OREANDA-NEWS. December 03, 2008. The State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting during its collegium sitting have considered the state of realization of the Ukrainian book program for 2008 and forming of the program for 2009.

Financing of the program for 2008 has constituted UAH 40 mn. Over the past time 219 agreements have been concluded for printing of editions (1, 107.3 thousand copies at the sum of UAH 39.7 mn).

Under the signed agreements 182 editions have been financed partially (60%), 37 editions financed in full (100%) at the sum of UAH 26, 427, 460. The sum for editions which have been additionally financed, those from the Program of last year concerning which the Committee had financial obligations, amounts UAH 267, 886.

For now within the frames of the Ukrainian book program for 2008, 119 editions have been published. The project of 2009 Ukrainian book program is on the stage of forming. 1 200 propositions from 120 printing houses of Ukraine have been sent to apply for the Program’s project to the tune of over UAH 150 mn.