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…
Center for Countering Disinformation held a discussion on “russian information influence in Africa. Cultural centers, free grain and biased media”. The participants of the discussion, which took place at the Ukrinform news agency, discussed the topics of cultural, military, food and educational occupation as a means of russia’s penetration into Africa; media bias, weakness of…
On October 13, 2023, a conference was held on “Expert strategies against fake news: information and disinformation in the context of the russian invasion of Ukraine”. The event, held at the University of Warsaw (Poland), was organized at the initiative of the Weimar Triangle countries. Head of the department for countering information threats to national…
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 30, 2023, with the support of the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM), the Center for Countering Disinformation held a meeting with representatives of the international organization Hybrid CoE, which counteracts hybrid threats. Acting Head of the Center Andriy Shapovalov discussed with Tapio Pyysalo, Head of International Relations, further areas of cooperation, as…
On August 21-25, at the invitation of the Ministry of Defense, the Center for Countering Disinformation made a working visit to the Czech Republic. During the visit, numerous meetings were held with representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NGOs of the Czech Republic. The…
On August 29, 2023, with the support of the European Union Advisory Mission in Ukraine (EUAM), the Center for Countering Disinformation held a meeting at the office of the Prime Minister of Finland with representatives of the state structures of the country. At the meeting, the Center’s projects were presented, as well as the achievements…
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…
The National Cyber Security Coordination Center held a two-day Cyber Communications Workshop, in which the speakers were the employees of the Center for Countering Disinformation. On July 27-28, 2023, the National Cyber Security Coordination Center at the National Security Council of Ukraine, with the support of the US Department of State and the US Civilian…
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…
