Olia Kotska designs and facilitates cultural and knowledge exchange across people, organizations, and networks.
She leads Vidnova, a program framework that supports civil society actors from Ukraine through placements, labs, and community weaving, aiming to strengthen resilience and foster collaboration. Olia co-founded the Neighborhood Festival in Pidzamche (Lviv), coordinated cultural mapping projects across multiple Ukrainian cities and co-developed the Tandem for Culture program, connecting over 400 independent cultural organizations and 320 cultural managers across 160 cities in 35 countries.
She also led Ecosystems Academies within the Thaqafa Daayer Maydoor, a program supporting cultural ecosystems in the Southern Neighbourhood, including Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia, and Morocco. Olia is active in global communities of practice, including the Human Systems Dynamics Institute, the School of System Change, and Open Space Technology, etc.
