Ukraine/ 8.2 Cultural consumption and participation  

8.2.2 Policies and programmes

Special reading programmes initiated by the International Publishers' Forum (Lviv), other book fairs, publishing houses and writers' associations are supported by local authorities and government.

Several events were organised with the support of the Ministry of Culture in 2011 to popularise Ukrainian books and libraries:

• The all-Ukrainian week of children's reading, with the participation of librarians, writers, journalists, publishers, distributors, and more than 300 children;
• The XII Ukrainian exhibition-forum "Ukrainian books in the Odessa region";
• The V Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "A library and a book in the context of time"; and
• Events within the XVIII International conference "Libraries and information resources in the modern world of science, culture, education and business".

Two Ukrainian cinema houses are members of the film theatre network focusing on European film, Europa Cinemas, "Zhovten" and "Kyiv", both located in the capital. Besides European and world film production, these cinemas show Art House films and historical films. More information: http://www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua and http://www.kievkino.com.ua.

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