NGO Academy for Heroes - About the project

The course “Development of Soft Skills for the Professional Adaptation of Veterans” has successfully concluded at the Academy for Heroes. Over the course of two months, Veterans participated in training aimed at developing the skills necessary for adapting to civilian life and achieving professional fulfillment. The program included training sessions and practical workshops on communication, teamwork, leadership, emotional resilience, decision-making, and career development. The course was delivered with the participation of lecturers and experts from Lviv Polytechnic National University, including Vice-Rector Oleh Karyi, Professors Nataliia Chukhray and Oleksii Druhov, Associate Professors Mariana Hvozd, Oleh Sorochak, Uliana Ivaniuk, as well as the Head of the Italian-Ukrainian Cooperation Center “Leonardo da Vinci,” Orest Vasylko. According to the project coordinator, Mariana Hvozd, supporting Veterans during their transition back to civilian life is an important component of modern educational initiatives, as the experience and personal qualities they have gained can become the foundation for a successful career and new opportunities. The course was organized by the Department of Management of Organizations of the Institute of Economics and Management at Lviv Polytechnic National University with the support of the Walter Baldaccini Foundation.

NGO “Academy for Heroes” is opening enrollment for an SMM course to help participants gain skills that allow them to work from anywhere in the world, create engaging content, promote brands, and build a career in the digital space. Social media today is not just about being good at Instagram or Facebook. It is one of the most in-demand fields, where people who can think, communicate, and create are needed. And that is exactly what we will be teaching.

Within the walls of Lviv Polytechnic National University, the Academy for Heroes officially launched two new educational programs for veterans – Automated Software Testing (QA) and Military Tech C++.

The NGO “Academy for Heroes” has launched Python training for veterans. The classes will take place at the Lviv Sense Hub space by Sense Bank, where participants will gradually immerse themselves in the world of IT. During the course, they will study the basics of Python, programming logic, and work on practical tasks and their own projects. This format allows them not only to gain theoretical knowledge but also to immediately apply it in practice. The program is designed to help veterans acquire relevant skills, adapt to civilian life, and open up new opportunities for building a career in the IT sector.

If you have ever seen “ECTS Credits” written in a course description or on a diploma and thought: “What does that even mean and who needs it?” — this article is for you. When students transfer between universities in different countries or take part in exchange programmes, a logical question arises: how do you compare 4 years of study in Lviv with 3 years in London? This is exactly where the ECTS credit system comes in — a kind of “currency converter” for education. In this article we will cover: 1) what ECTS credits are and where they came from; 2) how they are calculated and what they are used for; 3) how this works in Ukraine and in different countries around the world; 4) and how ECTS credits can be earned even outside of university.

This course marked an important milestone for participants on their path to starting their own business and developing entrepreneurial skills. After successfully finishing the training, all participants presented their own business projects and received certificates confirming the knowledge and practical experience they had gained. Throughout the course, participants became familiar with the basics of running a business, studied the principles of building business models, financial planning, marketing, customer relations, and personal brand development. Special attention was given to practical cases, the analysis of real business situations, and the formation of participants’ own entrepreneurial ideas. As the course was designed for demobilized military personnel and their family members, people with disabilities, families raising two or more minor children, internally displaced persons (IDPs), first-degree family members of prisoners of war, fallen and missing defenders of Ukraine, people aged 55+, and other categories, the training became not only a source of new knowledge but also an opportunity for participants to receive support, exchange experiences, and find like-minded people. Many of them already have a clear vision of their future businesses and are ready to move to the next stage – implementing their projects. For many, this course became a confident step toward financial independence.