Activate. Enable. Connect.
Ukreate Hub – a Vilnius based competence center, dedicated to displaced Ukrainians in Lithuania, equipping them with knowledge, skills, network, and other tools to unleash their potential for the future of Ukraine.
What we do
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Ukreate Hub Membership
Our strength is our people.
Ukreate Hub aims to enable people to build strong networks, gain new skills and experience, and acquire the necessary tools to build a sustainable civil society. We are a dynamic, evolving and growing community. -
Professional Clusters
Within clusters, Ukrainians can exchange experiences, coordinate relevant events, amplify the Ukrainian voice globally, spearhead projects, enhance interaction with Ukrainian society and locals, cultivate professional networks, and more. Vilnius’s community stands out with its significant presence, emphasizing the city’s central role as a nexus for professional clusters spanning cultural, psychological, business, and academic spheres.
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Ukreate Hub Grants Program
The program includes free and open trainings on project design skills and pitching skills, followed by application stage for receiving financial grant in the amount of 2-3 thousand Euro to implement projects. The selection of winning projects is done through a participatory process, where all those who have applied for grant vote to determine the final recipients of grants.
A total of ten projects are selected for funding in each season.
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Ukrainian Women Entrepreneurship Programme
This is a unique opportunity to receive free training that will help Ukrainian women in Lithuania turn their business ideas into a step-by-step detailed business plan, learn how to attract investment and find business partners, improve your business thinking, and find support in the community of women entrepreneurs.
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Veteran Rehabilitation Program in Zaporizhya
Project “Rehabilitation Space for Veterans of the Ukrainian Army “Checkpoint” (CHECKPOINT) aims to support the socialization and reintegration of Ukrainian army veterans and their families. The project is implemented together with Laboratory of Military and Political Research in Zaporizhzhia (LAB), a partner located in Ukraine’s region of Zaporizhzhia, and jointly supported by the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. Lithuania’s Central Project Management Agency is the project contracting authority.
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Civil Consciousness Club
“Civil Consciousness Club” is the collaboration of Ukreate Hub and UYGL — an initiative that fosters dialogue on cultural and social issues through literature.
The idea of the club is to cultivate a community of engaged citizens who explore Lithuanian and Ukrainian works of literature from the perspective of civic awareness and historical reflection.
Support us
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Partnerships
We are continuously working with private sector and individuals to find ways for mutually beneficial partnerships. Please contact us at info@ukreatehub.eu for more information and suggestions.
Also, you can make a donation to LT737044060008215363 Atviros Lietuvos Fondas VšĮ Banko sąskaita, mentioning “Ukreate Hub”
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Volunteering
In order to achieve our goals more effectively, we require a team of volunteers in photography, graphic design, copywriting, and event management.
Our goals
Activate. To energize Ukrainians to become agents of change
- Trainings & workshops based on community needs
- Professional clusters within community
- Ideation workshops
- Intellectual discussions rethinking the future of Ukraine
Enable. To create enabling ecosystem for civic engagement driven by a shared vision and global cooperation
- Access to workspace
- Access to professional consultations
- Access to donors’ network
- Access to financial support
- Residency program for human rights defenders
Connect. To facilitate creation of sustainable connections that would work for the future of Ukraine
- Building bridges between diaspora and homeland
- Integration with Lithuanians
- Access to bigger European network
Thematic focus for 2024
(Em)powering Ukrainian women
through strengthening their professional capacities
(Re)constructing bridges
between communities for tackling pressing social issues & needs
Ukraine’s Euro-integration
through building capacities and resilience of its people and communities
Achievements
In numbers
- 350 registered members – active Ukrainians
- 25 business projects developed
- 20 individual grants awarded
- 70+ community building events & trainings held
- 4 Professional Clusters
- €1 mln fundraised for Ukrainian projects
Opportunities that we have implemented
- 2 seasons of micro-grants competitions
- 1 women enterpreneurs program
Info point
Weekly newsletter with relevant information and opportunities for community
Ukreate Hub Team
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Eugenija Kovaliova
CEO of Ukreate Hub
eugenija.kovaliova@olf.lt -
Kseniia Nezhyva
Project manager at Ukreate Hub
kseniia@ukreatehub.eu -
Polina Soromakha
Community & Communication manager at Ukreate Hub
polina@ukreatehub.eu -
Oleksandra Cherednichenko
Event manager at Ukreate Hub
oleksandra@ukreatehub.eu -
Maryana Semenyak
Project manager at Ukreate Hub & Atviros Lietuvos Fondas
maryana.semenyak@olf.lt -
Svitlana Zaluzhna
Ukrainian Representative of Ukreate Hub, Coordinator of Advisory Board
svitlanazaluzhna@gmail.com
Ukreate Hub history
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The role of Atviros Lietuvos Fondas
The project is being incubated by Atviros Lietuvos Fondas since 2022.
We believe in the power of civil society and seek to strengthen resilience and build sustainable civic engagement of Ukrainian people to empower them to take an active part in the rebuilding of a democratic and sovereign Ukraine.
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Patronesses
In 2024, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania and Olena Kondratiuk, Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine agreed to become patronesses of the Ukreate Hub.