The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy will form a resuscitation package aid package for Ukraine's monuments. This became known at the forum in Kyiv "Restoration and Restoration of Ukraine's Cultural Heritage after the Great War" forum in Kyiv, where representatives of government agencies, the public, and architects discussed the challenges and ways of post-war restoration of Ukraine's cultural heritage. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture, UNN reports.
Our cultural heritage today suffers not only from natural factors but also from anthropogenic factor - hostilities. As of today, 863 monuments, 119 of which are of national importance and 674 of local significance. Our task today is to preserve the heritage in good condition so that we can provide people with the necessary cultural and educational services to people. Therefore, the ICIP will initiate the formation of a resuscitation package for the monuments of Ukraine
He also added that next year the ministry expects about UAH 250 million in revenues from gambling licenses, which will be used for urgent work on the preservation of cultural heritage.
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At the same time, the acting minister outlined challenges in the field of restoration of cultural heritage, the main of which is the lack of state funding. That is why foreign partners are often involved in the restoration of damaged sites. funds from foreign partners.
Now we have established close contact with Italian partners, particularly at the governmental level. The relevant decisions made in relation to Odesa, Mariupol, and Chernihiv, allow us to plan certain works. But they will take place after the end of the war
The acting minister also stated that there is currently a lack of professional restorers who specialize in real estate heritage. At the same time, the state is faced with the task of developing objective criteria that would define a monument as destroyed or lost, and to improve bureaucratic procedures bureaucratic procedures to speed up the restoration of buildings.
He added that the methodology for recording the damage caused to cultural heritage as a result of hostilities needs to be unified. Currently, this process of damage assessment is currently carried out with the involvement of various volunteer organizations, including foreign ones, which results in different data collection and recording systems. different.
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Rostyslav Karandieiev also thanked the partners for their assistance in in the restoration of Ukraine's cultural heritage.
During the forum, experts from Croatia, Poland, and Ukraine shared their experience in restoring cultural monuments and sites.