Events
The War against Ukrainian Libraries
The Ukraine Culture Network UCN and Kornhaus Bibliotheken Bern (Kornhaus libraries, KOB) will jointly organize a series of events to raise awareness of the ongoing war against Ukrainian libraries. This war is part of the war the Russian Federation wages against Ukrainian culture and identity.
Events will take place at the main building of Kornhausbibliotheken at Kornhausplatz 18 in Bern on December 2nd and 3rd, 2025. Please find the tentative program below.
The Ukraine Culture Network will organize its 3rd online fundraising seminar on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 16 hours Swiss time / 17 hours Ukrainian time. This will help participants to be more professional in raising funds for their cultural projects.
At the online fundraising seminar on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 16 hours Swiss time / 17 hours Ukrainian time, Ursula Liebich, fundraiser at schreibenundmehr, will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of creating an association under Swiss law. She will also answer the questions of participants with regard to fundraising in Switzerland.
about UCN
The Ukraine Culture Network (formerly Legato Bern-Odessa) is a non-profit organisation that has been operating in Switzerland for over 20 years.
Originally created through a partnership between the Stolyarsky Special Music School in Odesa and the Bern Conservatory Music School, Legato Bern–Odessa fostered numerous cultural exchanges and lasting friendships. In the wake of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, this partnership has taken on even greater significance.
In addition to launching a “Ukraine Relief Fund” for war victims, an international conference entitled “Renaissance of Arts and Culture in Ukraine, Exemplified by Odesa and the Odesa Region” was successfully held in Bern in 2023. One of the key outcomes of this event was the establishment of the Ukraine Culture Network...
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