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MINISTRY OF INFORMATION POLICY OF UKRAINE THE BEST COUNTER-PROPOGANDA IS TRUTH! MIP progress analysis of the sixth month of activity August 2015

MIP • Multimedia foreign broadcasting system of Ukraine • Collegium of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine • Restoration of Ukrainian TV and Radio broadcasting • Implementation of the «Embedded journalism» Program • Communication campaigns • The Second stage of the public discussion of the drafu Concept of Information Security • “Crimea is Ukraine” Information campaign • Ukraine Information Army • Series of international diplomatic and expert meetings • “Open Government” Program

About the MIP «I appreciate the work of the Ministry of Information Policy. Now it is a right process - the process of evolution of the Ministry. MIP properly defjned direction to counter propaganda as «The best propaganda is truth». Now your main task is to inform the public, our partners, and to protect freedom of speech in Ukraine». Arseniy Yatsenyuk Prime Minister of Ukraine «Under my lead the Ministry has been strictly following the plan of measures to implement the Programme of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for 2015, and the Strategy for Sustainable Development «Ukraine-2020», in particular those measures for which the Ministry of Information Policy is responsible». Yurii Stets Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine «In current situation the role of the Ministry of Informational Policy is extremely important, it should provide answers to key questions in the fjeld of information policy, especially at the time of information war». Victoria Syumar Chairman of the VRU Committee

Multimedia foreign broadcasting system of Ukraine During the open session of the Government the Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Yurii Stets presented to the Government the Multimedia foreign broadcasting platform of Ukraine. During the report the Minister said it was time for an information ofgensive, by making foreign broadcasting reform of Ukraine. Yurii Stets: «Foreign broadcasting reform of Ukraine is the fjrst priority for our Ministry in terms of hybrid war, in conditions when abroad it is almost impossible to see the true news about Ukraine. We are obliged to provide 30 million of Ukrainians living abroad with the opportunity to learn news not from Russian TV channels, but from UATV».

Multimedia foreign broadcasting system of Ukraine Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on freedom of speech and information policy unanimously supported the drafu Law «On foreign broadcasting system of Ukraine» developed by the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine. The drafu Law provides the establishment of the state foreign broadcasting system that will allow conveying information on events in Ukraine to millions of Ukrainians living abroad. Yurii Stets: «The day afuer the adoption of the drafu Law «On foreign broadcasting system of Ukraine», we will launch a multimedia foreign broadcasting platform of Ukraine». Chairman of the VRU Committee on freedom of speech and information policy Victoria Syumar: «This law is timely, it is necessary to Ukraine, it will provide an opportunity to bring the truth about Ukraine».

Collegium of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine A meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Information Policy, headed by the Minister Yurii Stets, with the participation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the Chairman of the VRU Committee on freedom of speech and information policy was held. At the beginning of the event the Minister presented to the Head of Government the stafg of the Ministry, introduced the work of Advisors on key directions, and reported on the results of progress of the MIP for the last 4 months, including the implementation of the Action Plan of the Government 2015. The Collegium unanimously approved a number of decisions made at the meeting afuer all the reports according to the agenda. At the end of the meeting Arseniy Yatsenyuk defjned the following tasks for the MIP that will help to protect the information space of the state: launching coordination centers for foreign media, work on the Ukrainian broadcasting coverage map in the east of Ukraine, and dissemination of social video about Ukraine on world TV channels.

