Iryna Zhdanova runs for the Supervisory Board of Public Media of Ukraine from the Open Policy Foundation

At the end of 2025, the selection process for members of the Supervisory Board (hereinafter – the Supervisory Board) of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting began and is currently ongoing.

The Supervisory Board is the strategic governing body of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, primarily tasked with ensuring the independence of its activities. It is formed from representatives of civil society across nine public sectors, as well as representatives delegated by parliamentary factions and groups of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Members of the Supervisory Board are elected once every five years.

Aware of my responsibility to society, I, Iryna Zhdanova, Executive Director of the NGO “Open Policy Foundation” and Coordinator of the Civic Platform for Reforming the Scientific Sector, decided to submit my candidacy for membership in the Supervisory Board in the field of education and science.

My program is aimed at providing information support for Ukrainian science and education through public broadcasting and is based on three priorities:

My program is focused on ensuring the independence, transparency, high quality, and public relevance of educational and scientific content of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, so that public broadcasting becomes an accessible and effective instrument for the development of science and education in support of Ukraine’s victory and recovery (see details at where my program was published).

As I was officially informed, the conference to elect a member of the Supervisory Board is scheduled to take place on January 20, 2026. Three candidates are running:

Out of 34 civil society organizations