OTP BANK to support the “Leadership and Partnerships in Culture” educational program
OTP BANK JSC will support the second cohort of the educational program “Leadership and Partnerships in Culture,” which will bring together leaders of cultural institutions from across Ukraine to learn modern approaches to management, fundraising, and partnership development.
The program aims to strengthen the capacity of cultural institutions to attract funding and implement projects that contribute to the preservation and promotion of Ukraine’s cultural heritage.
The training will begin in December 2026 and last for three months. Organizers will select up to 20 teams from all regions of Ukraine, each consisting of two representatives of a cultural institution. Applications for participation are open until 29 November 2026, inclusive.
Teams representing state, municipal, and private museums, reserves, galleries, memorial complexes, and other institutions working with cultural heritage are eligible to apply.
Through 11 online and offline modules, participants will gain practical knowledge of modern management tools, resource mobilization, marketing, audience engagement, and partnership building. The program will also cover financial planning, negotiation skills, international cooperation, legal aspects of project implementation, and reputational risk assessment.
Upon completion, each team will develop its own institutional development project, including a partnership proposal for businesses and donors, a financial plan, a marketing strategy, and a roadmap for launching a pilot initiative.
The first cohort demonstrated strong interest from the cultural community: organizers received 88 applications, while representatives of 15 cultural institutions from various regions of Ukraine successfully completed the program. For the second cohort, the curriculum has been enhanced based on participants’ feedback, with a greater focus on practical work, expanded mentoring support, and a dedicated module on marketing for cultural institutions.
“Supporting culture is an important part of OTP BANK’s activities. We believe that strong cultural institutions not only preserve national heritage but also contribute to social cohesion and Ukraine’s recovery. That is why the Bank invests in the development of teams that are shaping the country’s modern cultural landscape,” said Lesia Syrota, Team Leader of the OTP Bank Helps Ukraine program and Director of Retail Sales and Network Management at OTP BANK.
The “Leadership and Partnerships in Culture” educational program is implemented by the Recovery Support Office under the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, in partnership with KSE Business School, KSE Foundation, UNESCO, OTP BANK, PUMB, MHP, and Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine.
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Public Joint Stock Company OTP Bank is a subsidiary of OTP Bank, which is the largest independent Central-Eastern-European banking group. JSC OTP Bank is one of the largest domestic banks, a recognized leader in the financial sector of Ukraine. The Bank provides a full range of financial services to corporate and private customers, as well as to small and medium enterprises. The bank entered the Ukrainian market in 1998, and since then it enjoys a staunch reputation of socially responsible, reliable and stable institution providing its consumers with services of European quality standard.
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