Netishyn Community at the All-Ukrainian Veterans’ Forum

On 5–6 November, the All-Ukrainian Veterans’ Forum “Society with Veterans: From Experience to Joint Solutions” took place in Poltava, bringing together representatives of authorities, local self-government, veterans’ communities, public organisations and veteran support specialists from various regions of Ukraine.

The Netishyn community at the forum was represented by Liubov Otsabryka, Manager of Affairs of the Executive Committee of the City Council, and Olena Tkachuk, Head of the Department for War Veterans and Their Family Members of the Netishyn Office of Social and Veterans’ Policy.

The main goal of the forum was to exchange experience and develop joint practical solutions for supporting veterans, their adaptation to civilian life and improving veterans’ policy at the level of territorial communities.

Over two days, participants discussed current issues of the social protection of veterans and their families, the development of local support programmes, the memorialisation of fallen Defenders, veterans’ entrepreneurship, and the challenges faced every day by specialists supporting war veterans and demobilised persons.

The practical part of the forum included getting acquainted with the work of the Poltava Veterans’ Centre, the “Ortoped” Prosthetics Centre and the “Return” Mental Health Centre.

The knowledge and insights gained are important for further improving veterans’ policy in the Netishyn community.

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Source: Netishyn City Council (netishynrada.gov.ua), https://netishynrada.gov.ua/news/378297-netisinska-gromada-na-vseukrayinskomu-veteranskomu-forumi