Since the war against Ukraine unleashed by Russia, the Ukrainian cultural sector has met new and urgent challenges which have impacted cultural policy priorities.
The Compendium strongly condemns the Russian Federation’s armed attack on Ukraine that resulted in a war on European territory. This act not only violates international law and human rights, it also tramples on democratic values such as peace, freedom, and equality.
In the context of non-discrimination and free information, we proudly release today an abridged cultural policy profile of Ukraine that could serve as a place holder until a regular new country profile can be realised.
A special thanks goes out to our Ukrainian expert Oleksandr Butsenko for compiling the profile during these difficult times.
Below, you can see a few highlights of the cultural policy developments in Ukraine:
- Since the war started, many cultural events, concerts, art exhibitions, theatre performances, public discussions were organized by Ukrainian cultural organizations and cultural activists but have taken place in other countries – in Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Paris, Riga, Vilnius
- An important priority in interministerial and intersectoral cooperation is the development of methodology for assessing the cultural and cultural heritage losses caused by Russian aggression.
- Law of Ukraine On condemnation and prohibition of propaganda for Russian imperial policy in Ukraine and decolonization of toponymy was signed by the President of Ukraine in March 2023.
- The process of de-communization and de-russification of the physical and intangible space of Ukraine continues.
- In October 2023, plans were oulined for the adoption of Ukrainian legislation and the state management system in the field of culture to EU standards.
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