September 3, 2010, from 10 am to 1 pm at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 8 students, participants of the Oxford Volunteers for Chornobyl Scheme have presented their experience of three-week stay in Polissia area and will share it with Olivier Adam the UN Resident Coordinator / UNDP Resident Representative for Ukraine.

30 July 2010, Kyiv – The UN “International Chernobyl Research and Information Network"(ICRIN) announced a competition for media journalists for the best publication on socio-economic development of Chornobyl-affected areas.

The goal of the competition is to advance information availability on socio-economic development of Chornobyl-affected areas and to improve awareness about safety living at the radioactively-contaminated territory.  

30 липня 2010 року – Оголошено результати першого етапу конкурсу «Розвинені території, здорові люди». На Конкурс було подано 60 заявок організацій громад з 21-го району 5-ти областей, які найбільше постраждали внаслідок Чорнобильської катастрофи.

За результатами оцінок експертів переможцями І-го етапу конкурсу стали  14 проектів, які будуть запрошені до участі у тренінгу з написання грантових пропозицій та подадуть на другий етап конкурсу повні заявки. Проекти-переможці першого етапу подані нижче, в алфавітному порядку відповідно до назви населеного пункту.

New call for application to participate in Oxford Volunteers for Chornobyl Scheme announced! This year five volunteers from the University of Oxford or any other University abroad and five volunteers from National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” or other Ukrainian Universities will spend three weeks in August-September 2010 working on specific developmental projects in Ukraine in line with the targets of the UNDP Chornobyl Recovery and Development Programme.

8-12 June 2010 the training seminar on local development for rural areas involved 16 representatives of local self-governing, district administrations and agencies of regional development from Chornobyl-affected settlements in Volyn, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Rivne and Chernigiv regions. The goal of the seminar was to support socio-economic development of Chornobyl-affected areas.

Sustainable development of the Chornobyl-affected areas is impossible without the change of their perception. The best way to change the stigma of Chornobyl is to invite people to see it!

Today 10 students-volunteers from the University of Oxford and from the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla academy” who have took the challenge and spent four weeks working on specific developmental projects in Ukraine in line with the UNDP targets have shared their experience with Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecka, Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP in Ukraine. These 10 students are participants of the Oxford Volunteers for Chornobyl Scheme that was initiated by the UNDP Chornobyl Recovery and Development Programme (CRDP), Oxford University Ukrainian Society and the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA) in 2007.

Korosten, 4 September 2009 – 23 representatives of local governance from Sweden and Spain visited Korosten to learn its experience in remediation of consequences of Chornobyl accident. The visit was organized in the framework of cooperation of European Group of Local Authorities with Nuclear Facilities in Europe (GMF), European Centre of Technological Safety and UNDP Chornobyl Recovery and Development Programme. During the visit, representatives of GMF officially invited Ukraine – Ukrainian municipalities - to become a full member of European association.

School-children from Rivne oblast have been once again convinced that knowledge about health nutrition ensures not only good state of health but also costly prizes. In particullar, Inna Nikitchuk, school-pupil from Tugovytska Secondary School (10^th form) did not expect to be awarded with modern MP3 Player for her story about native region. Inna collected legends from local residents, researched documents in village archive and added antique local recipes to her story. “Poliski dumplings”, “Poliskyi borsch” this are names of only some recipes that young researcher has noted from her mother, grandmother and other old residents.

37 representatives of local authorities from Poland visited similar settlements that belong to the Chornobyl-affected areas in Ukraine. The visit is organized by UNDP Chornobyl Recovery and Development Programme and Institute of Regional Development in Poland and aims to spur effective socio-economical development of the affected areas. As result of the visit partners plan to establish fruitful cooperation that will allow implementing a number of joint initiatives and projects that would lead to effective socio-economic development.

2-4 June Kyiv Regional seminar for specialists and local authorities responsible for information provision on Chornobyl accident.

April 24, 2009 -  The new project is a joint effort by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Joint ceremony marking the project launch have been conducted in UN HQ in New York.

In Ukraine, over 50 participants representing local self-governments, community leaders, private businesses and international donors have participated in a round-table meeting in Korosten (Zhytomyr Region) where they discussed the joint actions required for sustainable development in Chornobyl fall-out territories. This and other events confirm one more time that the Chornobyl remain on the top of the agenda for UN agencies.

15-16 квітня 2009 року у Томашгородській школі-ліцей  та у загальноосвітній школі с. Блажове Рівненської області молодші школярі та старшокласники вивчали та набували практичний досвід здорового життя з радіацією та без. Навчання були проведені спільними зусиллями Міністерства надзвичайних ситуацій, Коростенського центру соціально-психологічної реабілітації та питань інформування про наслідки Чорнобильської катастрофи та Чорнобильської програми відродження та розвитку.

Healthy nutrition of children defines success of their development and studying as well as ensures basics of physical health for the whole life. Traditional choice of school-child between chips, sweets and fresh vegetables usually goes not for the healthy food. Children and parents at Chornobyl-affected areas in addition to risks of eating stale food, useless or dangerous diet with questionable species face the risk of consumption of products in which radionuclide content could exceed permissible levels. The task of teachers and parents is to ensure that children know how to choose healthy food.

But this can be achieved?