On the occasion of the opening of the Tutoring and Mentoring Center at the National University “Chernihiv Polytechnic”, a series of events were held On March 27 and 30:

• Panel discussion on the topic: “Mentoring as a Navigator of Successful Career in the Digital World” (in a mixed offline-online format);
• World cafe on the topic: “Tutoring and Mentoring: Trajectories of Development of Necessary Student Skills” and Cybersecurity;
• Olympiad “Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities” under the guidance of experienced mentors from the Chernihiv IT Cluster, which is also part of the PROMENT project consortium.

The participants of the Panel Discussion were welcomed by:

• Oleg NOVOMLYNETS, Rector of the National University “Chernihiv Polytechnic”
• Oleg MATVIYKIV, First Vice-Rector of the  Lviv Polytechnic National University, Coordinator of the PROMENT project.

The speakers at the Panel Discussion were:

• Lyudmila REMNYOVA, PROMENT institutional coordinator at NU “Chernihiv Polytechnic”
• Olena YERMOSHCHINA, Director of the Center for Professional Development, Mentoring and Tutoring at NTU “Dnipro Polytechnic”
• Dmytro SICHKO, Head of the Tutoring and Mentoring Center
• Alla KOVAL, PROMENT institutional coordinator at Chernihiv Polytechnic National University (CPNU)
• Olga RYS, Executive Director of the NGO “Eco City”
• Bohdan SOROKA, Coordinator of the Chernihiv IT Cluster
• Yevhen VOROZKO, Director of the Chernihiv Brewery Company AB InBev Efes Ukraine
• Serhiy BEZBORODKO, Director of the Center for Creation and Support of Startups “Peremoga” of the Chernihiv Polytechnic National University
• Oleg KOTELENETS, Deputy Director of the Chernihiv Regional Youth Center
• Dmytro ZABAROVSKY, Deputy Director of the Agency for Regional Development of Chernihiv 
• Dmytro SELEKH, Direct Marketer, FOP
• Anastasia KALYAN, 4th year undergraduate student, assistant lawyer at the law firm “Serhiy Slepchenko”
• Maksym SHCHERBININ, 4th year undergraduate student, assistant lawyer at the law firm “Serhiy Slepchenko”
• Natalia KRES, 4th year undergraduate student, consultant on work with clients and preparation of procedural documents at LLC “YK “Zvillimo””

The panel discussion was moderated by:

• Lyudmila REMNYOVA, PROMENT institutional coordinator atChernihiv Polytechnic National University
• Alla KHOLODNYTSKA, Head of the Tutoring and Mentoring Center
• Alla NITCHENKO, Coordinator of the “Tutoring for First-Year Students” scheme.

The main focus of the panel discussion was on:

• The specifics of introducing mentoring programs in Ukrainian universities
• Key aspects of the interaction between “mentor & mentee” in international grant projects
• Digital mentoring as a key factor in forming a good basis for employment, etc.

On the same day, the students of the University had the opportunity to take part in a group, alternative discussion of the topic:

• “Tutoring and Mentoring: Trajectories of Development of Necessary Student Skills” – in the format of a world cafe (trainers – Ganna DYVNYCH and Anna VERBYTSKA).

On March 30, during the Olympiad “Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities”, master classes were held for future IT specialists, students of Chernihiv Polytechnic National University by leading experts in the field of cybersecurity.

Experienced mentors from the IT Cluster and the Chernihiv Polytechnic National University provided mentoring in real time, which allowed the teams of participants to develop original IT solutions.

We thank for the professional mentoring:

• Yevhen PATLAN (Percona)
• Oleksandr POLOSMAK and Yegor GERASEMCHUK (Dots platform)
• Lecturers of Chernihiv Polytechnic National University Volodymyr BAZYLEVYCH, Serhiy IVANTS and Iryna BILOUS.

The Tutoring and Mentoring Center at the Chernihiv Polytechnic National University (Chernihiv, Ukraine) was created with the aim of accelerating the adaptation of higher education students to the educational process and their continuous development in various professional fields.

This is one of six Tutoring and Mentoring Centers that are planned to be opened within the framework of the PROMENT project “Promoting Professional Education and Active Student Participation through the Establishment of a Comprehensive System of Mentoring and Tutoring in HEIs in Ukrainian and Georgian universities.