On April 17, 2025, a meeting of the Coordination Council on the Affirmation of Ukrainian National and Civic Identity was held under the auspices of the Sumy Regional Military Administration. This advisory and consultative body was established to evaluate the effectiveness of state policy in the field of national and civic identity affirmation and to facilitate coordination among relevant stakeholders in Sumy Region.
Sumy State University is represented on the Coordination Council by Dr. Serhii Dehtiarov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, and Head of the Department of History, and Dr. Anatolii Honcharenko, Candidate of Historical Sciences and Associate Professor of the Department of History.
The agenda of the meeting included the following key issues:
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the activities of the Sumy Regional Center for Population Training in National Resistance, Recreation, Rehabilitation, and Tourism, a communal institution of the Sumy Regional Council, and the measures for preparing the population for national resistance;
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the State Targeted Social Program for the Affirmation of Ukrainian National and Civic Identity until 2028;
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the organization of a regional forum dedicated to the affirmation of Ukrainian national and civic identity.
The planning of activities and the thematic content of the forum has already commenced and is being coordinated by members of the Council.