Active and purposeful Uman students gathered at Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University at a round table meeting to consider the prospects of young people and the city development.

The event on the occasion of Independence Day of Ukraine was dedicated to the discussion of the topic "Youth - the future of Uman by students, deputies, representatives of departments and the city council services. Uman Mayor Oleksandr Tsebriy informed on the future plans and prospects of the city development, especially the importance of involving young people in the process of changes.

Ph.D., assistant professor of History of Ukraine Chair Olga Skus analyzed the stages of the Ukrainian state and drew parallels between past and future, spoke on the origins of Independence of Ukraine and emphasized the special role of youth in the creation of the Ukrainian state.

The young activists presented the extremely interested projects. The project „Without Barriers” has been presented by postgraduate student of Social and Psychological Education Department Alla Voytovska (she is also the manager of the Research Center of Social and Educational Integration „Without Barriers”), the project „Water Park in Uman” - USPU student Natalia Stepanova, project “Underground passages in Uman”- student of UNUH Daryna Zhuravleva.

The opinions of youth were undivided - the main problem of success or failure is exclusively in people, in our peculiarities of mentality, lack of awareness and weak civic duty. The ways of its solution are to increase self-awareness and responsibility for their own behavior.

This event proved that youth is the driving force of society and huge potential, able to make great changes.