History
The international student (youth) conference “Economy for Ecology” started in 1992 for the first time.
Let’s walk on pages of history and we shall recollect, that it was in time: after the disintegration of the USSR, as well as the majority of former union republics, experienced a crisis stage of the becoming and development as a new independent state. That was shown in a high rate of inflation, general poverty, constant nonpayment of wages, grants. There was an impression, that we appeared on boondocks of a history. The developing situation demanded general consolidation of efforts and acceptance of drastic measures by all social institutes.
Also, higher educational institutions have played an important role in searching for ways of problems decisions. One of the brightest representatives is Sumy State University (SumDU) – a university of classical type, 4-th level of accreditation.
Kind of SumDU contribution to the decision of problems of economy and ecology interdependence that already had time to become actual was a creation of conference “Economy for Ecology”. The founder of the conference is the professor, the doctor of economic sciences Melnik Leonid.
At the initial stages of conference existence separate foreign experts were involved for participation whom there was established cooperation with. Representatives of the organization of the United Nations on the preservation of the environment and volunteers have been involved in conferences in separate years. Originally there was a tendency, that reports, scientific development, various projects in the greater degree were represented by already taken place scientific figures and experts from Belgium, Ukraine, and the Peace Corp. Further, the number of participants among students and young scientists has increased.
Since 1998 there was students’ decision to change the format of carrying out of conference. Its theoretical part (discussion of substantive provisions, carrying out of “round” tables (debate)) was conducted at university, and the practical part (carrying out of intellectual group games) was conducted in camps, including entertainment with elements of participants national cultures.
During the conference existence there were representatives of various regions of Ukraine and the various countries among participants of ISCS (ICYS):
Lithuania, Turkey, Italy, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Serbia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Nigeria, Poland, Estonia, Ghana, Hungary, Congo Democracy Republic, Georgia, Burundi, Bangladesh, Belarus, Kenya, Germany, Uganda, the USA, Canada, Romania, Moldova, etc.
«Economy for Ecology» contributed to the occurrence of young perspective experts who presented their scientific works on the basis of conference materials like ex-chairman of conference Alexander Romanko who works in Canada now. Natives of conference – post-graduate students and teachers of high schools – have brought up a new talented generation of followers who can be passed on the baton in the struggle for the best future to. In fact the motto of our conference: «Leave something to future generation!»
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