DEVELOPING SOCIAL EMPATHY Sustainable democracy & European values
Launching the NGO “European Youth Parliament Ukraine” at the beginning of the century, Ukrainian youth has made its choice for social values orientation.
Not only it is about freedom but also about understanding the frames of a personal freedom for each individual.
We started to follow the way of democracy, building on the model values of the European Union. In these frames, we have been promoting non-traditional education.
The importance of the stop of the freedom when another freedom starts and one freedom can violate the other ones.
Not only it allowed our members to move forward on their careers and personal development but also to create a comfortable large-scale environment for all the people who could potentially make their input to the social development and our community. In this matter, personal comfort is extremely important and not only for personal development. All big-scale and most successful projects unite the achievements of numerous individuals.
These days we have to take into account the influence of international and inner politics on EYP Ukraine. In 2014, Ukraine finally chose the pro-European tendency after the Revolution of Dignity, the start of an armed conflict on Donbas, and the Crimea annexation. However, there is still a confrontation between pro-European and antiEuropean parties. Additionally, the current political affairs in Belarus and Russia affect the National Committees of EYP Belarus (1).
To reach the best results, all these achievements require the feeling of personal comfort in all cases. This comfort is about empathy.
While facing these circumstances, our NC still has a task to keep and promote democratic development and European values acceptance.
Democracy is not only about the power of the people. It is also about the capability to understand the position of a neighbor.
(1) since they are focused on the confrontation of pro-European and anti-European powers