About us
Here you can view the history of the Promote Ukraine team and its members, which members are responsible for a certain working group
Our history
Since 2014 Promote Ukraine aimed at being established as a hub for coordination and collaboration between volunteers and civil society organisations in benefit of democratic and sovereign Ukraine.
In March 2022 in response to the full-scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola offered the space of the European Parliament building Station Europe to the volunteers of the organization Promote Ukraine.
It is also supported by the President of the European Economic and Social Committe Christa Schweng who provided the room for Ukrainian Hub at the premises of the Committee.
We are very grateful to President Metsola and President Schweng for support of Ukrainian activism and their trust in our cause.
Promote Ukraine stays firmly behind the idea of Ukrainian Hub in the heart of the European Union. Therefore, volunteers of PU created the website ukrainianhub.eu which functions independently from any physical locations and should become the centre for cooperation between the pro-Ukraine activists in long run.
On ukrainianhub.eu you can explore who we are and what we do. If you feel compelled, if you know we can be helpful to each other, reach out: we are open to cooperation.
2014
Founding
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Marta Barandiy founded the organization Promote Ukraine in May 2014
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Manneken Pis – first mass event of PU
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Charity events
Fighting disinformation
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Dutch referendum.
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Business Seminars
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Disinfo Review of EEAS
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Children for peace – hosting children from Volnovakha in Belgium
2016
Culture, Advocacy & Trainings
2019
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Oksana Bulda and Anna Melenchuk join PU / Women in Politics
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Cultural events, Ukrainian-Italian & Ukrainian-Georgian afterworks
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Charity events
Covid, EU & UA
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Promote Ukraine initiated a flashmob #Stoprussianbrutality which was supported by Ukrainian Embassies, Ukrainian MPs, members Of The European Parliament, journalists, and experts.
2021
Full Scale Russian Invasion
2022
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#StandwithUkraine Manifestation
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Solidary with Ukraine Manifestation
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Changed pro-Russian narratives into pro Ukrainian ones (University Gent, Lukoil Leuven)
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Collected more than 200 000EUR and supported Ukraine with this donations
Continuation of the struggle
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Ukraine Leads 2023
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Supported by Partenamut, Microsoft, King Boudoin Foundation
- We became recognizable in the European quarter (media, politicians, decision-makers)
2023
2024
Elections to the European Parliament
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Marta Barandiy announced her candidacy for the European Parliament elections from the Voor U party.