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Since the 1990s Austria has maintained a network for its cultural activities and cooperation projects in the fields of science and education in Ukraine. Today, the Austrian Cultural Forum Kyiv and the Austrian Cooperation Office Lviv form the core of this network.

Both institutions aim to actively participate in Ukrainian cultural and scientific life and support projects which lead to various forms of long-term Austrian-Ukrainian cooperation.

Our scope of activities is broad and stretches from projects for the preservation of our common cultural heritage to the presentation of contemporary Austrian art and the discussion of future topics. Furthermore, we support the cultural and scientific exchange between our countries in the form of residencies and scholarships which are offered by various Austrian institutions and bodies.

The Ukraine Office, established within the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2022, aims to maintain cultural relations and the educational network between Austria and Ukraine during the war.

We support the presentation of Ukraine as an independent cultural nation. We also try to support artists, cultural workers and scientists who have come to Austria and integrate them into the local cultural and scientific sector.

The Ukraine Office Austria is a cooperation between the Austrian Cultural Forum Kyiv and the Austrian Cooperation Office Lviv.

All of our projects are based on the desire to further deepen the dialogue between Ukraine and Austria at various levels and to create encounters that allow us to know more about each other and to understand each other even better.

A special concern of ours is the dialogue between Austrian and Ukrainian artists, which contributes to the building of European creative networks.

Within the framework of artist residencies, master classes and workshops, creative people from both countries have the opportunity to inspire each other and experience diverging cultural traditions as an enrichment.