,” initiated by GIZ.
GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) — the German Corporation for International Cooperation, founded on January 1, 2011, in Bonn, Germany.
It is a non-profit organization that provides services in the field of international development cooperation. It operates under the mandate of several German ministries (such as the Ministry of Finance), the European Union, as well as the governments of the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
Today, GIZ is one of the largest development agencies in the world. In 2018, it employed over 20,000 staff across 120 countries, with a portfolio exceeding 2.4 billion euros.
In Ukraine, GIZ has been active since 2009, supporting positive reforms and providing assistance to regions with internally displaced persons, as well as innovative projects (for example, the “ProZorro” electronic public procurement system).
и особами та інноваційні проєкти (наприклад, електронну систему публічних закупівель “ProZorro”).
GIZ has approx. 20,000 employees across 120 countries.
— Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit —
Its portfolio exceeds 2.4 billion euros.
In 2015, the GIZ project “Fit for Partnership with Germany” introduced a new tool to activate post-program collaboration among program alumni—open partnership platforms.
The aim of these partnership platforms is to foster the development of Ukrainian-German and other international cooperative relations, support ongoing professional development for alumni, and facilitate the planning and implementation of joint business, educational, and social projects.
Currently, regional partnership platforms for the GIZ “Fit for Partnership with Germany” project have been established in 5 cities across Ukraine, with the process underway in 9 additional cities.
On April 26, 2016, a working meeting of program alumni took place in Kyiv, focusing on establishing the Kyiv Partnership Platform as the core of the Ukrainian Partnership Platform for the GIZ project “Fit for Partnership with Germany.”
Ukrainian School of Elites co-organized the event, and its director, Olena Polkhovska, served as a speaker at one of the program’s meetings.
The conference was held in a roundtable format: “Open Partnership Platforms of the GIZ Project ‘Fit for Partnership with Germany’: Philosophy, Principles, Prospects.” The agenda covered the following topics:
The working meeting included the participation of: