About

UAxEU is a Creative Europe cooperation project that supports the recovery and long-term strengthening of Ukraine’s cultural and creative sectors (CCSI).

Building on the emergency response model of UAx 1.0 (2022–2025), UAxEU expands its methodology from higher arts education into the wider cultural ecosystem — combining capacity building, professional development, heritage protection, and EU–Ukraine networking.

UAxEU positions Higher Arts Education (HAE) as a key driver of societal resilience, skills development, and European integration.

Consortium

UAxEU is coordinated by ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) and delivered in partnership with:

Lviv National Academy of the Arts (UA)

State Agency of Ukraine for Arts and Art Education (associated partner - UA)

Coalition of Culture Actors (UA)

HKU University of the Arts Utrecht (NL)

Ukrainian Museum Association (UA)

Culture Action Europe (BE)

Together, the consortium combines educational expertise, policy knowledge, network reach, and cultural sector leadership across Ukraine and the EU.

Discover the project’s relevance through the voices of our partners.

What UAxEU Addresses

UAxEU strengthens Ukraine’s preparation for EU integration by:

  • Skills gaps and outdated educational and professional frameworks

  • Shortage of qualified cultural heritage professionals

  • Brain drain and loss of cultural workforce

  • Institutional fragility and limited governance capacity

  • Need for trauma-informed and socially cohesive cultural practices

  • Limited integration of Ukrainian institutions into EU cultural networks

Expand Cross-Sectoral Capacity Building

UAxEU will:

  • Modernise skills and educational frameworks in alignment with EU standards

  • Develop sector-specific roadmaps addressing urgent and future skills needs

  • Create two professional standards in cultural heritage fields

  • Deliver two certificate programmes in restoration/conservation and museum management

  • Provide five targeted training programmes for 200+ cultural leaders and managers

  • Support 90 mentorships and 30 EU-based internships for emerging and established professionals

  • Pilot an arts-based programme supporting 200+ war-affected individuals

Strengthen Peer-to-Peer Collaboration and EU Integration

UAxEU will:

  • Facilitate collaboration between 350+ Ukrainian and EU cultural professionals

  • Organise peer-learning trips, study visits, and international forums

  • Host a Ukraine Cultural Forum

  • Support the membership of 15 Ukrainian higher arts education institutions in ELIA

  • Support the membership of 6 Ukrainian cultural institutions in Culture Action Europe

  • Enable participation of 300+ Ukrainian representatives in major European cultural events