Ahatanhel Krymskyi Volodymyr Pedagogical Applied College of the Volyn Regional Council is the education institution that conducts its academic activities in the sphere of field specific secondary / professional pre-higher education of Ukraine. The College is a communal educational institution of the Volyn Regional Council that awards the undergraduate degree of Junior Bachelor. Our mission is to train competitive specialists for educational institutions that can respond to the current and future needs of the society; to encourage students to achieve their potential and to prepare graduates for career and/or academic advancement. Nowadays about 1,000 students are being trained to become Fine Arts teachers, pre-school teachers, primary school teachers, teachers of Handicraft and Technology, administrative assistants, teachers of professional training, artists and designers, restorers of artistic paintings. The dedicated staff of VVPC take a personal interest in each student?s success. The College is located in the town of Volodymyr (about 12 kilometers from the border with Poland) and is based on several buildings, all next to each other. The buildings are properly equipped with the facilities that enable students to enjoy a successful academic and social life.

The College maintains cooperation agreements with a large number of Ukrainian institutions of higher education. Our institution aims to enhance students? world outlook and soft skills by means of intercultural dialogue and partnership. Our experience includes 15 years? cooperation with U.S. Peace Corps, a considerable number of our students are involved in online conversational practice provided by ENGin. Besides, we focus on participation in international projects related to socio-emotional support of students. For instance, we provide psychosocial support to children and adults within the framework of the project ?Psychosocial and emotional support and improvement of public mental health services?, which is implemented by the Association for Innovative and Digital Education thanks to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and sincere support of the American people through the USAID ?Hoverla? project; we also intend to implement the project ?AdoKit: Socio-emotional support of teenagers in Ukraine? of CSO ?La Strada-Ukraine? with the assistance of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). Apart from this, we are in search of opportunities to establish cooperation with education institutions of Poland and/or Lithuania so that we can participate in exchange programs and other projects.