Ukraine–Italy Forum in Bari: New Partnerships for Communities!

The event brought together delegations from territorial communities of the Volyn, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Rivne, Cherkasy, and Chernivtsi regions of Ukraine. The forum was organized by the National Congress of Ukrainian Associations in Italy, the NGO “Dobrobat,” and the NGO “International Partnership Fund ‘Friends of Ukraine’.”

Ukrainian delegations presented the potential of their communities and proposed areas of cooperation to Italian municipalities, including local development, energy resilience, digitalization, education, culture, sports, youth exchanges, and infrastructure recovery.

Within the framework of the forum, preliminary partnership agreements were reached between the following communities and municipalities:

Stanyshivka community – Monasterace
Stryzhavka community – Cassano delle Murge
Varash community – Conversano
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi community – Galatina
Sokyriany community – Missanello
Zhmerynka community – Trani
Dunaivtsi community – Cisternino
Horodok community – Manfredonia

Italian partners confirmed their readiness to support Ukrainian communities in humanitarian, cultural, and economic initiatives. The forum in Bari marked an important step in strengthening the network of Ukrainian–Italian municipal partnerships and advancing Ukraine’s European integration.