U.S.-Ukraine Foundation distributes new business dictionary in Ukraine (05/26/02)

U.S.-Ukraine Foundation distributes new business dictionary in Ukraine

by Miriam Bates

WASHINGTON - "Basic Economic Financial and Business Terminology," an English-Ukrainian dictionary of business terms, was recently distributed to over 120 educational institutions in Ukraine through the support of the Books for Ukraine Project of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation.

Rostyslav Sonevytsky, author of the dictionary, said he began working on the dictionary in the early 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, to fill a compelling need among "teachers and students, who were trained in socialist economics [and] were not exposed to basic terminology of Western economic theory."

Mr. Sonevysky was able to contribute his talents and past experience in business and economics in the United States toward the creation of this dictionary. Born in Ternopil, Mr. Sonevytsky received his master's degree in economics from Columbia University and worked for almost 30 years for IBM in New York in the realm of financial planning and market research. The dictionary was completed in 1995, but in that same year Mr. Sonevytsky suffered a fatal heart attack, leaving behind his manuscript to his wife. The current edition, printed in Ukraine, was made possible by funding from his wife, Chrystia.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation's role in distributing the dictionary across Ukraine is its latest action in providing assistance to education in Ukraine though the Books for Ukraine Project. Established in January 2000, Books for Ukraine provides books and other informational resources at a no-cost basis to Ukrainian educational institutions through support and donations from individuals and organizations in the United States.

More than 500 new and used books (mostly English) of all themes and topics, such as biographies, business, children, computers, political science and history, travel and high school textbooks, have been collected and distributed in the past two years. A few of the recipients include the Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium, Lesia Ukrainka Library at Volyn State University, the Nikopol Department of Education, Artemivsk City Central Library System and the Bukovyna State Medical Academy in Chernivtsi.

The foundation plans to continue critically needed support for Ukraine's educational sector. The U.S.-Ukraine foundation welcomes book and cash donations for future initiatives in its Books for Ukraine Project.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization established in 1991 to facilitate democratic development, encourage free market reform and enhance human rights in Ukraine. The foundation creates and sustains channels of communication between the United States and Ukraine, in order to build peace and prosperity through an exchange of information. The Foundation is dedicated to strengthening the mutual objectives of both nations and advancing Ukraine as a cornerstone of regional stability and a full partner in the community of nations.

For more information, contact the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation at 733 15th Street NW - Suite 1026, Washington, DC 20005; telephone, (202) 347-4264; fax, (202) 347-4267; e-mail: [email protected]. website, www.usukraine.org.

For additional information regarding the Basic Economic Financial and Business Terminology dictionary, log on to http://www.for.250x.com.

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