Restoration of Ukrainian TV and Radio broadcasting MIP organized purchase of satellite television sets with Ukrainian broadcasting packages for the soldiers in the forefront. 156 sets were installed. AFU forbade disclosing locations of 88 sets. 40 sets of 68 sets lefu were installed in Donetsk Region: Avdiivka - 3; Ocheretne (Yasynuvata district) - 1; Artemivsk - 6; Chasiv Yar (Artemivsk)-1; Andriivka (Velyka Novosilka district) - 2; Vugledar - 1; Volnovakha - 3; Volodarske - 1; Dzerzhynsk - 3; Kostiantynivka - 4; Kurakhove - 4; Mariupol district - 8; Pisky (Yasynuvata district) - 1; Selidovo - 2. In Lugansk region 28 sets: Borovske - 1; Hirske, Zolote (Popasna district) - 1; Krymske (Slovyanoserbskyi district) - 2; Lysychansk - 3; Svitlychne (Nyzhne, Popasna district) - 1; Novyi Aydar - 3; Popasna - 3; Siverodonetsk - 8; Stanychno-Luhanske, Makarovo - 3; Troitske - 1; Shchastya (Novoaydar district) - 2. 44 sets will be installed in the nearest future, when the block-posts on the second line of defense will be ready: 10 for MIA, 12 for NG, 22 for MIA and MoD. Along with the Ministry of Information Policy, the Ministry of Defense, Broadcasting, Radiocommunications & Television Concern, the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine, volunteer organizations and foundations joined the action.

Restoration of Ukrainian TV and Radio broadcasting Members of the Commission on Ensuring Stable Operation of National Television and Radio Broadcasting held a briefjng on the results of their activities. The event was attended by the Deputy Minister Artem Bidenko, the Chairman of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine Yurii Artemenko, the Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Tetiana Popova, and the Deputy Head of Information Technology of MoD Sergii Galushko. Participants of the event reported on the results of the Commission since its establishment on 10 March, 2015, and noted that lately the Government has approved the decision developed by the Commission. CMU decision “On allocation of funds for the purchase of additional equipment for installation of transmitting tools for TV and radio broadcasting” will allow to install transmitters provided by our foreign partners, and to expand broadcasting of Ukrainian TV channels, also to reclaim frequencies owned by the state. In particular, the amendments are developed by the Commission on Ensuring Stable Operation of National Television and Radio Broadcasting.

Restoration of Ukrainian TV and Radio broadcasting During the regular meeting of the Commission on ensuring stable functioning of national television and radio broadcasting under the MIP, the question of the the allocation of transmission equipment for Zaporizhia and Chernihiv regions was discussed. In particular, a similar written proposal was sent to Kherson and Odesa regions. Members of the Commission negotiate with private channels about the purchase of additional equipment and their ability to pay for electricity for transmission in the area where the broadcasting of Ukrainian TV channels is insuffjcient.

Implementation of the «Embedded journalism» Program The results of the joint project of MIP and MOD “Embedded journalism” (submitting journalist to one of the military units in ATO area) for 2 month of work are 18 clips, 15 articles and 2 fjlms in foreign media It should be noted that taking care of the safety of journalists MIP agreed on the insurance for Ukrainian journalists with associations of insurers: Insurance Business Association, the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Insurance Federation.

The second stage of the public discussion of the drafu Concept of Information Security The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine held a joint meeting of the Expert and Public councils at which the drafu Concept of information security of Ukraine was presented. During the meeting, co-chairman of the Expert Council Sergii Danylenko emphasized the readiness and the need of a joint work of ECMIP and PCMIP, and invited representatives of NGOs to prepare and submit comprehensive proposals to the drafu Concept of information security of Ukraine. Due to results of the meeting the members of the Public Council decided to establish an open working group to work out the drafu Concept and make joint proposals to the drafu document. Representatives of the profjle committee of the Public Council for information security, members of the Public Council and other interested experts will be involved in the working group.

The second stage of the public discussion of the drafu Concept of Information Security Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine held a discussion of the Concept of Information Security of Ukraine with the representatives of expert organizations of Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Poltava, Chernihiv and Odessa via video conferencing. Yurii Stets: “If such a Сoncept of information security of Ukraine was adopted 24 years ago, the information war would have fewer consequences”. The Minister during questions from each region gave clear answers to the comments on the document and promised that the document of ECMIP, with all the observations collected during the public discussions on expert community in the regions of Ukraine, will be adopted and put into efgect by the end of this year.