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BEST INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION
Anna Pohribna
Cultural manager, Deputy Director for Programmes at Mystetskyi Arsenal
Albert Tsukrenko
Musician, journalist, screenwriter, Head of the Department of External Production and Co-production at Suspilne, author and host of the podcasts Unzip and SuchTsukrMuz
Volodymyr Volyk
Manager of Partnerships and EU Cultural Institutes Cooperation Grants at House of Europe
BEST INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION
Anna Novosad
Co-founder of the savED charity foundation, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2019–2020)
Levan Kvatchadze
Regional Director at DVV International with over 20 years of experience in education and development cooperation
Vitalii Bobrov
Manager for Capacity Building and Discourse at House of Europe
BEST INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COOPERATION
Taras Prokopyshyn
CEO and co-founder of The Ukrainians Media
Eugene Zaslavsky
CEO of Media Development Foundation, lecturer in Media Management at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with over 20 years of experience in media
Kristina Thomas
Kristina Thomas is a freelance journalist based in Berlin. She covers politics, security and disinformation, as well as climate and human rights topics for various national news media, such as Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel, Stern, and ntv, as well as Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
REPRESENTATION of UKRAINIAN CULTURE in the EU and GREAT BRITAIN
Jarosław Godun
Director of the Polish Institute in Kyiv, Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of Poland in Kyiv
Andrew Manning
Director of the EU National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC)
Dr. Kateryna Rietz-Rakul
Director of the Ukrainian Institute in Germany
EXCELLENCE in CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION
Prof. Dr. Kilian Heck
Chair of Art History at the Caspar David Friedrich Institute, University of Greifswald, Vice President of the Ukraine Art Aid Center
Dr. Vasyl Rozhko
MBA, founder of HeMo NGO, Head of Tustan NGO
Olena Onohda
Manager of International Cooperation and Infrastructure Grants at House of Europe
PROMOTING the CULTURE of NATIONAL MINORITIES
Dr. Ihor Lossovskyi
Deputy Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience, First Class Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine
Anton Savidi
Manager for Communications and Creative Industries Programmes at House of Europe
Martin Mühleck
Historian, civil servant at the European Commission Ukraine Service, Team Leader on Good Governance and Fundamental Rights
LEADER in CULTURE
Fabian Mühlthaler
Director of Goethe-Institut Ukraine
Alevtina Kakhidze
Multidisciplinary artist, recipient of the Kazimir Malevich Artist Award and the Women in Arts Award
Mykola Ulianov
Head of Creative Europe Desk Ukraine, Project Manager
LEADER in EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Inna Pidluska
Deputy Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation, expert in civil society development and participatory democracy
Franziska Simon
Programme Director at House of Europe
Vakhtang Kebuladze
Philosopher, publicist, translator, Dr. habil., full professor at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Diana Wolski
EU external and public policy expert with 15+ years of experience, currently leading Culture and National Minorities at the EU Delegation to Ukraine
BEST TRANSLATED PUBLICATION
Ganna Uliura
Literary critic, PhD, essayist
Sonia Draga
Publisher, President of the Federation of European Publishers
Olha Petryshyn
Cultural manager, Head of Literature at the Ukrainian Institute
Tetiana Manziuk
Manager of stipends, mobility grants, translation grants and individual projects at House of Europe