The visit will include arranging meetings with key speakers from various fields for firsthand experience, explaining contexts, and answering complex questions, as well as the creation and publication of joint content (personal stories of Ukrainians + expert discussions).
The two focal directions are the resilience of Ukrainians and the European integration of Ukraine. The preliminary topics of expert meetings and content will cover: multicultural Ukraine, agricultural Ukraine, tech/digital Ukraine, volunteering Ukraine, investing in Ukraine, the defense sector, creative industry, local gastronomy, local culture, EU integration, and Russian disinformation. Within 4 days of the visit selected participants will attend high-profile meetings in Lviv and Kyiv with leading independent experts, public officials, journalists, academics, businesses and civil activists, as well as will have time and support of the local colleagues to hear the untold personal stories of Ukrainians, that might become a source of Ukraine coverage ideas.
Within this project we aim to build a deeper conversation between the European and Ukrainian audiences on the topics of Ukraine's EU integration, tell the wider audience of the EU the stories of Ukrainian resilience and what Ukraine can bring for the EU, as well as build a cooperation between journalists/media on collaborative reporting from Ukraine.
Organization of the visit is supported by the Prague Civil Society Centre. Travel costs, accommodation, meals, on-the-ground meetings and journalism support, as well as full insurance, will be covered by the organizers and its partners.
Preliminary dates of the visit to Ukraine: September 29 - October 4, 2024 Deadline for submitting applications is September 15, 2024.
For application, please fill in this Google-form. For questions, please, do not hesitate to reach us here.
Tvoe Misto (Your City) is a local Ukrainian independent media. based in Lviv and Kyiv,, operating since 2014. Our mission is to foster sustainable development of the local communities. Since the fullscale invasion of Russia in Ukraine we have been focusing also at the global communication of the dreadful war in Europe In April 2024 we made a special printed edition “The Untold Stories from Ukraine”, which was distributed at the welcome point of the biggest media event in Europe - IJF 2024 in Perugia.