NGO Promotion of Intercultural Cooperation (PIC)

is a non-governmental, non-profit organization aiming to promote international cooperation and intercultural dialogue. NGO PIC is based in Odessa, Ukraine.
The goal of "SMC" is to arouse and maintain the interest of various segments of society (youth, students, commercial structures, journalists, state and local government bodies, public organizations, scientists, teachers, etc.) in the problems of international, intercultural relations, in global and socio-political problems.

Our team

We are proud to introduce our brilliant team

Hanna
Shelest

Head of the board

Olga
Zhurzhenko

Executive Director

Tetiana
Kryvosheia

Deputy Director

Daria
Novak

Member of the board

NGO PIC sets itself the task of promoting cultural-educational, socio-political, international, intercultural dialogue. NGO PIC is a member of the National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civic Forum and a member of the Association of Regional Analytical Centers.
In addition, the NGO PIC regularly organizes conferences and round tables on topical topics, including "Relations between Ukraine and Romania", "Prospects for the Transnistrian Settlement", "Prospects for Ukraine's Policy in the Black Sea Region", "Interethnic Relations in the South of Odessa Region", "Rumours as an Additional Factor in the Development of Conflicts in Ukraine", "Information Security and Decommunization", etc.

Our partners

Black Sea Trust of the German Marshall Fund of the US

The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF)

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Ukraine

MFA Ukraine

Our projects

EaP Think Bridge

EaP Think Bridge (2020) – Publication of a monthly analytical digest of the Eastern Partnership in English and Russian. The project...

Ukrainian Peacebuilding School

Ukrainian Peacemaking School 2014-2016 - supported by the British Embassy in Ukraine, together with the All-Ukrainian NGO Consortium; UPM mission is...

Online Black sea University

Supported by the Black Sea Foundation of the US Marshall Fund. The Black Sea Online University project is based on the...

Odessa National University Model United Nation

Odessa National University Model United Nations - the oldest in Ukraine MUN since 2012, highly recognized by the Ministry of Foreign...

INDIE LAB

INDIE LAB. Documentary Film Lab for Young Filmmakers is to encourage youth to use documentaries as a way of engaging others...

Pickle Project

We made a series of community conversations to explore the evolution of food in diverse Ukrainian urban communities as a way...