MONDIACULT Side Event | Culture for Peace and Resilience: Lviv Culture Hub

The Lviv Culture Hub has emerged as a vital space for cultural resilience, capacity building platform for cultural professionals, creative expressions, and international cooperation during the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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This side event will present the Hub’s model as a living example of how culture contributes to community-driven and human-cantered recovery, social cohesion, and global solidarity. By combining government voices, international partners, and experiences of cultural actors, the session highlights culture as a force for healing, social strength and innovation in times of war. 

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Time: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Venue: Room 133-134, Barcelona International Convention Centre.

Agenda

• 8:00 – 8:15 Arrival of participants.
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• 8:15 – 8:20 Opening remarks.
  -      José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of theKingdom of Spain (video message).
  -      Ms Tetyana Berezhna, Acting Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine (video message).

• 8:20 – 8:50 Panel discussion.
  Moderator: Ms Helena de Bertodano.
  -      Ms Anastasiia Bondar, Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine.
  -      Mr Serhiy Kiral, Deputy Mayor of Lviv for International Cooperation.
  -      Mr Antón Leis García, Director of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.
  -      Ms Krista Pikkat, Director of Culture and Emergencies Entity, UNESCO.      

• 8:50 – 8:55 Talk by Ms Oleksandra Sosnovska, Project Officer of the Lviv Culture Hub.
  Display of a video on the Culture Hub.
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• 8:55 – 9:00 Closing remarks.
  

About MONDIACULT

MONDIACULT is UNESCO’s World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development, bringing together all 194 Member States to shape the global cultural agenda. The upcoming MONDIACULT 2025, hosted by Spain, will review progress since the historic MONDIACULT Declaration and push forward the call to make culture a stand-alone goal in the post-2030 development agenda.

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The conference will gather decision-makers and cultural leaders from around the world to discuss priorities such as cultural rights, digital transformation, education, the cultural economy, climate action, peacebuilding, and the role of artificial intelligence in culture.