Our team attended the conference ‘Heritage: A Space for Action. Experiences from Ukraine’s Frontline and De-Occupied Regions,’ organized by the Partnership for a Strong Ukraine Foundation. This was far more than just a discussion.
The Foundation launched the ‘Heritage: A Space for Action’ programme, which saw the participation of around 30 representatives from various cultural institutions. They engaged in learning, networking, inspiring each other, and had the opportunity to develop and present projects under the guidance of experts. Fourteen of the best projects received support and funding. These projects are primarily from frontline regions and areas that have suffered significant losses due to Russian aggression, including Odesa, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions, as well as organizations relocated from these regions due to armed conflict.
The program was developed and implemented throughout 2024 by a team of experts and a consortium of four flagship cultural institutions: Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kharkiv Literary Museum, ONFAM/Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, and ‘IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives’.
The projects are fantastic, incredibly interesting, and inspiring. Indeed, heritage is becoming a strong platform for healing, unity, and recovery. This is a remarkable and very important effort.
However, we would love to hear more about some of the projects in greater detail. We understand that this is difficult to achieve within a single conference day, but if there’s an opportunity in the future to hold events that offer more detailed presentations of the projects implemented by the Partnership for a Strong Ukraine Foundation, it would be highly engaging.
