On the occasion of the inauguration of Nataliia Shakhovska, Rector of Lviv Polytechnic National University, congratulations were extended from the partners of the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations – the leaders of prominent diaspora organisations, Ukrainian communities and associations abroad.
The letters express the hope that Lviv Polytechnic, under the leadership of Nataliia Shakhovska, will develop as a leading educational and scientific institution and continue to support the IECDR which has consistently served as a friend, advisor and reliable partner to diaspora organizations and been a platform for discussing pressing issues concerning the global Ukrainian community, as well as a centre for shaping national policy towards compatriots abroad. All its activities are aimed at uniting Ukrainian communities worldwide and preserving Ukrainian identity.
Congratulations were sent by the leaders of prominent Ukrainian diaspora organisations:
- Paul Grod, President of the Ukrainian World Congress (Canada);
- Jaroszlava Hartyanyi, President of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organisations (Canada, Hungary);
- Bohdan Rajcinec, President of the European Congress of Ukrainians (Czech Republic);
- Lyubov Lyubchyk, Chair of the UWC’s International Educational Coordinating Council (France).
Leaders of Ukrainian communities in 20 countries abroad extended their congratulations to Nataliia Shakhovska, including:
- Eugene Czolij, President of the NGO Ukraine-2050, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Montreal, President of the Ukrainian World Congress (2008–2018) (Canada);
- Nataliya Poshyvaylo-Towler, Ukrainian World Congress Vice President for South and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and Lebanon, Head of the Educational Reference Group of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organisations, President of the Victorian Ukrainian Women’s Union (Australia);
- Vitorio Sorotiuk, President of the Ukrainian-Brazilian Central Representation, Ukrainian World Congress Vice President (Brazil);
- Myroslav-Mykola Petretskyi, Ukrainian World Congress Regional Vice President for Eastern Europe, President of the Union of Ukrainians in Romania, Member of the Romanian Parliament (Romania);
- Pavlo Sadokha, Ukrainian World Congress Regional Vice President for Southern Europe, President of the Union of Ukrainians in Portugal (Portugal);
- Yurii Danylyshyn, President of Prosvita in the Argentine Republic, Regional Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress in Central and South America (Argentina);
- Dzvinka Kachur, UWC Regional Vice President for Africa, co-founder of the Ukrainian Association in the Republic of South Africa (South Africa);
- Volodymyr Kogutyak, Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress in Western Europe, Vice President of the Association of Ukrainians in France (France);
- Vira Konyk, Chair of Congress of Ukrainians of Estonia (Republic of Estonia);
- Dmitrii Lecartev, Chairman of the National Congress of Ukrainians of Moldova (Republic of Moldova);
- Myroslava Keryk, CEO of the Ukrainian House Foundation in Warsaw (Republic of Poland);
- Vita Mykhailova, Chair of the NGO «Ukrainian Family» in Turkey (Republic of Turkey);
- Halyna Masliuk, Chair of the Association of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Greece «Ukrainian-Hellenic Thought» (Greece);
- Yuri Chopyk, Head of the Ukrainian Community of Spain for the Rights, Honour and Dignity of Ukrainians (Spain);
- Pavlo Bohdan, Head of the Central Council of the Union of Rusyns-Ukrainians of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia);
- Natalia Ostash, Head of the Association of Ukrainian Women of Belgium (Kingdom of Belgium);
- Dr Lesya Skintey, initiator and co-founder of the Vision Ukraїne network, Assistant Professor at the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Innsbruck (Federal Republic of Germany).
