On October 29, Viktoriya Pankratova, a senior lecturer at the Department of Fundamental Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law, took part in the regional historical school “New Generation”, organized by the Sumy Regional Center for Extracurricular Education and Work with Talented Youth.
Pupils from Okhtyrka, Lebedyn, Konotop, Romny, Buryny, Sumy, villages joined the online meeting. Kapustinsi, Andriyashivka village, village Mykytivka, village Boromlya, Severinivka village, village Stepanivka, etc.
Victoria Pankratova gave a lecture “Tools of local democracy for youth”, which was prepared as part of the implementation of the educational project “Local democracy: best European practices for Ukraine” (ERASMUS-JMO-2021-HEI-TCH-RSCH-101047645) under the Erasmus+ program the direction of Jean Monet.
The lecturer noted that the central place in the processes of local democracy belongs to a person – a resident of a village, village or city. The effectiveness and efficiency of this or that instrument of local democracy often depends on the legal consciousness, awareness, and level of legal culture of the individual. The leading place in these processes belongs to the youth. After all, her legal awareness and active public position are a means of achieving positive changes in the lives of young people and building and strengthening the rule of law as a whole.
The listeners actively participated in the discussion of issues, shared their known experience of using the tools of local democracy. The students concluded: solving issues and problems that arise at the local level are not abstract categories, each of us can influence them and become an active subject of participation.
