The winners of the Renaissance Clusters grant programme have been determined!

Eight partnerships from six regions will receive funding from the UCORD project to implement initiatives in the cultural and tourism sectors!

We are pleased to announce the completion of the competitive selection process under the Renaissance Clusters grant programme. The programme is aimed at supporting project partnerships between the public and state sectors that demonstrate the contribution of culture to regional development.

We are pleased to share the results and present the list of winning projects that will receive financial support from the UCORD project to implement their ideas.

We remind you that the competition received 46 applications from the 6 pilot regions of the UCORD project. Based on the results of the preliminary selection, 23 applicants were invited to submit full project proposals.

The evaluation was carried out by an independent competition committee consisting of international and Ukrainian experts. A series of interviews were held with the finalists to determine the winners. The final list of 8 initiatives that received the highest scores was then compiled.

Congratulations to the organisations that will receive grant funding to implement their ideas:

Volyn region

1. NGO ‘Misto.Reboot’ with the project ‘Polissia.Reboot: Creating an Economic Community’;

Khmelnytskyi region

1. NGO ‘Society of Germans of Khmelnytskyi Region’ with the project ‘Creative Hub ’Podilska Manufactory”;
2. NGO Export Alliance ‘Ukrainian Wedding Dresses’ with the project ‘Through the History of Wedding Fashion’;

Sumy region

1. NGO ‘Creative Sumy Region Agency’ with the project ‘Creative Sumy Region Cluster’;

Ternopil region

1. NGO ‘InSource Initiative Development Centre’ with the project “Vista Zbrucha. Heritage of the old border”;
2. NGO ‘Youth Organization ’Youth is the Future of Ukraine‘ with the project ’Warm Podillia. New cultural paths”;

Vinnytsia region

1. NGO ‘Regional Development Agency of the Tavrian Association of Territorial Communities’ with the project ‘Craft Renaissance: a cluster method of economic development of rural areas of Vinnytsia region through innovation, cultural heritage and tourism’;

Odesa region

1. NGO ‘ODESA WOW’ with the project ‘Tourist and Creative Cluster ’Milky Way”.

The next step is to sign grant agreements and start implementing the supported initiatives. Soon we will tell you more about each of the winning projects.

The Renaissance Clusters grant programme is part of the Swiss-Ukrainian project ‘Ukraine Cohesion and Regional Development, UCORD’, which is implemented with the support of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation by NIRAS Sweden AB.