The representatives of the Faculty FPSC, SumDU, took part in an international seminar on resilience and security “NATO and Ukraine: why do we want to build a resilient nation?”, which took place on May 19-21 at the University Congress Center.  

The International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) and Research Centre for Regional Security of SumDU, in partnership with the Resilient Ukraine development cooperation programme with the support from the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, organized the event. The seminar participants are representatives of the authorities, public organizations, scientists, international experts, journalists.

- The primary purpose of the seminar, - noted the Head of Research Centre for Regional Security of SumDU, senior lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Political Science and Socio-Cultural Technologies Mykola Nazarov, - is the exchange of experience. It is very nice that we can receive Ukrainian and international experts, to create a platform for discussing important issues of resilience and security, managing social conflicts, and forming a national identity.

The university pays much attention to information security; in particular, training is in progress in the specialties of “Cybersecurity”, “Journalism,” and “Ecology”, the Department of Military Training is also functioning. With the support of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine has been established Research Centre for Regional Security of SumDU.

During the seminar, panel discussions were devoted to the issues of transformative effects of international cooperation, managing social vulnerabilities amid hybrid threats, measuring resilience characteristics at the national, public, and personal levels, other vital aspects of national resilience. They also touched on the problem of media literacy and manipulative influences.

On May 20th, the participants of the seminar: Vineta Kleine, the Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine, and Svitlana Rotaienko, the Project Manager of the Center, visited the main campus of SumDU.  The Head of the Coordination Center for Humanitarian Policy, the Head of the Department of Psychology, Political Science, and Socio-Cultural Technologies Nina Svitailo, and Mykola Nazarov, the Head of Research Center for Regional Security of SumDU, also attended the meeting.  

According to Vineta Kleine, she had heard a great deal of positive feedback about SumDU and finally had the opportunity to make sure personally if it is true.