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November 2021
Coalition of Cultural Actors was established on the initiative of Daria Badior, Ivan Kozlenko, Iryna Podoliak, Olga Sagaidak, and Iryna Chuzhynova.
The Coalition of Cultural Actors, in cooperation with the Lviv City Public Organisation «Art Council “Dialogue»’, implemented the project ‘National Association for Good Governance in Culture’ with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation.
Outcomes
Drafted and announced the CCA Manifesto at the Culture Congress in Lviv
Hosted meetings with cultural representatives in six cities: Odesa, Uzhhorod, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Kyiv
Researched current legislation in the field of culture, which identified problem areas in the sector at the end of 2021 and was compiled into a Green Paper, an analytical report structured by sectors in which state cultural policy is implemented – management, financing, human and resource capital, and cultural heritage
Created the CCA agreement based on research into the opinions, expectations and needs of cultural communities
Held two strategic sessions on creating a CCA community and its strategy
The project became the starting point for bringing together cultural figures, highlighting the need to unite to achieve goals and influence state and local authorities, as well as to communicate with each other at the level of individuals, organisations, cities and regions, share experiences, think together and act together.
The Coalition promptly responded to:
violation of the law during the audit of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation
attempts by the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation to initiate institutional support exclusively for state institutions
detention in Naples of Ukrainian theatre director Yevhen Lavrenchuk at the request of the Russian Federation. The CCA was the first to initiate the signing of a letter in his support, which was translated, forwarded to Yevhen's lawyers and attached to the case file in the Naples court. This initiative was supported and replicated by other public associations
violation of the competition procedure during the election of the director of the Kvitka-Osnovyanenko Kharkiv Academic Theatre (formerly named after Alexander Pushkin) The competition procedure was restarted
development and discussion of amendments to the law ‘On Amendments to the Law on the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.’ As a result of the involvement of activists from different regions, the amendments were approved by all participants in the process and submitted to the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications on time.
election of the new composition of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation for January 2024
The NGO ‘Coalition of Cultural Actors’, registered just eight days before the full-scale invasion, was unable to implement all of its plans due to the urgent need to respond to the situation and act here and now.
April 2024
Operations recommencement
With the support of the International Renaissance Foundation, CCA organised a round table discussion on Cultural Policy and Civil Society, aimed at synchronising the agendas of stakeholders working in the field of culture: government authorities, key state institutions, donors and cultural actors; identifying current challenges and opportunities; to synchronise interaction and establish communication.
At the strategic session that followed the round table, more than 30 cultural actors representing active communities and institutions unanimously agreed that the CCA needed to be relaunched in order to protect the interests of communities, develop a single voice in interaction with state authorities, and ensure effective cross-sectoral communication.
What now?
Coalition consistently monitors and responds to challenges in the field of culture, unites and engages the community in decision-making and implementing positive change.
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