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About Us
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Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers (UAPP)
The Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers (UAPP) is a voluntary non-governmental and non-profit organization of the publishers of periodic press – periodic print publications (newspapers and magazines).
UAPP announced its foundation on March, 2001 at the meeting of an initiative group of publishers of more than thirty independent newspapers, held in Zaporizhhya. UAPP was officially registered in July, 2001. Today the Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers unite 111 publishing houses from all the regions (oblast) of Ukraine.
The chief governing body of the Association is General Assembly, which elects the President of the Association and Board of Directors.
Boris Lozhkin, president of Ukrainian Media Holding, was elected the President of UAPP by the General Assembly in September, 2004. The chief executive body is the Directorate headed by the General Director. The publisher’s Association has it’s authorized representatives in almost every region of Ukraine. Starting from November of 2001 UAPP has represented Ukraine in World Association of Newspapers (WAN).
The Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers is the first independent union of publishers in Ukraine, which declared its commitment to advocacy and support of publishing business. The mission of UAPP is to unite publishers of newspapers and magazines in order to create newspaper market based on civilized principles and develop the publishing business by lobbing the common interest and qualified service for every member of Association.
In 2002 UAPP realized the project “Periodic Press Readers of Ukraine Research ”, the results of research were published in 2003. Last year the UAPP submitted for consideration of Verhovna Rada’s committee 2 draft laws: “About Privatization of Periodic Press” and “About Insertion of Changes to Some Legislative Acts” (concerning improving the access to information), organized the First professional periodic press contest and published several booklets about media business. In 2004 the Association started realization of collecting statistics about press market in Ukraine program, law and informational service for its members, certification of circulation, qualification rising of publishing houses’ staff in its Educational center in Kyiv.
UNPA office is situated in Kyiv, Shota Rustaveli, 38B, office 16 (3 floor).
Phone/ fax of UAPP Directorate – +38 044 289 9990,
e-mail: info@uapp.org
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