The “Voices of the Future” project, aimed at studying the attitudes, needs, and values of modern Ukrainian youth, is being implemented by the Committee on Youth and Sports of the Youth Council under the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in partnership with the Cossack Guard of Ukraine NGO and the Society Development Academy, with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Youth and Sports, and a number of partner organizations.
The aim of the project is to identify the needs, fears, and aspirations of Ukrainian youth, as well as to study their readiness to actively participate in public life, volunteering, state-building processes, and the development of youth policy. The initiative also involves gathering the opinions of young people through online surveys and open dialogues in the format of nationwide online sessions.
The organizers included representatives of the Committee on Youth and Sports of the Youth Council under the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: Oleksandr Chernysh — Chairman of the Committee, author of the project, and Supreme Ataman of the NGO “Cossack Guard of Ukraine”; Bohdana Bukovey — Deputy Chair of the Committee; Iryna Nehriy — Member of the Committee; Andriy Sherepa — Expert of the Committee.
Sumy National Agrarian University was happy to join this large-scale national project, supporting young people’s desire to be heard. The SNAU team invited students to participate in a survey and express their opinions during an online session held on October 28, 2025.
Among the representatives of the active university community were: student rector Andriy Kolodnenko, first deputy student rector Bohdan Hubka, student vice-rector for career guidance Matviy Muzykin, student vice-rector for cultural development Volodymyr Romanenko, Student Vice-Rector for ONM Viktoria Shmat, Secretary of the Student Rectorate Ilona Saiko, and representative of the Department for the Organization of Educational Work with Students Diana Derevianchenko.
SNAU expresses its sincere gratitude to the organizers of the “Voices of the Future” project for implementing this important initiative, which promotes the development of civic awareness, the formation of youth policy, and the involvement of students in public dialogue.
The university is proud of its students’ activism and will continue to support youth participation in national and international programs that develop responsibility, initiative, and leadership qualities in Ukraine’s future professionals.
