Kyiv Lyceum of Business

International experience

Dialogue is not a topic. It is something we practise.

Our projects place students in real encounters across languages, cultures and perspectives — where curiosity becomes understanding and shared work becomes trust.

Why partnershipsBerlin 2024Germany 2025Youth in DialogueeTwinning

Our perspective

Why International Partnerships Matter

At Kyiv Lyceum of Business, we believe that education reaches its full potential when it extends beyond national borders. Participation in international projects is not a privilege — it is an essential part of how we prepare our students for life in a complex, interconnected world.

For students, international collaboration builds far more than academic knowledge. It develops intercultural communication, critical thinking, empathy, and the confidence to engage with people from radically different backgrounds, languages, and perspectives. Young people who participate in genuine international dialogue do not simply travel — they grow. They return home with a broader sense of who they are and what they are capable of.

For teachers, international partnerships provide access to innovative pedagogical approaches, cross-disciplinary frameworks, and a professional community that extends across Europe and beyond. Educators who collaborate internationally bring fresh ideas, energy, and expertise back into the classroom — raising the quality of learning for every student they teach.

For our lyceum as an institution, international engagement builds reputation, deepens existing relationships, and opens doors to new ones. It signals to the broader educational community that Kyiv Lyceum of Business is not only committed to academic excellence, but to the values of openness, dialogue, and shared responsibility for the future.

We warmly invite organisations, schools, institutions, and educators who share these values to join us — whether as new partners, collaborators, or participants. Together, we can do more.

German–Ukrainian exchangeBerlin · October 2024

Identity and Diversity — Living in Solidarity and Creating the World of Tomorrow

For more than a week, Ukrainian and German teenagers lived and learned together, exploring identity, unity, diversity and coexistence in a fast-changing world. KLB participants represented not only their school, but the views of a young generation of Ukrainians.

City exploration, contemporary art, music, group reflection and daily life in a youth camp turned abstract values into lived experience. The exchange developed respectful communication, teamwork, intercultural understanding and lasting human connections.

Partners and supporters: Dialogue for Understanding e.V. (D4U), JuHu Berlin and the German Federal Foreign Office.

Exchange group at Brandenburg GateStudents in central BerlinParticipants together at a cultural centreYouth exchange outdoor reflection session
German–Ukrainian exchangeBerlin & Wendisch-Rietz · 19–31 October 2025

Values and Visions — Youth Perspectives on European Identities

Six KLB students aged 15–17 joined peers from Irpin Lyceum No. 2 and Germany to explore European values, identity, diversity and unity through non-formal education and creative collaboration.

After tracing democracy, memory and freedom through Berlin, participants moved to a youth camp in Wendisch-Rietz. International teams created a short film, theatre and dance performances, and an original English-language song. Cultural evenings and everyday cooperation helped strong personal connections emerge.

Partners: Dialogue for Understanding e.V., Junge Humanist_innen Berlin im HVD Berlin-Brandenburg and the Agency of Educational Policy Development. Supported through Germany’s Federal Child and Youth Plan.

Values and Visions participants in BerlinStudents together during the exchangeYouth group at the cultural programmeStudents collaborating in a youth camp
Annual European programmeEuregio Charlemagne · Since 2002

Youth in Dialogue

The annual Youth in Dialogue programme is part of EURIADE, the International Festival of Dialogue in the border region of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. It brings together young people from across Europe who differ in culture, language, religion, politics and social experience.

Inspired by Martin Buber’s dialogical principle, the programme treats dialogue as a respectful recognition of another person’s dignity and uniqueness. Workshops in culture, philosophy and literature are paired with educational visits, artistic events and meetings with public figures.

Meeting the “Other” becomes a way of discovering oneself.

For Ukrainian participants, the project is coordinated by Dr Olena Sukhenko, KLB teacher of English and the CLIL course Art and Literature. In 2025, she received the EURIADE Badge of Honour for her contribution to international dialogue and youth cooperation.

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European online collaborationGrade 9 · 2025–2026

eTwinning: debate, kindness and digital wellbeing

eTwinning provides a safe European space where schools collaborate, exchange practice and build professional skills. KLB Grade 9 students use it to develop argumentation, empathy, multilingual communication and responsible digital habits.

Current work includes mini-debates on technology, charitable action and educational priorities; international online meetings on the trolley problem and school life; and activities focused on kindness, gratitude, healthy food and a digital detox challenge.

KLB students taking part in an eTwinning activityInternational eTwinning online meetingOnline session about gratitudeStudent gratitude artwork

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