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Forum of NGOs for Intangible Cultural Heritage

18.03.25

Our NGO has joined a large team of like-minded partners after receiving accreditation 🤝 The UNESCO Committee regularly holds online seminars, working meetings, forums, and discussions, covering topics such as: ✔️ Cooperation of NGOs from UNESCO member countries on safeguarding and protecting Intangible Cultural Heritage (#ICH); ✔️ The impact of conflicts and climate on cultural heritage sites and #ICH elements; ✔️ Methods for researching sites affected by armed conflicts or disasters, and more. Recently, we participated in an informational session of the NGO Forum on #ICH, where they discussed the accreditation process for NGOs that provide advisory services to the 200...

Equal Rights – Greater Opportunities

08.03.25

Equal Rights – Greater Opportunities International Women’s Day ✅ We held the 7th MeetUp “Equal Rights – Greater Opportunities”. ✅ For the third time under the patronage of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO. ✅ The topic focused on gender policy in sports. Organizers: WOMEN plus, National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Branch of the All-Ukrainian Association of UTCs (Svitlana Spazheva). The meeting was engaging, informative, and scientifically grounded. More details to follow. Key speakers: @Vadym Hutsait @Lyudmyla Panchenko @Larysa Zaspa @Liliia Gurenko @Anna Ryzhykova @Nina Lemesh @Oksana Boturchuk @La...

“Digital Technologies for the Preservation of Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage” 🦾

28.02.25

✍️ The roundtable took place within the framework of the 5th All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference “Digitalization of Education: Managing Change”, supported by the Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education (Viktor Sychenko). The discussion focused on digitalization of heritage – both tangible and intangible – and current developments. Our organization was represented by Oksana Buturlina and Iryna Chygryn (Korchemakha). The event brought together cultural leaders and digital technology specialists who actively use modern digital tools in their work, including representatives from: Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education NTU “Dnipro Polytechnic” ME “Museum of Dni...

Attention! “Let’s Give Children a Fairy Tale” Contest ✨

21.02.25

On Mother Language Day, we are launching the contest “Let’s Give Children a Fairy Tale.” This year, we invite you to create engaging stories inspired by the Cossack Songs of Dnipropetrovsk region. We believe this is a wonderful creative challenge! Send your stories and illustrations to odbdnipro@gmail.com The contest will run until May 12, 2025. The best works will be included in an electronic collection. Contest rules (as always, simple!): 1.Participants must live in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 2.Write 1 fairy tale about how the Cossacks sang songs (up to 3 pages). 3.Illustrate it with 2–3 bright pictures, drawn by hand or with the help of partners (all partners must b...

Friendship is Strength 💪

18.02.25

What connects sports, intangible cultural heritage (ICH), and the community? Yes, it’s WOMEN plus. Recently, we visited our colleague – Liudmyla Murkovych, head of the Novopokrovka village council. We have been collaborating with her for over 10 years! And despite the time, we continue to stay connected, because our values haven’t changed. Just as before, we strive to make people’s lives better, more interesting, and more informed. This time, the children of the community received brand-new modern kimonos for judo training, as well as books with fairy tales and coloring books about the Cossack Songs of the Dnipropetrovsk region. By the way, these were developed with th...