On 26 May 2025, the Mentoring Week for students with the status of internally displaced persons started. The innovative mentoring support programme is implemented by the team of the Chernihiv Polytechnic National University in cooperation with the Charitable foundation ‘Rokada’. The Mentoring Week programme is aimed at supporting young people who were forced to change their place of residence due to the war and helps them adapt to the new environment, develop skills of self-realisation, communication, emotional stability and successful integration into the student community and the community.

The mentoring programme combines methods of non-formal education, involvement of students (mentees) in ongoing projects of the Charitable foundation ‘Rokada’, psychological support, and reflection.

Follow the updates to learn more about the results of the programme and the success stories of its participants.

The events are part of the piloting of the Mentoring for IDP students scheme, which is being implemented within the framework of the Erasmus+ KA2 PROMENT project – ‘Promoting professional education and students engagement through comprehensive mentoring and tutoring system at HEIs’.

Alla Nitchenko, Associate Professor of the Department of Law Enforcement and General Legal Disciplines, is the coordinator of the ‘Mentoring for IDP students’ scheme at the Chernihiv Polytechnic National University.

The project is co-financed by the European Union, but the views and opinions expressed are those of the authors of this project and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture. Neither the European Union nor the grantor can be held responsible for them.