The discussion is aimed at addressing the main objectives of national veteran policy and the roadmap for 2025. It will present the priorities, needs, and challenges that arise in the implementation of national veteran policy at all levels, involving representatives from various sectors.
International Forum “Veterans - the road home”
International Forum “Veterans – the road home”
Lviv
November 25-28, 2024
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Forum goal:
Creating a platform for interaction between veterans, their families, the families of the deceased, missing, or captured individuals, local communities, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and international partners to develop a roadmap for the development of veterans’ policy and tasks for 2025.
Consider:
- Effective practices of state bodies and the Verkhovna Rada Committee
- International experience in supporting and ensuring the welfare of veterans
- Short-term and long-term programs, principles and strategies for supporting veterans.
- Best examples of communities working with veterans.
- Existing problems and barriers as seen by communities and veterans.
- Existing solutions that can be scaled up in Ukraine and abroad
We will form:
- Roadmap for meeting the needs of veterans for 2025
We invite to participate
- Ukrainian and foreign veterans who want to or have already been involved in changing veteran policy in the region and Ukraine.
- Representatives of communities and central executive authorities from around the world
- Non-governmental organizations working to meet the needs and protect the rights of combatants, veterans, their families and family members of fallen heroes.
- International organizations working in the field of veterans.
For whom is this event
Veterans
International organizations
Governmental authorities
Representatives of communities
Non-governmental organizations
Business
DAY 1
9:00 - 10:00
Registration of participants. Welcome coffee
10:30 - 11:30
Discussion platform: Veterans' rights as a state priority: current status and prospects for the development of national veterans policy
11:30 - 11:45
Coffee break
11:45 - 13:00
Discussion Platform: veteran policy without borders: Sharing experiences and solutions for the development of veteran policy.
Participants will discuss successful practices and solutions implemented in various countries and ways to adapt them for the development of Ukraine’s veteran policy.
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 17:00
Three parallel workshops
1. “Physical health and rehabilitation”
2. “Mental health and psychological support”
3. “Economic independence”
17:00 - 17:30
Summary of the group work discussions with presentations from speakers in the main hall
17:30 - 18:00
Coffee break
18:00-19:30
Cultural Evening
DAY 2
9:00 - 10:00
Registration of participants. Welcome coffee
10:00 - 10:20
Case Study 1: Practical solutions in veteran policy at the local level
10:20- 10:40
Case Study 2: Practical solutions in veteran policy at the local level
10:40-11:00
Case Study 3
11:00 - 12:30
Discussion Platform: Unified Strategy: ooperation between communities and authorities to support veterans
11:00 - 12:30
Pitching of veteran support projects
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 16:30
Three parallel events with practical discussions and solutions for the roadmap for 2025.
1. “Information support and social adaptation”
2. “Digitalization of the veteran’s road”
3. “Rights of families of the dead, missing and captured”
16:30 - 17:00
Summary of group work discussions with presentations from speakers in the main hall
17:00 - 17:30
Establishment of the Roadmap for 2025.
17:30-18:30
Networking
DAY 3
9:00-10:00
Registration of participants. Welcome coffee
10:00-13:00
Workshop “Sports for Veterans”
10:00-16:00
Sports festival “IRON WARRIORS SPORT HUB Lviv” - Sports activities (sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, pickleball, jiu-jitsu, athletics, yoga, jousting)
Our partners
Під час проведення форуму “Ветерани – шлях додому” було проведено низку опитувань, спрямованих на аналіз потреб та викликів, з якими стикаються ветерани. В опитуваннях розглядалися такі ключові категорії:
– Сучасні ментальні, освітні та культурні практики
– Фізичне здоров’я та реабілітація
– Інноваційні технології від комп’ютерних програм до новітніх психологічних методик
– Економічна незалежність
– Права родин загиблих, зниклих безвісти, полонених
– Соціальна адаптація та створення безбар’єрного простору
– Діджиталізація шляху ветерана
Результати цих опитувань доступні для ознайомлення за посиланням: