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TUSTAN non-governmental organization founded in 2007.Сo-founder and provider of the Heritage Rescue Emergency Initiative (HERI),
since March 2022
YEAR UNDER THE SIGN OF HERI
Dear Partners, Team, Friends!!
The year 2022 passed for me and for the NGO "Tustan" under the sign of HERI – Heritage Emergency Rescue Initiative. On the evening of March 3, at the beginning of a full-scale war, Ihor Poshivaylo came to Lviv with the mission of the Maidan Museum, we met in the evening at a gas station for a coffee, and within an hour we were on our way to Tustan's office to launch HERI – Heritage Emergency Rescue Initiative. The next morning, there was a meeting with the "old" museum security team from the time of the ministry-2014, and well, that’s how we started.
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Key questions
Who are we?
In March 2022, the Heritage Rescue Emergency Initiative, HERI, was created as a response to the illegal military aggression of the Russian Federation. It was founded by: NGO "Tustan", State Reserve "Tustan" and the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity (Maidan Museum) in order to promote the preservation of cultural heritage during the war and its post-war restoration.
We are grateful to all international and domestic partners who have supported Ukrainian culture since the first days of the full-scale war and continue to help preserve the national cultural heritage. We are proud to work side by side with incredible people from all over Ukraine who, often risking their own lives, do everything possible and impossible to preserve museum collections and prevent further destruction of monuments damaged by shelling. The war continues. And therefore, the struggle for the preservation of Ukrainian culture - too!What do we do?
Since the creation of the HERI Heritage Rescue Headquarters, Tustan NGO has assumed the role of an international aid operator, administers current projects and seeks opportunities to strengthen HERI's capacity in other relevant areas. After providing primary assistance to cultural institutions and their employees, the Tustan NGO team, as one of the founders and providers of NERI, focused on documenting the loss and damage of cultural heritage, as well as on creating a comprehensive information system for monitoring the state of cultural heritage of Ukraine - HeMo. Our team includes architects, restorers, art critics, photographers, UAV operators, lawyers, IT specialists and other experts who care about Ukrainian culture and its future.
Why is this important?
Ukrainian culture as a component of national identity became one of the targets of the occupiers. According to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, since the beginning of the full-scale military invasion, as of December 20, 2022, 1,132 objects of cultural infrastructure have been damaged or destroyed. Since 2014, 554 museums have been or continue to be under occupation, which is about 22% of all museums of the state museum fund. By documenting the losses and systematizing information about the cultural heritage of Ukraine, we are forming an evidence base for bringing criminals to justice at the International Criminal Court, as well as preparing for the restoration and reconstruction of cultural monuments, tracing museum relics and returning them to Ukraine.
Projects
Crisis inventory and leap to digitisation of museum registers
Implementation period: September 2022 – December 2023.
Donor: European Union represented by the European Commission (contracting authority), project code: NDICI-THE-NEAR/2022/439-011
Budget: 267,360 EUR
Performer: Tustan NGO
Co-partners: Non-governmental organization "Center for development of museum affairs", Administration of the state historical and cultural reserve "Tustan".
First aid to cultural heritage in Ukraine, Phase II
Implementation period: October 2022 - March 2023.
Donor: Cultural Emergency Response, (CER) in cooperation with the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI)
Budget: 100,000 USD
Performer: Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI)
Administration: Tustan NGO
Cultural heritage monitoring information system — HeMo (Heritage Monitoring)
Start of implementation: March 2022.
Multi-project product created with the support of Cultural Emergency Response (CER), Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI), Prince Claus Fund, World Monuments Fund World Monuments Fund (WMW) and other public and intergovernmental organizations providing financial, material and expert assistance.
Budget: variable
Performer: Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI)
Administration: Tustan NGO
Forensic Heritage: Documentation of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Destroyed by Russian Military
Implementation period: September - October 2022.
Donors: Cultural Emergency Response, (CER), Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI)
Budget: 5658 USD
Performer: Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI)
Administration: Tustan NGO
Reporting Conference "Heritage Monitoring for Restoration"
Date: April 27, 2023.
Organizers: "Tustan" public organization, Heritage Emergency Response Initiative, HERI
Supported by: World Monuments Fund (WMF), Cultural Emergency Response (CER), Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI), Cultural Heritage Monitoring Laboratory, Virginia Museum of Natural History (CHML), Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Penn Museum.
Reports
HERI Information Reports. Financial Statements.
HERI Information Reports
Financial Statements
Financial report of "Tustan":
During the reporting period (March-December 2022), the following funds were received for the activities of the HERI Heritage Rescue Headquarters:
€147,397 – Prince Claus Foundation (Netherlands) within the project "Emergency response to cultural heritage damaged by the conflict in Ukraine".$35,000 – World monuments fund (USA) as part of the project “Evaluation of damage to objects of cultural heritage of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions”$2,931.67 – World monuments fund (USA) as part of the project “Distribution of fire extinguishers to wooden churches in Ukraine”.€10,545 – Maritime Museum of Estonia.$3,700 – Canadian Coalition For Cultural Heritage In Ukraine (Canada)$1,050 - Elaine Gurian (USA)€945 – Katja Sepp (Estonia).€830 – ICOMOS of Estonia, Keslinna Linnaosa.€800 – Aparna Tandon (Italy).$800 – ICOM Georgia.€615 – Deutsch-Ukrainische Gesellschaft für Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft e.V. (Germany).$400 – Georgi Tsapkov (Bulgaria).€380.31 – Manana Tevtadze (Georgia).$200 – Yoshiko Ishihara (Japan).€200 – Societa' Cooperativa BAM Strate (Italy)€150 – Flemish Support Center (Netherlands).€110 – Marcin Piotrowski (Poland).€100 – Magdalena Piotrowska-Celej (Poland).€100 – Linda Lainova (Estonia).€10 – Joanna Sousa Brito (ESPINHO, Portugal)
In general, during the reporting period, the following was received for the activities of the Headquarters:
€162,182.31 + $44,081.67 = approximately UAH 7,359,807.74.Spent: UAH 4,640,479.73Projects implemented by Tustan NGO until 2022:
Contact us
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Contacts
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