1 SUCEAVA COUNTY COUNCIL Department of External Partnerships
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SUCEAVA COUNTY COUNCIL Department of external partnerships and diaspora Chernivtsi region The most important activities commonly developed, since the signing of the partnership between Suceava county and Chernivtsi region, in Ukraine, were as follows: - twinning between schools and territorial-administrative units from Suceava county with similar ones from Chernivtsi region; - exchanges of experience between specialists from different fields of activity in the two regions; - participation, based on reciprocity, in rest camps, organized for children; - organizing, in common, folklore festivals, poetry contests, performances; - study trips; - sport competitions between students; - organizing conferences, symposiums, training activities with the participation of teachers, school inspectors and school directors from the two partner regions in order to conclude partnerships and to promote projects of common interest; - exchange of teaching materials, books; - providing school programs for the assimilation (familiarization with) of the mother tongue, knowledge of the history and traditions of minorities; - regular work meetings at the headquarters of the two administrative-territorial units, as well as at the PCTF Siret-Porubne and Porubne-Siret, with the participation of the administrative leaders of Suceava county and Chernivtsi region. In the field of culture, a series of activities of particular importance have been carried out, for the organization of which Suceava County Council, as well as the Cernăuţi Regional State Administration and Chernivtsi Regional Council have contributed, among which we mention: - the unveiling of the bust of the Ukrainian writer Olga Kobeleanskaia at Gura Humorului, of the national poet Taras Shevencenco at Negostina, of the statues of Mihai Eminescu at Chernivtsi; - organizing meetings in Suceava county on issues of Ukrainian minorities from Suceava county and Romanian minorities from Chernivtsi region; - participation at the cultural - artistic manifestations of minorities, which has become traditional, such as: "Convictions", "Martyrs", "Meetings in Bukovina, T.G. Shevchenko Days; - participation in the cultural events dedicated to the national holiday "Bucovina Day", the National Culture Day celebrations, the Days of Romanian Traditional Culture in Chernivtsi, as well as at the International Festival of Romanian Popular Music in the Garden with many flowers; - in July 2, 2017, a delegation from the Chernivtsi region, respectively representatives of the State Regional Administration and of the Regional Council, participated in the actions programmed within the Stefanian Program at Putna Monastery in Suceava county; - in July 28, 2017, a representative of Chernivtsi Regional Council participated in the actions organized in the framework of the XXVIII edition of the International Folklore Festival "Bucovinian Meetings", which took place in the municipality of Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Suceava county and in which Artistic ensembles from Poland, Ukraine, Romania and Hungary participated; Other activities: - Conducting 18 editions of the International Football Tournament for Junior "4 Regions for Europe", attended by juniors under 16 years old, from Chernivtsi - Ukraine, Schwaben - Germany, Suceava County - Romania and Mayenne Department in France, the last edition 1 being organised in August 2019, in Suceava county; Thus, Suceava County hosted 120 people, representatives of the sports, cultural and administrative delegations from the Department of Mayenne - France, Schwaben - Germany and Chernivtsi - Ukraine. Starting with 2010, in addition to the boys' sporting event, cultural events were organized within the tournament, with girls from the 4 regions, aged 13-17. For the event of August 2019, Suceava County Council, as organizer, invited young people passionate about chamber music, 5 musicians from each region, who held a recital on the festive evening of the tour, interpreting representative pieces for the 4 regions. The tournament takes place, by rotation, in each partner region, Suceava County hosting for the fifth time this event, the previous editions being organized in Câmpulung Moldovenesc (2003), Suceava (2007, 2011) and Pojorâta (2015). The event is part of the cooperation partnerships that Suceava County has concluded with Schwaben, in Germany, Chernivtsi of Ukraine and the Mayenne Department of France, that started since 1997. The aim of the tour is to unite young people of different nationalities and cultures through sport and culture, facilitating bonding between pupils. - 3 joint meetings were held, at Chernivtsi Regional Council and at Suceava County Council (September 15, 2008, in Chernivtsi; 23.11.2012, respectively October 21, 2016, in Suceava). - Participation in various events organized by Chernivtsi Regional State Administration (November 7, 2008 - Bucovina CEI III Work Seminar "Trans Regional Trade - Technological Transfer - Challenges of the Three Millennium"; 25.02.2009 - Conference "Interaction of Local Public Administrations and NGOs for the development of the tourism field "; 30.11.