The Ministry of Information Policy ( uk, Міністерство інформаційної політики) or MIP was a

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established on 2 December 2014. The Honcharuk Government (on 29 August 2019) abolished the Ministerial post.New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ)

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...

(29 August 2019) The government institution was revived in March 2020 as part of the

Ministry of Culture and Information Policy The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy ( uk, Міністерство культури України) or MinCult is the main state authority in the system of central government of Ukraine responsible for country's cultural development a ...

.Cabinet renames Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports into Ministry of Culture and Information Policy

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(26 March 2020)

History

The ministry was created concurrently with the formation of the

information policy Information policy is the set of all public laws, regulations and policies that encourage, discourage, or regulate the creation, use, storage, access, and communication and dissemination of information. It thus encompasses any other decision-makin ...

in Ukraine. According to the first Minister of Information,

Yuriy Stets Yuriy Yaroslavovych Stets ( uk, Юрій Ярославович Стець; born 29 December 1975) is a Ukrainian journalist and politician. He was appointed to the post of Minister of Information Policy at the formation of the Second Yatsenyuk G ...

, one of the goals of its formation was to counteract " Russian information aggression" amidst pro-Russian unrest across Ukraine, and the ongoing Russian military intervention of 2014.Ukraine must establish Information Policy Ministry
,

National Radio Company of Ukraine Ukrainian Radio ( uk, Українське радіо) is the publicly funded radio broadcaster in Ukraine since 1924. In 2017 has been merged with national TV company into country's public broadcaster Suspilne.

(2 December 2014)

Ukrainian president The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...

mentioned that the main function of the ministry was to stop "the spreading of biased information about Ukraine".Poroshenko: Information Ministry's main task is to repel information attacks against Ukraine

(8 December 2014) A proposal to establish an information ministry for Ukraine was first put forth on 30 November 2014 by Internal Affairs Ministry advisor

Anton Herashchenko Anton Yuriiovych Herashchenko ( uk, Антон Юрійович Геращенко, born 10 February 1979) is a current official advisor and a former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is a former member of the Ukr ...

. He said that ministry could protect "Ukraine's information space from Russian propaganda and counter propaganda in Russia, in the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and eastern Ukraine". The proposal was made amidst ongoing efforts to form a government, following the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. Ukrainian president

advocated for the establishment of such a ministry through the night on 1–2 December. It was quickly pushed through parliament with little fanfare. The formation of the

Second Yatsenyuk Government The second Yatsenyuk government was created in Ukraine after the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 2 December 2014, 288 People's Deputy of Ukraine, members (of the 423 Yuriy Stets Yuriy Yaroslavovych Stets ( uk, Юрій Ярославович Стець; born 29 December 1975) is a Ukrainian journalist and politician. He was appointed to the post of Minister of Information Policy at the formation of the Second Yatsenyuk G ...

confirmed as the first Minister for Information Policy. One day after his appointment, Stets published the ministry's regulations, which were based on a draft he wrote in 2007–09.Journalists, free speech activists demand abolishing of newly-formed ‘Ministry of Truth’

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(4 December 2014) According to these regulations, the ministry is meant to "develop and implement professional standards in the media sphere", "ensure freedom of speech", and prevent the spread of "incomplete, outdated, or unreal information. Prior to its establishment, many Ukrainian journalists protested the creation of the ministry. They cited concerns that the ministry would "open the way to grave excesses" in restricting

free speech Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The rights, right to freedom of expression has been ...

, and that the ministry would inhibit journalists' work. Journalists demonstrating outside the parliament building said that the creation of the ministry was equivalent to "a step back to the

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". The ministry was given the satirical appellation "

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" ( uk, мінправди), a reference to

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's dystopian novel '' Nineteen Eighty-Four''.

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strongly opposed the creation of the ministry, and said that it was a "retrograde step".

Petro Poroshenko Bloc European Solidarity ( uk, Європейська солідарність, Yevropeis'ka solidarnist', YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in vario ...

politician

Serhiy Leshchenko Serhiy Leshchenko ( uk, Сергій Анатолійович Лещенко, 30 August, 1980) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian ex-journalist, politician and public figure, Member of Parliament (8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada). From 2002 until 2014 Leshch ...

called for the ministry's immediate dissolution, whilst Poroshenko Bloc politician Svitlana Zalishchuk said that ministry's implementation should be put on hold, and that its regulations should be redrafted. Newly appointed Minister for Information Policy

said that one of the primary goals of the ministry was to counteract " Russian information aggression" amidst the prolonged ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbass region.Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup

