Short Description
Main Objective
A series of training sessions aimed at strengthening the capacities of Ukrainian museum professionals in digital storytelling, fundraising, and communications to increase the online presence of Ukrainian culture. The project aims to ensure that museums continue serving as cultural heritage institutions for their communities, both in Ukraine and abroad.
The course participants were presented with an opportunity to enhance their skills and master effective tools for creating digital museum experiences through a series of training sessions aimed at strengthening the capacities of Ukrainian museum professionals in digital storytelling, fundraising, and communications to increase the online presence of Ukrainian culture.
The project aimed to ensure that museums continue serving as cultural heritage institutions for their communities, both in Ukraine and abroad.
32 participants were trained during 16 sessions covering digital storytelling, content creation, digital tools and platforms for museums. Additionally, the course covered fundraising, proposal writing, and networking. Participants included museum professionals from the Kyiv, Volyn, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Ternopil, and Odesa regions.
The course is part of “Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” programme – a cooperation between Інша Освіта / Insha Osvita (UA) and zusa (DE). Culture Helps is co-funded by the European Union under a dedicated call for proposals to support Ukrainian displaced citizens and the Ukrainian Cultural and Creative Sectors.
Outcomes
- To strengthen the capacities of Ukrainian museum staff in digital storytelling, thereby increasing the online presence of Ukrainian culture as a powerful instrument of resilience in times of war.
- To equip the participants with the skills and effective tools needed to ensure their museums continue serving as cultural heritage institutions for their communities, including those dispersed within Ukraine or abroad.
- To provide museum staff with tools and knowledge to enhance their fundraising and develop national and international networks and partnerships.