On November 10-11, 2023, Donbas Media Forum 2023 was held, an annual conference that brings together journalists and media managers from Ukraine and the world to discuss current issues of the profession and establish communication.  In his speech, Andriy Shapovalov, acting director of the Center for Countering Disinformation, analyzed the key messages of the russian…

On October 20, 2023, Acting Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation Andriy Shapovalov held an open lecture at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service on relevant issues of ensuring information security of Ukraine for students of the Master’s degree in National Security (in certain areas of provision and activities).   In…

On October 19, 2023, Acting Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation Andriy Shapovalov met with representatives of Google – Annette Kroeber-Riel, Google Vice President of Government Affairs & Public Policy of Europe, Patrick Warnking, Google Vice President of Central and Eastern Europe, and Marta Poslad, Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy, GAPP CEE…

On October 11, 2023, representatives of the Center for Countering Disinformation took part in the training “Blue Democracy Programs: Ukraine’s path to democratic stabilization. Democracy and development simulation to counteract the erosion of democracy”. The event was organized by the Vox Ukraine project, the expert organization Internews Ukraine, and the DT Institute. The participants of…

On August 21-25, a delegation from Ukraine, which included the Center for Countering Disinformation, took part in the Information Resource Capabilities Seminar (IRCS) “Lessons from russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” in Riga, Latvia. This training was organized and conducted by the US Joint Special Operations University with the assistance of the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC)…

The Center for Countering Disinformation has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The agreement was signed by the acting head of the Center, Andrii Shapovalov, and the director of the Academy, Hennadii Nadolenko.  The purpose of this Memorandum is to create conditions…

On August 3-4, 2023, the acting head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrii Shapovalov took part in the seminar «Strategic communications for local self-government bodies». As part of the first day of the seminar – in the «Unified Voice of the Regions» group – Andrii Shapovalov, together with colleagues from the Ministry of Culture…

On August 2, 2023, the Ukrainian Institute of Media and Communication gathered media experts, representatives of government institutions and international donor organizations for an expert discussion on “Effectiveness of countering russian disinformation in Ukraine in conditions of full-scale war”, where the speaker was acting head of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security…

During July, the Center for Countering Disinformation, in cooperation with the High School of Public Governance, implemented a short-term training program for civil servants of category “A” – “Crisis management in conditions of an information threat”. After listening to the three-day course, the trainees deepened their knowledge about destructive information influence on the target audience,…

On July 13, 2023, the first meeting of the National Cluster on Information Resistance was held, in which the acting head of the Center for Countering Disinformation Andrii Shapovalov took part.  The National Cluster on Information Resistance was organized by the US Civil Research and Development Fund (CRDF Global) in partnership with the National Security…