All-Ukrainian National Cultural Association of the Moldovians

Asociația național-culturală a moldovenilor din Ucraina

The All-Ukrainian National Cultural Association of the Moldovians was founded in 1998 by district, town and regional organisations, representing the ethnic Moldovians in Ukraine.

The main goals of the Association are:

• to preserve ethnical and national identity, language, history, culture and traditions of the Moldovians;
• to protect their social, economic and other interests within the frames of Ukrainian legislation;
• to participate in the development of new normative documents;
• to present a positive image of our historic motherland –the Republic of Moldova to other peoples;
• to consolidate the mutual understanding, tolerance and friendship among the representatives of other nations' activities.

Activities and achievements:

• All-Ukrainian Festival of Moldovian culture;
• Annual regional and local festivals of spring and winter ceremonies «Mertsishor» and«Florile dalbe»;
• Annual  festival of the Moldovian Laguage: 200-300 people participate in the festivals, and thousands of spectators attend the events:
• Practical scientific conference  «The collaboration of Ukrainian and Moldovian cultures: history and contemporaneity» is annually organized. The materials of the conference are published afterwards;
• The curricula for secondary school pupils of 1-4 and 5-11 grades in the Moldovian language and literature have been developed and introduced uder the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Science
• Corresponding school textbooks have been published;
• A series of books in the Moldovian language have been published: “ The Moldovans of Ukraine”,
  “ The Moldovian soul-the Moldovian Land”, “ Moldova: the real history”, the poem for children "Andriesh" by Moldavian poet Em. Bukov in the Moldovian and Ukrainian languages.

The All-Ukrainian National Cultural Association of the Moldovians is a member of FUEN since 2015.