Sustainable Development of Local Communities through the Actualization of Cultural Heritage

Project is implemented by the Charitable Foundation Intelektualna Perspektyva in cooperation with the Center of Social Expertizes of the IS NASU with the financial support of the EU in the framework of the Eastern Partnership Culture Programme

Implementation period: November 2011 – November 2014 

Project Manager: Maryna Sadova

Overall objective of the Project is strengthening the cultural sector of Ukraine and Belarus through the rehabilitation and preservation of the ethno-cultural heritage of Polissya region. 

Specific objectives of the Project are as follows:

• Establishment of cooperation between Ukraine and Belarus in order to preserve culture of Polissya region;
• Increase of the efficiency of work of DNCKSTK organization in study and preservation of the culture of the Polissya through improvement of its material and technical potential; 
• Creating a network of cooperation between public authorities and NGOs aimed at better conservation of the cultural heritage of Polissya; 
• Promotion of the culture of the Polissya among members of the society
  

Project Partners:

• The State Scientific Center on Cultural Heritage Protection from the Man-made Catastrophe (Kyiv, Ukraine)
  
• Non-governmental organization “Lev Sapieha Foundation” (Minsk, Gomel, Belarus)
  
• Ukrainian Center of Cultural Research under the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
  

The following activities are planned in the framework of the Project:

• Study of the current state of the cultural sphere of the Polissya region;
• Involvement of state authorities and civil society into activities aimed at solution of the problem of decline of the culture of the Polissya region; 
• Strengthening logistics of the DNTSZKSTK organization needed to support and present cultural heritage of the Polissya region;
• Increase of the level of knowledge about cultural heritage of the Polissya region and promotion of its culture.
  

Find more information on the Project web page: http://pr-center.org.ua/eu/