December 18 at 9.00 in Slavyansk, street Torskaya 67 (TOP Place) held a conference "Success is born here: career centers of universities of Donbass" on the results of the project "Back to learning from PIN (organization" Man in Need "): career development centers of universities of Donbass" within the program "Strengthening public trust" with ChemonicsInternationalInc. with financial support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This year, the international humanitarian organization "Man in Need" implemented a nine-month project "Success is born here: career centers of universities in Donbass" under the program "Strengthening public confidence", which aimed to expand the capacity of universities to establish and strengthen more active roles in providing employment opportunities for students, as well as establishing links between universities and business. The project involved three internally displaced higher education institutions of Ukraine: Horlivka Institute of Foreign Languages (Bakhmut, Donetsk region), Donetsk National Technical University (Pokrovsk, Donetsk region) and Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University (S, , Luhansk region).

The project conducted a study of the economic potential of Donbass universities, the main purpose of which was to analyze, develop recommendations and suggestions for positive solutions: what contribution universities (mainly career development centers) can make to reduce unemployment and labor migration among graduates in Donbass. Such recommendations can be used to identify objectives and plan specific steps for future interventions to develop both higher education in Ukraine and the business environment.