Stronger Together: Psychosocial Support for Children and Adults in Communities During the War. International Conference

Latest approaches to psychosocial support for children and adults affected by the war will be in focus of the international conference “Strong Together: Psychosocial Support for Children, Adults and Communities in Times of War”, to be held in Kyiv on 2 December 2025.

The event will bring together representatives of state institutions, international organizations, donors and local authorities to exchange experiences, present practical solutions and discuss the challenges that social sphere professionals, psychologists, communities and families face today. Special attention will be paid to the resilience of communities, the availability of psychosocial support and the development of services focused on the needs of children.

The conference program includes:

• panel discussions with international and Ukrainian experts on approaches to providing psychosocial support;
• presentation of the accomplishments by the projects of the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine in the domain of ​​“Human Security”;
• two parallel working groups dedicated to practical solutions for social work professionals and the experience of implementing children's spaces of psychosocial support "Tviy" in communities;
• informal communication and the opportunity to establish professional contacts.

The following speakers will join the discussions:

• Pierre Baussand, Chief of Operations, OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine
• Oksana Ovramenko, Director of the Department of Policy for the Protection of the Rights of the Families, Children and Their Wellbeing of the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine;
• Viktor Zelenyi – Director of the Department of State Oversight of Children’s Rights Compliance, National Social Service of Ukraine
• Anastasiia Karandashova, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Adviser of SOS Children’s Villages Ukraine
• Yaroslava Mozhova, Programme Manager of War Child
• Kateryna Pukha, Programme Coordinator for Child Protection and MHPSS, UNICEF
• Olena Rozvadovska, Co-founder of Voices of Children
• Mariana Romaniak, CEO of Ridni Foundation
• Anastasiia Kuchynska, Head of the Psychological Service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES)

Journalists interested in covering the event are asked to send accreditation requests by 1 December 2025 to: tviy.prostir.osce@gmail.com or contact by phone +38 063 966 03 91, Oksana Tkachuk, Communications Manager of the “Tviy” project.