The project is implemented by the "Fund for Support of Reforms in Ukraine."
Main Goals and Functions:
Goals:
- Strengthening ICIP: Enhance the capacity of ICIP to restore and protect cultural heritage and infrastructure.
- Cultural Vision: Develop a vision for cultural processes in post-war Ukraine, encompassing both global and local perspectives.
Main Tasks:
Capacity Building:
- Provide expert technical consultations to protect Ukraine's cultural heritage.
- Develop policies in line with international standards.
- Ensure effective cooperation with stakeholders for recovery and reconstruction.
- Promote digital transformation in heritage management through innovative tools and technologies.
Support Functions:
- Proposals for Capacity Building: Offer suggestions for enhancing the capacity of cultural and educational institutions, restoring human capital, and providing cultural services according to modern standards.
- Communication Improvement: Enhance communication regarding the restoration of the cultural sector both nationally and internationally.
- Impact Assessment: Provide methods for assessing the impact of the Russian invasion on the cultural sector.
- Technical Assistance: Support ICIP in integrating and providing technical assistance to achieve sustainable development goals in Ukraine.
- Thematic Working Groups: Assist ICIP in co-chairing working groups within the cultural development Action Plan framework.
- Strategic Proposals: Prepare strategies for building the capacity of cultural and educational institutions, human capital, and the gradual restoration of cultural services.
- Legal Advice: Offer legal advice and propose new or amended legal acts related to cultural restoration.
- Media Cooperation: Work with ICIP and media to develop and disseminate effective messages about cultural restoration and development.
- Funding Proposals: Suggest potential sources and mechanisms for funding cultural restoration projects.
Conclusion
The establishment of the Recovery Support Office by UNESCO underscores a significant effort to restore and protect Ukraine’s cultural heritage. This initiative aims to provide comprehensive support to the ICIP, ensuring effective recovery and reconstruction of the cultural sector through capacity building, policy development, and international cooperation.
