“Deputy Head of the Office of the President Olena Kovalska, Advisor to the President of the Fund of the President of Ukraine for the Support of Education, Science and Sports Olha Budnyk and Permanent Representative of the President in the Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva held an online meeting with representatives of foreign educational institutions, diplomatic institutions and public organizations regarding activities of the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies.”, — write: www.president.gov.ua
Deputy Head of the Office of the President Olena Kovalska, Advisor to the President of the Fund of the President of Ukraine for the Support of Education, Science and Sports Olha Budnyk and Permanent Representative of the President in the Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva held an online meeting with representatives of foreign educational institutions, diplomatic institutions and public organizations regarding activities of the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies.
According to Olena Kovalska, Crimean Tatar studios should become part of this project, because Crimea is an integral part of Ukraine.
“We want the leaders of Ukrainian students in the world to have the support of the Ukrainian state. And that is why we are creating this coalition for the purpose of coordination and close interaction with the state. This is our general vision for such support,” she said.
Olga Budnyk noted that the Global Coalition is being created with the support of First Lady Olena Zelenska and at the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Fund of the President of Ukraine for the Support of Education, Science and Sports, the Ukrainian Institute and the office of the Crimean Platform.
“When we created this coalition, we combined all efforts here in Ukraine to make Ukrainian studies as popular as possible in the world. It is important to understand that within this coalition we also want to provide the main messages that are important to spread around the world,” the President’s adviser noted.
The permanent representative of the President in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea emphasized that one of the panels was held within the framework of the summit of the international Crimean platform, during which Olena Zelenska called on the member states of the Crimean platform to join this initiative.
“Now we are working on the possibility of creating a project office in order, in particular, to contact the participants of the Crimean Platform, who, we hope, will provide support to the coalition in various formats,” said Tamila Tasheva.
The global coalition will popularize knowledge about Ukraine, in particular about the Crimean Tatars and other indigenous peoples of our country, and will also coordinate relevant initiatives within the framework of state policy.
In general, there are three levels of participation in this project. At the base, foreign higher education institutions will be able to open and expand courses on the study of the Ukrainian language and culture, as well as hold public events on Ukrainian studies. The middle level involves joint holding of exhibitions and presentations with Ukrainian institutions of higher education, as well as cooperation with specialists in Ukrainian studies. At a high level, there is an opportunity to open a separate department or center of Ukrainian studies, make a study visit to Ukraine, organize a conference, round table, project competition or summer school.