(2 December 2014)
Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners

(2 December 2014)
Rada voted the new Cabinet

(2 December 2014) According to Stets, no other Ukrainian government institution was capable of handling this task. He stated that "different states with different historical and cultural experiences in times of crisis came to need to create a body of executive power that would control and manage the information security of the country". Stets also said that the ministry "will in no way try to impose censorship or restrict freedom of speech". President Poroshenko told journalists on 7 December 2014 that the main purpose of the ministry is to stop external "information attacks on Ukraine" by promoting the "truth about Ukraine" across the world. Poroshenko added that it was "foolish" to think that the ministry would become an organ of censorship. The ministry was officially established by a resolution of the Ukrainian government on 14 January 2015. The resolution contained the duties and regulations of the ministry. According to the resolution, the primary objectives of the MIP are to "protect the information sovereignty of Ukraine", and to "implement media reforms to spread socially important information". A statement released by the ministry on 19 February 2015 announced the creation of an "information force" to counter misinformation on social media and across the internet. The force is targeted at Russia, which has been said to employ an "army of

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" to spread false information and propaganda during the

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

. Yuriy Stets resigned from his post of Minister of Information Policy on 8 December 2015. He withdrew his letter of resignation on 4 February 2016, and continued in the post.Agriculture, health, information ministers change their mind about resigning

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

(4 February 2016) United States Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt stated late January 2016 "It's a huge mistake to create a 'Ministry of Truth' that tries to generate alternative stories. That is not the way to defeat this

information warfare Information warfare (IW) (as different from cyber warfare that attacks computers, software, and command control systems) is a concept involving the battlespace use and management of information and communication technology (ICT) in pursuit of a ...

". On 29 August 2019 the (then) new Honcharuk Government abolished the Ministry. The Ministry was revived and merged on 26 March 2020 as part of the

Staff of the Ministry of Information Policy

The approved staff of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine for 2015 includes 29 employees. Given the Ukrainian practice, the figure seems to be very small. However, the experience of many countries and contemporary understanding of management prove that these are the public institutions with a small staff working based on delegation principles, which are much more capable to implement global state tasks. Despite strict requirements of Ukrainian legislation, the Ministry of Information Policy is able to successfully perform all assigned tasks with minimum resources." to "The approved staff of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine for 2015 includes 29 employees, so we are a "lean and mean" department. Contemporary management strategies suggest that public institutions with a small staff working on delegated principles, can be highly effective to performing government tasks. The Ministry of Information Policy aim is to successfully perform all assigned tasks with minimum resources, and within the strict requirements of Ukrainian legislation.

Structure of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine

* Minister – Yuriy Stets * First Deputy Minister – Emine Dzhaparova *Deputy Minister – Dmytro Zolotukhin * State Secretary – Artem Bidenko *Executive Support Service of the Minister *Legal Sector *Sector for Human Resources Management *Financial and Economic Sector *Sector for Accountancy and Accounting Control *Sector for Administrative Services *Sector for Strategic Communications *Sector for Information Reintegration of Crimea and Donbas *Sector for Implementation of the Doctrine of Information Security *Sector for International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security *Sector for Promotion of Ukraine in the World *Sector for European Integration *Sector for Reforming the Information Field and Public Relations *Chief Specialist on Internal Audit *Chief Specialist on Sensitive and Classified Activities *Chief Specialist on Prevention and Exposure of Corruption

Main ministry projects

Social advertising

According to Ukrainian legislation, social advertising – information of any kind, common in any form, which aims to achieve social goals, promotion of human values and the distribution of which is not intended to make a profit. MIP launched such social campaigns: * Social advertising "Army – pride". * Social campaign to mark the anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity. * Social campaign by individually selected key program on Information Policy Crimea. * Social campaign on mobilization "Dignity, Freedom and Victory". * Social campaign "Two Flags – One Country" timed to the Day of Crimean Tatar Flag. * Social campaign aimed at countering manifestations of separatism. * Social campaign in support of internally displaced persons "The life of each person can change momentarily". * Social campaign about supporting of internally displaced persons by World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP UN) * Social campaign to support the decentralization reform in Ukraine. * Social campaign "Honour Your Heroes!"

Proofs for Hague

The Ministry has video and photo materials that it claims prove Russian military presence on the territory of Ukrainian Donbass.

Information army

On 23 February 2014 MIP created the Internet platform "Information armies Ukraine". Today the site pages and relevant social networks are used by more than 10,000 users. Monthly dozens of anti-Ukrainian users are blocked. Information attack of FSB security services is blocked, monthly almost 80,000 users get information on the fake of Russian propaganda. On each post there are dozens of false answers, which provided facts and arguments, so that the effectiveness of anti-Ukrainian propaganda in social networks plummeted.

Embedded journalism

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine jointly with the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine continue to take the application process for project «Embedded journalists» – attaching media to military units in the ATO area and journalists are invited to participate. The journalist is not involved in the fighting, but he is subject to the relevant officer and lives in the same conditions as the rest of the soldiers. Today, Ukrainian and foreign journalists are working successfully with the military in the area ATO within the project Embedded journalism. Journalists from

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, Polsat, '' The Daily Signal'', Hanslucas, Tsenzor.NET,

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, Inter, Business Ukraine, New time have already participated. Results for the three months of the work: 18 video, 15 articles and three films in the foreign media.

List of ministers

Notes

References

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History

Staff of the Ministry of Information Policy

Structure of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine

Main ministry projects

Social advertising

Proofs for Hague

Information army

Embedded journalism

List of ministers

See also

Notes

References