The Ministry of Culture registered 31 candidates for membership in the Supervisory Board of the UKF
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The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy registered 31 applicants for membership in the renewed Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. 20 of them from cultural institutions and 11 – from public associations. The list of organizations, whose representatives will elect 4 members of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Football Federation from Monday, has not been officially published by the MKIP.
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In general, the Supervisory Board of the UKF consists of 9 people. Two members are appointed by the President of Ukraine, two more by the Ministry of Culture. The names of the President and MKIP have also not been made public.
The budget of UKF for this year is 215.6 million hryvnias, which is 8.96 million more than in 2023, but still almost three times less than the pre-war level. Most of this money is issued in the form of grants to Ukrainian artists and organizations for the creation of artistic works and projects.
Acceptance of documents from potential candidates lasted from October 26 to December 26, 2023, the ICIP reminded.
31 candidates represent nine regions of Ukraine: Donetsk region, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Zhytomyr region, Lviv region, Rivne region, Kharkiv region, Kherson region, Chernihiv region, Kyiv region and the city of Kyiv.
The largest number of male applicants is 21, while the number of female applicants is only 10. By age, the most numerous are candidates aged 45-49.
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Applicants from cultural institutions:
- Alexander’s book – Kherson Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after M. Kulisha;
- Oleg Serbin – National Library of Ukraine named after Yaroslav the Wise;
- Petro Kachanov – Kyiv Municipal Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet for Children and Youth;
- Korotun Nadia – Municipal institution “Kherson Oblast Universal Scientific Library named after Oles Honchar”;
- Olga Soshnikova – Communal institution “Kharkiv Historical Museum named after M. F. Sumtsov”;
- Sheyko Volodymyr – State enterprise “National cultural and artistic and museum complex “Art Arsenal”;
- Chmelyk Roman – Municipal institution of the Lviv Regional Council “Lviv Historical Museum”;
- Viktor Vergunov – National Scientific Agricultural Library of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine;
- Andriy Bilous – Theatrical and performance cultural institution “Kyiv National Academic Youth Theater”;
- Yuriy the weaver – Municipal institution “Chernihiv Regional Art Museum named after Grigoriy Galagan”;
- Ihor Tikhomirov – Municipal enterprise “Chernihiv Youth Theater”;
- Gunchenko Vesta – Theatrical and performance cultural institution “Kyiv Academic Puppet Theater”;
- Yury Savchuk – National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. Memorial complex;
- Yarmush Olga – Sosnytskyi Literary and Memorial Museum of O. P. Dovzhenka;
- Kateryna’s nephew – Communal institution of the Ivankiv settlement council “Ivankivskiy culture building”;
- Tatiana Pylypets – Communal Institution of the Lviv Regional Council “Lviv Regional Library for Youth named after Roman Ivanichuk”;
- Serhiy Moisienko – Municipal enterprise “Chernihiv Regional Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Taras Shevchenko”;
- Serhii Kyrychenko – Communal enterprise “Zhytomyr Regional Philharmonic named after S. Richter”;
- Kitchaty Leonid – Dubno State Historical and Cultural Reserve;
- Sagaydak Olga – Communal institution “Institute of Cultural Strategy”.
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Applicants from public associations:
- Marina Sobotyuk – NGO “Institute of Cultural Development”
- Volodymyr Voytenko – NGO “Ukrainian Film Academy”
- Bobobey Volodymyr – Public Union “Regional Development Center”;
- Typusyak Mykola – NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum”;
- Bohdan Logvinenko – NGO “Stuka”;
- Viktor Vintonyak – NGO “Feast of Blacksmiths”;
- Yana Barinova – NGO “Crimean Institute of Strategic Studies”;
- Oleksandr Suslenskyi – NGO “Ukrainian Opera Union” (included in the current composition of the Supervisory Board);
- Sheyko Volodymyr – NGO “Foundation of Cultural Diplomacy”;
- Valery Bitaev – NGO “Institute of Social and Cultural Relations”.
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Who will vote?
Ranking online voting for applicants from cultural institutions and public associations to the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Football Federation starts January 5. 103 authorized persons from public associations and 102 persons from cultural institutions from 23 regions of Ukraine and the capital will take part in it. Most of them are from the city of Kyiv, Kyiv and Kharkiv regions.
According to the voting results, two candidates (from cultural institutions and from NGOs) who received the most votes will be elected to the Supervisory Board. Voting will take place from Monday, Acting Minister of Culture Rostislav Karandeev wrote.
Scandal surrounding the Supervisory Board of the UKF
Ukrainian Cultural Fund – a state institution that provides financial assistance to Ukrainian cultural projects based on competitive selections. The Supervisory Board is one of the governing bodies of the UKF.
The current composition of the Supervisory Board was formed at the end of 2020 and was elected for three years. So her term of office expires at the end of 2023. The same person cannot be a member of the Supervisory Board of the Fund for more than two terms in a row.
In May 2021, cultural figures accused the UCF Supervisory Board of manual management and wrote a corresponding open letter to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the then Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko, and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
The letter claimed that the council fundamentally refused to finance a significant part of the projects that took high places in the rating. Instead, UKF decided to give money to projects with fewer points and a lower place in the rating.
The signatories reported that the Supervisory Board did not explain its decisions, deprived the participants of the competition of the right to appeal, and did not inform about changes in priorities in conducting the competitive selection. Then they demanded from Zelensky to dissolve the Supervisory Board of the UKF and cancel its decision.
In response, Oleksandr Tkachenko stated that a crisis regarding the system of management approaches had long been brewing in UKF. He also recommended the resignation of two members of the Supervisory Board: Oleksandr Suslenskyi and Ihor Tuluzov.
In June of the same year, Oleksandr Tkachenko appointed the executive director of the UKF. He became a specialist in public policy in the archival field and candidate of historical sciences. Vladyslav Berkovskyi. Berkovsky won the competition for this position.
In April 2023, the UKF announced that this year it lacked funds to finance cultural and artistic projects.
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