FUEN: Federal Union of European Nationalities

The Association was founded in 1998 by district, town and regional organisations, representing the ethnic Moldovians in Ukraine. 

The main goals of the Association are:
- to preserve ethnical and national identity, language, history, culture and traditions of the Moldovians;
- to protect their social, economic and other interests within the frames of Ukrainian legislation;
- to participate in the development of new normative documents;
- to present a positive image of our historic motherland –the Republic of Moldova to other peoples;
- to consolidate the mutual understanding, tolerance and friendship among the representatives of other nations

Activities:
- to hold All-Ukrainian Festival of Moldovian culture;
- to have the annual regional and local festivals of spring and winter ceremonies «Mertsishor» and«Florile dalbe»;
- to hold the annual  festival of the Moldovian Laguage: 200-300 people participate in the festivals, and thousands of spectators attend the events;
- practical scientific conference  «The collaboration of Ukrainian and Moldovian cultures: history and contemporaneity» is annually organized. The materials of the conference are published afterwards;
- The curricula for secondary school pupils of 1-4 and 5-11 grades in the Moldovian language and literature have been developed and introduced uder the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Science.
- Corresponding school textbooks have been published.