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Specialist in culture management, marketing and communications. For 11 years he held senior positions in the Ukrainian mission of the British Council. Organizer of numerous cultural projects and events in the UK and 15 European countries: exhibitions, art residencies, film festivals, professional internships, concerts, literary programs, trainings, theater productions.
A graduate of the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 2009 received a professional diploma in marketing, and in 2014 – a diploma in digital marketing from the The Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). In 2011 he graduated from the Summer School of Scottish Universities SUISS in the field of “Contemporary British and Irish Literature” (Edinburgh, Scotland). Member of the 2016 Summer School of Global Governance and member of the international network of Bucerius Summer School (ZEIT-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany). Member of the IETM International Professional Performing Arts Network and the Total Theater Network.
A graduat of the Faculty of Philosophy at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. Alumna of the FSA/FLEX program, the Aspen Institute Kyiv “Responsible Leadership” seminar, and the Harvard Kennedy School Women’s Network Ukraine mentoring program. Member of SHERA, ICOM, CAA.
Journalist, human rights activist, researcher and manager of educational and cultural projects. Worked as a program director of the state enterprise “Crimean House”, a member of the supervisory boards of the NGO “Centre of United actions” and the NGO “Educational Center for Human Rights” in Lviv. Member and rapporteur of advocacy missions to the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the OSCE, the UN Security Council, EU and US political institutions on the situation in Crimea, the initiator of the digital museum of deportation of Crimean Tatars “Tamırlar”.
Public and professional activities are focused on the topics of the occupied Crimea, humanitarian policy, the current state of the Crimean Tatar people, freedom of speech and communication strategies.
Graduated from V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, majoring in “Political Science”.
He worked as a program director of the Crimean House and a media and communications consultant of the expert company pro.mova, co-founder of the public organization “Crimea SOS”.
Participant and speaker of advocacy missions at the UN, Council of Europe, European Parliament, OSCE, European countries, USA, Brazil, Indonesia, Qatar. The founder of the Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar literary project “Crimean Fig”, the initiator of the creation of the digital museum of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars “Tamırlar”.
Co-author of the book “Mustafa Dzhemliev. Unbreakable”, author of essays about Crimea, Crimean Tatars, Ukrainian identity during the war in Ukrainian and international publications.
Professional activity is focused on the topics of Ukrainian civil society and multiculturalism, development of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar studies abroad, occupied Crimea and the Crimean Tatar people, decolonization, freedom of speech and international representation of modern Ukrainian culture.
Graduated from the V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, majoring in “Political Science”. A graduate of the Aspen Ukraine “Responsible Leadership” seminar, the Open World program and the Summer Institute for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, and the “CEO Development Program” at the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School.
In 2020, he was awarded the Order of Merit, III Class.
Iryna Osadcha
Arts Programmes Deрartment
Anastasiya Volkova
Head of Arts Programmes
Daryna Babliak
Deputy Head of Arts Programmes
Anastasiia Manuliak
Head of Visual Art
Iryna Kyporenko
Film Programme Manager
Mariana Bondarenko
Head of Music
Liubov Morozova
Music Programme Manager
Iryna Lobanok
Music Programme Manager
Olha Lozynska
Music Programme Manager
Olha Petryshyn
Literature Programme Manager
Iryna Nirsha
Head of Performing Arts
Asia Pavlenko
Performing Arts Programme Manager
Anna Yukhymets
Programme Coordinator
Anabell Sotelo Ramires
Head of department for Asia, Africa and Latin America
Khrystyna Dmytryshyn
Programme coordinator for Asia, Africa and Latin America
Oskar Slushchenko
Programme expert for Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
Cross-sectoral Programmes Deрartment
Olga Yurkova
Head of Cross-sectoral Programmes Department
Ganna Bogachuk
Cross-sectoral Programmes Manager
Yelyzaveta Sidelnykova
Study Visits Programme Manager
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Communications Department
Solomiia Hrebeniak-Dubova
Expert of communication campaigns
Research, Analytics & Academic Programmes Department
Mariia Protsiuk
Deputy Head of the Department
Polina Fedorenko
Programme Coordinator of Academic Projects
Olena Zhurakhovska
Programme Coordinator of Academic Projects
Olha Los
Ukrainian Language Programme Coordinator
Accounting, Planning & Reporting Department
Аdministrative Department
Mykhailo Berkun
Public Procurement Specialist
Legal Unit
Human Resources and Documentation Unit
Head of Human Resources and Documentation Unit
Department for Development, Partnerships & International Network
Svitlana Lenchenko
Head of Development and Strategic Partnerships
Alyona Kuhar
Internal culture consultant
Oleksandr Malov
Expert in monitoring and evaluation of processes/projects
International offices
Representative Office of the Ukrainian Institute in Germany
Kateryna Rietz-Rakul
Маriya Zoryk
Communication Manager
Nataliia Druhak
Communication Manager
Vitalina Buran
Project Mananger
Olga Sagaidak
Representative of Ukrainian Institute in France