This event was part of the First Ukraine – European Union Interparliamentary Dialog Interparliamentary Conference of Friendship Groups of Ukraine and EU Countries.
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A number of issues were discussed related to the film industry development in Lithuania and Ukraine. Minister Chrivinskas spoke about state support to the cinema and the present situation in the Lithuanian film industry. Mrs. Kateryna, in her turn, described the activities of the Ukrainian Film Foundation, created by the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation’s initiative, and its current and future projects aimed at creating favorable conditions for Ukrainian and joint films production.
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Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko told Mrs. Adamkene about the Ukraine 3000 Foundation’s activities, in part, its cultural, medical, and educational programs.
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The meeting of the Expert Committee to consider the applications and announce winners is scheduled for the second half of May. The awards ceremony is planned for June 2008.
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The first Ukrainian Pavilion in the history of the International Cannes Film Festival, which will operate from May 14 till 25, is to distribute catalogues of Ukrainian films, their promo materials and trailers, as well as supplying international film professionals with information on the most influential figures in Ukraine’s cinema.
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Memorandum of Understanding specifies key areas of cooperation between Children’s Hospital of the Future Foundation and GE Healthcare International in the implementation of the All-Ukrainian Center for Child and Mother Health Care (Children’s Hospital of the Future) development project.
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The heads of the Ukrainian Film Foundation and Nemiroff Company signed a long-term agreement (Memorandum) On Cooperation within the Framework of the Ukrainian Films for the World Project. The agreement envisages joint actions aimed at reviving the Ukrainian cinema, promoting Ukrainian culture abroad, forming and supporting a positive image of Ukraine in the world.
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Members of the Supervisory Board gave a high estimation to the Ukraine 3000 Foundation’s work, quoting, in part, the combination of large scale and concrete actions in its projects’ implementation. They offered a series of propositions regarding the Foundation’s further work.
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The conference consisted of three sessions: Effective Dialog between Governments, Companies, and Society; Responsible Attitude toward Staff Members and Partners as a Solid Basic for a Company; and Investing into the Future. The latter included two round tables, one of which, Shareholders’ Charity: an Extension of Corporative Responsibility or the Birth of Private Philanthropy?, was moderated by Mr. Maksymchuk.
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The event featured the awards ceremony and a gala concert with the participation of the prize winners. Mr. Maksymchuk read out a greeting letter from Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko and gave out books as the Foundation’s present. In addition, winner in the Solo Singing nomination Mariam Bagadasarian received from the Foundation a tour to the Artek International Children’s Center.
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The Artsinger and Partners Law Firm, Ltd., and Artsinger, Bondarev, Shkliar, and Partners,Ltd., have made donations for the Hospital to Hospital program implementation.
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The event, presided over by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, was dedicated to the problems of orphaned and disabled children, families with many children, and the fight against infant delinquency and homelessness.
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The guests took a tour of the hospital, talked to Chief Physician Volodymyr Maltsev, medical staff, and patients. They visited the Neonatology Unit, where neonatologic equipment is installed, donated by Ukraine 3000 Foundation, along with newborns’ reanimation equipment from the Development of Ukraine Charitable Foundation.
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The Ukraine 3000 Foundation and Intel agreed to continue their cooperation, in part, within the framework of the Artek Dialog Educational Forum scheduled for September 2008.
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The subject of the conference was pilot model of the International Healthcare Cooperation Program presented by Cedars Sinai. The participants of the conference described the model’s major aspects, tasks, and expected results.
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Kateryna Yushchenko Attends People’s Artiste of Ukraine Neonila Kriukova Soiree
Mrs. Yushchenko congratulated Ms. Kriukova, who was awarded with the Hero of Ukraine title by a presidential order. The Order was red out by Head of the Chief Humanitarian Policy and Cultural Heritage Administration at the Secretariat of the President Oleksandr Bystrushkin.
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