International Scientific and Practical Conference «Ukrainian Communities Abroad: New Reference Points»

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On April 22, 2021, the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations, Lviv Polytechnic National University with the support of the Lviv Regional State Administration in partnership with the Ukrainian World Congress organizes the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Ukrainian Communities Abroad: New Reference Points» on the Zoom platform.

The Ukrainian community abroad continues to grow, develop and change. During the Conference, the focus will be on the formation and development of new Ukrainian public associations abroad, as well as the transformation of Ukrainian NGOs with a long history. Special attention will be paid to the ways of their communication, networking, and interaction with Ukraine and each other.

All participants, together with invited guests and panelists will look for answers to the following questions:

  • Why are new Ukrainian communities and organizations emerging abroad?
  • Has the activity of Ukrainian diaspora organizations changed in modern conditions?
  • How effective is the interaction of new communities and diaspora organizations?
  • What are the expectations of Ukrainians from abroad from cooperation with Ukraine?

The event will be attended by:

  • Bishop Stepan Sus – Head of the Pastoral and Migration Department of the UGCC;
  • Larysa Dir – Head of the Department for Foreign Ukrainians and Humanitarian Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
  • Maksym Kozytskyi – Head of Lviv Regional State Administration,
  • Mariia Kupriianova – Executive Director of the Ukrainian World Congress (Canada);
  • Bohdan Rajčinec – President of the European Congress of Ukrainians, Member of the Board of Directors of the Ukrainian World Congress (Czech Republic);
  • Iryna Kliuchkovska – Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences., Assoc. Prof., Director of IECDR;
  • Vita Mykhailova – Head of the Ukrainian Union «Ukrainian Family» in Antalya (Turkey);
  • Yevheniy Semenov – Coordinator of the Ukrainian community in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (UAE);
  • Dzvinka Kachur – President of the Ukrainian Association in South Africa;
  • Olena Malynovska – Doctor of Science in Management, Chief Researcher in the Center for Economic and Social Research, the National Institute for Strategic Studies;
  • Serhiy Kasianchuk – Director of the Agency of the Ukrainian World Congress in Ukraine;
  • Andriy Vaskovych – President of the International Charitable Foundation «Caritas Ukraine».

The opinion of each participant will be taken into account. We will use innovative resources that will help to make the event as interactive as possible. It will be interesting!

Participation in the event is free subject to pre-registration, which will last until April 18, 2021.