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IRF and the Fund for Central and East European Book Projects, Amsterdam coordinate Ukrainian Book Trade Project. The project is supported by the Matra Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IRF and the Fund for Central and East European Book Projects, Amsterdam.

PROJECT SUMMARY:

Key problems

  • General lack of book trade information
  • Poor distribution system covering only big cities
  • Lack of entrepreneurial skills and business standards of Ukrainian publishers and booksellers

Overall objective: Professional country-wide functioning Ukrainian book market

Project goals

  • Improved co-operation within the book trade
  • Accessibility of books across the country
  • Improved professional skills and standards of Ukrainian publishers and booksellers

Project results

  • Operating book trade portal 
  • Network of regional distribution centres across the country
  • Trained publishers and booksellers able to operate professionally on the market

Main activities and implementing organisations:

  • Development of book trade portal  http://www.uabooks.info/ — Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association and Business Technology Development Center VlasnaSprava.info
  • "100,000 books"  Creation and development of 16 regional distribution centres — book wholesalers Dzherela M and Summit Book
  • Training for publishers and booksellers in main cities — BMR (Cracow), Dutch, Ukrainian and other experts.

Duration: 1 June 2005 – May 2008

Target group: Publishers of quality books, book distributors (wholesalers) and booksellers; indirectly authors, translators, libraries, and readers

Contact information:

Iryna Kuchma
,
Ukrainian Book Trade project coordinator,
Social Capital and Academic Publications program manager
International Renaissance Foundation
tel.: (044) 461-9500, fax: (044) 486-0166; [email protected]
http://www.irf.kiev.ua/
 
Dinara Chubarova,
Ukrainian Book Trade project assistant,
Social Capital and Academic Publications program assistant
International Renaissance Foundation
tel.: (044) 461-9500, fax: (044) 486-0166; [email protected]
http://www.irf.kiev.ua/

For other projects see the CEEBP website:

 



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The president of the Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association, the head chairman of the expert committee of Ukrainian National Council of culture and spirituality at the President’s Office

Oleksandr Afonin

Highly respected Viktor Andriyovich! Ukrainian Association of book publishers and distributors addresses you with a question that needs your immediate personal intervention, because, as the experience shows, this problem can totally overcome your Decree “About some measures for development of book publishing business in Ukraine” (March 21, 2006) and lead to a serious crisis in one of the branches of publishing business – book trade, which is in very critical condition already.




MATRA PROGRAMME,
NETHERLANDS MINISTRY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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