Альона

Personal details:
First name/Last name: Alona Popova
Birth date: 31/12/1990
Address: 04210, Geroiv Stalingrada st. 13, Kyiv, Ukraine
Phone number: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)
E-mail: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)

Education:
2014-2017 – Graduate School of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University; Speciality: Social education and Social Work – PhD (social pedagogy)
2008-2013 – National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (Kyiv, Ukraine) Institute of social work and social marketing; Specialty: Social pedagogy and Psychology

Languages:
Ukrainian – native language
English – advanced
German – pre-intermediate
Portugal – pre-intermediate
Russian – advanced level

Professional and volunteering experience:
2011 – currently – Scout leader in National Organization of Scouts of Ukraine
2011 – currently – Volunteer in All-Ukrainian center “Volonteer”
2013 – 2020 – Teacher in Chair of Social Education and Social Work, Institute of Human Science, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University
July 2015 – Leader of international volunteer group in summer camp “Green Way”
2015 – 2019 – Head of the Scientific Society of students, graduate students, doctoral students and young scientists, Institute of Human Science, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University
May 2016 – currently – Certificated trainer in All-Ukrainian center “Volonteer”
March 2017 – Leader of international youth group in Erasmus+ project
November 2017 – currently – Trainer and referent in Erasmus+ project
March 2018 – currently – Certificated trainer in charity foundation “Hope and homes for every сhild”
September 2018 – December 2021 – Board member of National Youth Council of Ukraine
2019 – 2020 – national youth participation expert in educational program "Effective youth participation" (with DRA (Germany) supported by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany)
2019 – 2020 – Project officer – World Scout Bureau Eurasia Support Centre (World Organization of Scout Movement)
2020 – currently – Head of the department of Innovations and International Cooperation, Kyiv Youth Centre
2021 – National trainer – Project “SDG`s Youth Ambassadors” conducted with DUF (Danish Youth Council)
2021 – Head of Membership commission of National Youth Council of Ukraine

Achievements/workshops/scholarships
November 2021 – participant in training program “Let`s make it better – mentoring youth workers (by UNITED for Intercultural Action – European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support in of migrants and refugees (Budapest, Hungary)
October 2021 – Participant in the activity “Together have your say!” a training course about Council of Europe Standards, Approaches, and Practices of youth participation and how to apply in the progresses of reform and development of youth policy in Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
August 2021 – Participant in the training seminar for anti-discrimination in youth policy and youth work of Council of Europe project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
June 2021 – Participant in the training seminar for staff of youth centres – partners of Council of Europe project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
April – May 2021 – Internship “Trends in Education and Social Work in the U.S. Higher Education: Sociocultural Dimension” (Chicago, IL, USA)
January 2021 – Trainer of trainers for Participation of Children and Young People (Berlin, Germany)
February 2019 – Participation in “Scouting fundamentals” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
January 2019 – Participation in “External Representatives Network meeting organized by the WOSM European Scout Region and the WAGGGS Europe Region (Brussels, Belgium)
November 2018 – Participation in Erasmus + Youth Exchanges program ‘European youth strategy in the mirror of the real life’ (Oberhof, Germany)
October 2018 – Participation in study session “Removing barriers for youth society to organize itself and participate – The role of National Youth Councils in the youth policy development with the support of the Council of Europe” (Budapest, Hungary)
March 2018 – Completion of the course “QGIS Workshop” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
February 2018 – Participation in ‘Bavarian-Ukrainian youth conference’ (Munich, Germany)
December 2018 – Completion of the course “Project management” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
November 2017 – International trainer in Erasmus + Youth Exchanges program ‘New values or old values in Europe-what are our values? For what we are standing for?’ (Oberhof, Germany)
March 2017 – April 2017 – Participation in Erasmus + Youth Exchanges program ‘Refugees in European media’ (Oberhof, Germany)
March 2017 – Completion of the course ‘Training Course in writing up results of research studies’ (Lviv, Ukraine)
October 2016 – Certificated trainer in Prevention program “Building future together” for school youth (UNICEF Ukraine)

Main Publications:
1. Popova A. The impact of Scouting on the assimilation of family values among young people /А. Popova // Materials of the All-Ukrainian scientific-practical seminar [«Social and educational support for families with a child»], (c. Zaporizhya, 20 march 2014) - Zaporizhya: Zaporizhzhya National University, 2014. – P. 59-61
2. Popova A. Social work with children in local communities in USA and Ukraine/ Popova A. // Nowoczesna edukacja: filozofia, innowacja, doświadczenie – Nr 4. – Łódź : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wyźszej Szkoły Informatyki I Umiejętności, 2015. – P. 61-65
3. Роpova A. Leadership in the community of the United States of America / А. О. Попова, Т. Г. Веретенко // Person, family, and society: interdisciplinary approach to the harmonization of interests: Monograph / The Academy of Management and Administration in Opole; О. Bilychenko / Opole: Publishing House Centrum Innowacji i Transferu Technologii oraz Rozwoju Kultury Fizycznej Spolka z o. o., – 2016. – 162 – 168 p.
4. Popova А. Genesis of pragmatism in social work in local communities in the USA /А. Popova// Scientific works of Kamenetz-Podolsk National University named after Ivan Ogienko / L. Меlnik, V. Spivaka. – Vol. ХХVI. Series: Social-Education– Kamenetz-Podolsk: Medobori – 2006, 2016. – P. 161 – 173
5. Popova A. Students standing before the distance learning in institution of higher education / T. Liakh, T. Spirina, A. Popova. // Open educational e-environment of modern University. – 2017. – №3. – P. 80–88.
6. Popova A. European experience of training researchers and practitioners on the development and organization of local communities / T. Lyakh, A. Popova // Osvitolohichnyy dyskurs: elektronne naukove fakhove vydannya. – 2017. – №1. – P. 145–154.
7. Popova A. Socio-pedagogical problems of adaptation of students to distance learning in high school/ T. Liakh, T. Spirina, A. Popova. // Collection of scientific works of the Dnipro State Technical University (technical sciences: section "Education" Materials of the International Conference "Innovation in Higher Education-2017".– 2017. (1). P. – 17-21.
8. Popova A. The experience of using educational and preventive board games by social work specialists in local communities / A. O. Popova, M. V. Schegol // Visnyk of Lugansk National Taras Shevchenko University (pedagogical sciences). №1 (315) / Lugansk National Taras Shevchenko University; Goal. Ed. Kurilo VS - Starobelsk: Publishing house of the State institution "Taras Shevchenko Luhansk National University", 2018. - P. 109-115
9. Popova A. Social work with children in local communities of the USA: author's ref. dis. for science. degree of PhD Science: special. 13.00.05 "Social pedagogy" / Popova Alona Oleksiivna - Kyiv, 2019. - 20 p.