-01.12.2010 - The International Conference on the topic" Clustering Capacity of Transit Points in Central and Eastern Europe "; 11.05.2011 – international conference Bukovina Dialogue - the cultural history of a region; November 1-2, 2016 - Ukrainian-Romanian-Moldovan business forum "Ukraine-Moldova-Romania: cross-border cooperation. Current status, trends and perspectives"); - 27-29.05.2013, the third edition of the Bukovina Dialogue event was organised in Suceava, with the support of the Austrian Embassy in Bucharest, in order to promote dialogue and economic exchanges in the historical area of Bucovina; - On August 2-4, 2013, at the Fair of Popular Craftsmen held in the Museum of the Bukovina Village, five folk craftsmen participated and also the folkloric ensemble "Ţărăncuţa" from Novoseliţa district, which supported a program of traditional Ukrainian songs and dances; - On 23-24 August 2013, in Hotin, an exhibition was opened with photographs taken from the plane, entitled "Moldavian Founders", with objectives from the UNESCO Patrimony of Romania, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova; - On November 2, 2013, representatives of the Mountain Rescue Department within the county council participated in the Extreme Games event in Bukovina, organized by the Sports Tourism Federation from Chernivtsi region; - starting with 2014, Suceava County Council through "Bucovina" Cultural Centre has implemented the cultural project "Eminescian Traces" attended by students from classes V-XII, from schools in Chernivtsi region. On August 14, at Putna Monastery, the prizes of the Recital Competition of the Eminescian lyric "LA PUTNA" were held; - on July 31, 2016, the project August - Diaspora Month of the program Come to Bucovina was launched in Suceava! On this occasion, the inauguration of the Museum of Bukovina was held, which was reopened to the visiting public, after a pause of 2 and a half years, as long as the modernization works were carried out, within a project financed from structural funds. In this context Suceava County Council was the host of delegations from Ukraine (Chernivtsi Regional State Administration, Chernivtsi Regional Council, Chernivtsi City Hall). The program also included opening of the exhibition "Ie (traditional Romanian blouse) and shirts from 2 Bukovina", as well as other exhibitions with themes from Bucovina (photos, paintings), a visit to the 21st edition of the Fair of Popular Craftsmen, within the Museum of the Bukovina Village, an extraordinary concert of the band Sistem, opening for the first time of the permanent exhibition in the Fortress of Suceava and a concert held by the singer Nicu Alifantis; - 30.09.2016, at the headquarters of the county council, a meeting of the businessmen from the Chernivtsi Region took place with counterparts from Suceava county, at this event also participating representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Suceava; - at the New Year's show of customs and traditions, organized in Suceava on December 27, 2016, during the Christmas program in Bukovina, two groups of dancers of winter customs from the Chernivtsi region took part, namely Malanca from Crasna and the popular amateur ensemble of “Ceremşina” dance of the Popular Art House in the city of Vășcăuţi. Malanca Bucovina was presented at the show, with bands from Suceava county and Chernivtsi region; - at the Festival Malanca de Bucovina, organized in Chernivtsi, during January 13 to January 15, 2017, a delegation from Suceava county also participated, composed of representatives of the local public administration and of the folkloric groups in the county; - January 15, 2017, on the Day of the Romanian National Culture, in Chernivtsi, the delegation of the county council participated in the cultural events, thus, celebrating the date of the birth of the national poet and depositing a wreath at the Monument of Mihai Eminescu, in the centre of Chernivtsi; - February 16, 2017, in Suceava, an exchange of experience was organized between specialists from Chernivtsi and counterparts from Suceava county in the field of social and psychological rehabilitation of children with organic disorders of the nervous system. The delegation of Chernivtsi Region included: representatives of the Social Assistance Directorate of the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration, of Bucovina Regional Centre for the social rehabilitation of children with disabilities, of Chernivtsi Regional Council and a