“EXCHANGE OF BEST PRACTICES IN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION AND WORK WITH YOUTH IN NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS”: IPSA REGIONAL DIALOGUE

On June 14, 2024, another regional online dialogue of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) was held on the topic “Exchange of best practices in professional communication and work with youth in national associations.”

IPSA President Prof. Pablo Oñate spoke at the event. He recalled IPSA’s April 2020 decision to establish a format of virtual meetings to connect with IPSA collective members, share experiences and discuss regional issues at the level of presidents and/or vice presidents (executive directors/general secretaries) of collective members.

Currently, 58 national associations participate in such regional groups. The participation of the Russian Association of Political Science in all IPSA events has been suspended indefinitely due to the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. Regional groups have a maximum of 17 participants, which enables optimal communication and exchange of ideas. Since 2023, regional seminars-dialogues have become a regular subcommittee of IPSA, which is chaired by Emilia Palonen (President of the Political Science Association of Finland) in 2023-2025.

In the course of the regional dialogue, as part of the second group, which includes APNU, the heads of national associations of Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, Great Britain and the Regional (Northern) Association took part political sciences.

During the event, methods of involving young people in the activities of national associations were discussed; publication activity of national associations; information dissemination practices and activities of associations regarding digitization, making materials available for open access (this is a trend of recent years); publication of information bulletins; activity through social networks and creation of thematic pages in social networks; the role of audiovisual communication in national associations.

During the meeting

On behalf of the Association of Political Sciences of Ukraine, the first vice-president of APNU, Head of the Department of Political Institutes and Processes, Professor Galyna Zelenko took part in the scientific event. She informed her colleagues about APNU news, in particular, about the next APNU congress, which was held in January 2024, about the problems in the association’s activities caused by the full-scale Russian military invasion, about the renewal of membership in the Association, and about the forms of work that the association will introduce after the renewal. This concerns the development of the association’s website, the creation of a database of political science experts, scientific research under the auspices of APNU, joint scientific events with universities and research institutions, publishing activity, and the development of activities in social networks.

The next round of IPSA regional dialogues will take place in January 2025.