SCHEDULE OF MEDIA CENTER UKRAINE – UKRINFORM EVENTS (8 KHMELNYTSKOHO ST., KYIV) FOR FEBRUARY 9

12:00 PM — SPECIAL EVENT
Press conference “What the state should do in 2023 to protect human rights in the conditions of war”

Participants:
— Aliona Luniova, Advocacy Manager at Zmina Human Rights Center
— Anastasia Burau, Legal Advocate at Charitable Foundation “Right to Protection”
— Violeta Artemchuk, Coordinator at Donbas SOS NGO
— Anastasia Kalinina, lawyer at CrimeaSOS NGO
— Yulia Matviychuk, Advocacy Manager at Charitable Foundation “East-SOS”

Topics of focus:
— What the state should do to bring those who commit war crimes to responsibility
— Who should be recognized as victims of war and why it should be done as soon as possible
— What the system of compensation for property destroyed during the war should be like
— What steps the government should take in 2023 to protect human rights

1:00 PM — Heorhii Kovalenko, Priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Rector at the Open Orthodox University of Saint Sophia the Wisdom (online)

Topic of focus:
Life of a religious community during the war: challenges and difficulties

2:30 PM — Presentation of the National ecosystem for studying and testing the level of English language proficiency, as part of the bill on the functioning of English as a language of international communication (in person)

— Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine;
— Vitaly Zubkov, a famous psycholinguist and polyglot, Creator of “Lingva.Skills,” the largest online education project in Ukraine;
— Oleh Yeresko, Director General of the Directorate of Preschool, School, Extracurricular and Inclusive Education
— Yevhen Bazhenkov, Director of “Institute Of Education Content Modernization” State Scientific Institution;
— Dmytro Bondarenko, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Innovative and Digital Education

4:00 PM — briefing “War in Ukraine: the battle for the culture” (in person)

Participants:
— Ihor Poshyvailo, General Director at the National Memorial Complex of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred – Museum of the Revolution of Dignity, Co-Founder of Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI)
— Kateryna Chuieva, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
— Kateryna Goncharova, Ukraine Heritage Crisis Specialist, World Monuments Fund (WMF)
— representatives of cultural institutions

Topics of focus:
— The summary of the state of cultural heritage sites in Ukraine one year after russia’s full-scale invasion began
— Activities of Ukrainian and international aid initiatives
— Practical work of Forum participants aimed at preserving the cultural heritage of Ukraine

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