Rebuilding the country and strengthening civil society are the focus of a major conference on May 28 and 29, 2024. Under the motto "From Crisis to Future: New Responsibilities for Museums in Ukraine", the largest meeting of Ukrainian museums since the outbreak of the war will take place in Berlin at the end of May.
Over one hundred institutions from all parts of the country invaded by Russia will meet at the James-Simon-Galerie on May 28 and 29 to develop their own proposals for the reconstruction of their country. The meeting will also address the question of how Ukrainian civil society can be strengthened right now.
Representatives of Ukrainian museums are already working on concrete plans for their involvement in the reconstruction of the country at national and regional level in weekly online workshops. The focus is on how to address visitors' experiences, fears, and expectations in future programs. The museums not only want to renew themselves structurally, but also confront Ukrainian civil society with new questions. Some museums that were deliberately destroyed or robbed by Russia will have to reinvent themselves, which is already being prepared today with digital offerings.
The museums' proposals and demands will be presented at the Ukraine Recovery Conference, which will also take place on June 11 and 12 in Berlin
The meeting is supported by the Ukrainian, Polish and German governments. The conference is being organized by the OBMIN Foundation and the Ukrainian Institute in Germany. In addition to the SPK, the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation, the Polish Institute Berlin, the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity and the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Eastern Europe are partners of the conference.
Accreditation process: You can be accredited until May 19, 2024, 13:00 by sending an email to pressestelle@hv.spk-berlin.de
2024.05.28 — 2024.05.29
Berlin
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Rebuilding the country and strengthening civil society are the focus of a major conference on May 28 and 29, 2024. Under the motto "From Crisis to Future: New Responsibilities for Museums in Ukraine", the largest meeting of Ukrainian museums since the outbreak of the war will take place in Berlin at the end of May.
Over one hundred institutions from all parts of the country invaded by Russia will meet at the James-Simon-Galerie on May 28 and 29 to develop their own proposals for the reconstruction of their country. The meeting will also address the question of how Ukrainian civil society can be strengthened right now.
Representatives of Ukrainian museums are already working on concrete plans for their involvement in the reconstruction of the country at national and regional level in weekly online workshops. The focus is on how to address visitors' experiences, fears, and expectations in future programs. The museums not only want to renew themselves structurally, but also confront Ukrainian civil society with new questions. Some museums that were deliberately destroyed or robbed by Russia will have to reinvent themselves, which is already being prepared today with digital offerings.
The museums' proposals and demands will be presented at the Ukraine Recovery Conference, which will also take place on June 11 and 12 in Berlin
The meeting is supported by the Ukrainian, Polish and German governments. The conference is being organized by the OBMIN Foundation and the Ukrainian Institute in Germany. In addition to the SPK, the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation, the Polish Institute Berlin, the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity and the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Eastern Europe are partners of the conference.
Pre-Event: Youth as the core of Ukraine’s human capital and recovery
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The forum aims to identify challenges in the field of national-scale youth policy and potential ways to address them. The ultimate outcome will be the signing of a joint appeal, "Ukrainian Youth Guarantee in Recovery," to the participants of URC 2024.
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Thus it focused on the recovery and development of communities in war and post-war periods, the rehabilitation of war victims, the European integration of Ukraine, and the challenges faced by internally displaced persons.
Minister Schulze highlighted that the decentralization reforms in Ukraine have significantly empowered municipalities, contributing to the country's resilience against Russian aggression. She urged political leaders to persist with these reforms, despite the challenges posed by the ongoing invasion, highlighting that decentralization enhances local ownership, efficiency, and infrastructure resilience, which is crucial for Ukraine's path towards EU integration.
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Setting up a sustainable mine action sector for a long-lasting positive impact on Ukrainian human capital is key. The workshop was co-organised by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the German Federal Foreign Office and the government of Canada.
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The conference, which took place on 26 March 2024 in Kyiv, aimed to highlight the challenge of a shortage of skilled workers in Ukraine and discuss potential ways in which this can be addressed.
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What does it take to build sustainable local communities? On 8 March 2024, U-LEAD with Europe and the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure organised an event in Kyiv and online to discuss and answer this overarching question.
The target audience included practitioners and administrative leadership of municipalities and higher levels of government, civil society, and private sector actors. Discussions aimed to contribute to Dimension 3 ‘Municipalities and Regions’ of the URC 2024.
The restoration of infrastructure, creation and safeguarding of housing, and sustainable urban development are crucial for future-oriented reconstruction.
To address these issues, the German Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building and the Ukrainian Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development organized a pre-conference for URC 2024 in Berlin on 7 March 2024. It was opened by the Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz, who underlined Germany’s strong support for Ukraine’s reconstruction: "Supporting Ukraine is a political priority for the German government. Even after the war, we will not leave the Ukrainians to rebuild on their own."
The conference aimed to bring together German and Ukrainian national and municipal partners to exchange ideas and develop joint messages for the URC 2024.
Ukrainian civil society plays an important role in reconstruction and recovery. To gather its expertise and feedback for the URC 2024, the Ukrainian State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Oleksandr Bankov...
and the German State Secretaries Dr Thomas Bagger (Foreign Office) and Jochen Flasbarth (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) consulted relevant actors of civil society during an outreach meeting in Kyiv on 14 February 2024. Further consultations will follow.
The Ukrainian-German Health Conference took place in Berlin on 1 and 2 February 2024 and stood under the patronage of the two First Ladies – Olena Zelenska (UKR) and Elke Büdenbender (GER).
It focused on mental health, psychosocial support, and rehabilitation for children, veterans, soldiers, and civilians and was organised by the German Platform for the Reconstruction of Ukraine. German Development Minister Svenja Schulze gave an impressive account of her personal experiences with refugees on the Romanian-Ukrainian border, underlining the importance of psychological support.
This support has been underlined by the Federal Minister of Health Prof Dr Karl Lauterbach and Ukrainian Minister of Health Dr Viktor Liashko, who signed a declaration on the expansion of cooperation in the healthcare sector and thus demonstrated the will of the governments to co-operate even more closely in the future.
