We invite all cultural heritage professionals and researchers to participate in an online consultation session to discuss best practices in running an online collection project about testimonies depicting the war in Ukraine and its impact on society. In the meeting, we will discuss: collection of testimonies (stories, pictures, video) preservation, storage & sustainability copyright & licensing ethics

The event is co-organised by the Europeana Foundation, EUscreen Foundation and Centrum Cyfrowe in support of the ongoing initiatives in Ukraine, inspired by discussions with the Centre of Urban History in Lviv.

*Cover photo: Shelter for refugees at the Center for Urban History, March 5, 2022 / photo by Olya Klymuk

We keep your personal information confidential: The Europeana Foundation will collect the data provided by you when signing up to the Collection war testimonies - open consultation session, and will delete it after 3 months. It is for use by the Europeana Foundation only to support your participation at Collection war testimonies - an open consultation session. Your data will not be shared with third parties. If you want your data to be removed, send an email to events@europeana.eu, and we will delete your information from our databases.You can find out more about your rights and choices and how we use your information in our privacy policy.

Please note: Europeana is beginning to monitor attendance at our events to try to make sure that we are reaching as wide and diverse a section of the community working with or interested in digital cultural heritage as we possibly can. We ask you a series of questions relating to whether you have a visible or invisible disability. The disclosure of this information is completely voluntary. All responses will be treated in the strictest confidence, and all data disclosed will comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Europeana’s privacy policy. You can also read the Europeana Network Association Code of Conduct. We will anonymise your data and only use, analyse and report on anonymised data. Where a respondent voluntarily provides personal information, this data will be used only for the purposes for which it is provided, and not passed to any third party, unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law.