«Events in Ukraine do not only refer to Ukraine», Natalia Nemylivska said during opening of the Summer School on Information Security for young professionals

01 August 2014, 12:01

«Events in Ukraine do not only refer to Ukraine. They are a challenge for all NATO member-states, this is a challenge which we all have to seek a response for», noted Natalia Nemylivska, Director of NATO Information and Documentation Centre during her welcoming speech to youth at the opening of the Summer School on Information Security. The three-day training that will take place from 31 to 2 August 2014 entitled «Information threats: strategy to oppose. How can I help in fighting the information war ?» is a joint initiative of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation and NATO Information and Documentation Centre.

Natalia Nemylivska also emphasized that they, at NATO Information and Documentation Centre, often confronted with the facts of distortion and misrepresentation of information, and all the time look for tools and strategies to oppose it. «That’s why I believe that the summer school will be extremely helpful for all of us, because knowledge and conclusions that we acquire here will find their practical application», she said.

Taras Mykhalniuk, Director of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation also greeted members of the summer school and highlighted that great expectations are relied on young professionals. «We believe that you are the ones who have power to change Ukraine, introduce new initiatives and create new guidelines for development», he said.

During professional training the participants will have an opportunity to create their own projects, which are based on creating a strategy to counter the information war, implementing the mechanisms of support of information security at the national and individual levels.