Annual report on the activities of CCE “Almenda” – 2024
In 2024, the team at the Centre for Civic Education “Almenda” focused its efforts on achieving four strategic goals:
- ensuring effective access to education for children and young people from the occupied and de-occupied territories;
- laying the foundations for safe reintegration and sustainable development;
- documenting crimes and violations of children’s rights in the context of armed conflict, with the aim of ensuring accountability and upholding the right to truth;
- strengthening the organisation’s institutional capacity.
We implemented projects aimed at protecting the rights of children affected by occupation, including through efforts to increase international pressure on Russia for its violations of these children’s rights and the destruction of their civic identity. A separate focus of our work was exposing Russia’s policies of indoctrination and militarisation of children living in the occupied territories, as well as documenting crimes committed against children, including gathering evidence to ensure accountability for those responsible for violations of international law.
In addition, we focused on ensuring access to all levels of education for children and young people from the temporarily occupied territories, with particular attention to making it easier for children and young people to obtain official certificates confirming their basic and complete secondary education. We also worked to maintain the connection between children and young people from these territories and Ukraine, including by disseminating information about opportunities to pursue higher education in Ukraine and by organising educational activities for teachers.
An important part of our work was contributing to the development of a state policy model for the reintegration of young people who had long been exposed to Russian propaganda, with the aim of reducing societal polarisation during the transitional period.
Read more about what we managed to achieve as part of our strategic goals in the Annual Report below!
