Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (; shortened as МАУП in Ukrainian and IAPM in English) is the firstМАУП-35. Віват Академія! / за ред. Г.В. Щокіна, Р.Г. Щокіна, С.В. Храпатого. Київ: Міжрегіональна академія управління персоналом, 2024. — 458 с. ISBN 978-617-02-0392-2 private higher education institution in Ukraine. Founded in 1989 as a non-state establishment, IAPM consists of a preparatory department, a lyceum, a college, institutes, and a postgraduate school and has over 50,000 students in many branches throughout the country. Since 1991, IAPM has published the Personnel magazine and the Personnel Plus newspaper.
History Interregional Academy of Personnel Management was established by Georgy Shchokin in 1989 as a non-governmental higher education and research institution focused on management and business issues. First rector and president was Shchokin himself, who currently holds the president position.
Formal structure Due to IAPM being a joint stock company it has an unorthodox formal structure for a higher education facility in Ukraine. Although rector is an important figure and indeed Georgy Shchokin himself was one up until 1996, Supervisory Board and Presidium are superior in terms of organizations and critical decisions.
Presidium President: Rostyslav Shchokin (since February 2020). Vice Presidents: Mykhailo Honcharenko, Serhii Khrapatyi, Kateryna Shevts. Rector, currently Kyrylo Muraviov. General director of European Professional Doctorate: Anatolii Podoliaka. Head of the Branch of High School of International Security in Łódź: Iryna Klymkova.
Rectors Georgy Shchokin (1990-1996) (currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board) Volodymyr Yarovoy (1996-1998) Valerii Bebyk (1996-2003) Mykola Holovatyii (2003-2008) Valerii Zakhozhaii (2008-2010) Anatolii Podoliaka (2010-2015) Mykola Kurko (2015-2020) Mykhailo Honcharenko (2020-2024) (currently Vice President) Kyrylo Muraviov (2024–present)
Publications The MAUP has published more than 300 study plans and manuals and 200 books for educational programs. The Personnel magazine is registered by The Presidium of the State Accreditation Committee as a supplement to economics, law, psychology, pedagogy, philosophy, and social and political sciences. MAUP's editions have been recommended for use by The Ministry of Education of Ukraine.
The MAUP asserts that "Under the results of Sophiya Kyivska, the Rating of Higher Education Establishments in Ukraine (2000), and International Open Popularity and Quality Rating (1998–2000) IRAPM was recognized as the best non-state higher education establishment in Ukraine."Presidential University of the Inter-Regional Academy of Personnel Management (IRAPM) Enrolls Foreign Students to the International Preparatory Institute (IPI) License AA № 005574
Controversies Allegations of antisemitism
In early and mid-2000s, the MAUP became embroiled in controversies because of evident antisemitism in their publications and conferences. The MAUP maintains that their activities can be classified only as anti-Zionism, but the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has referred toUkraine University of Hate. A backgrounder on MAUP (Interregional Academy of Personnel Management) (ADL) November 3, 2006 traditional antisemitic propaganda traits that have no connection to Zionism, such as religious antisemitism or solely blaming the Jews for the Russian October Revolution or the Holodomor of 1932–1933 (as a part of the Judeo-Bolshevist antisemitic conspiracy theory).
During 6 October 2004 hearing of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2004 and Designations of Countries of Particular Concern before the Committee on International Relations of the United States Congress, the MAUP was called "[t]he most troubling development" in Ukraine and it was asserted that it receives "significant funding from Arab and Muslim states".2005 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2004 and Designations of Countries of Particular Concern. Hearing Before the Committee on International Relations House of Representatives. One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session. October 6, 2004. Serial No. 108–154
On 14–19 April 2005 the MAUP weekly newspaper Personnel Plus published an open letter to President Yushchenko, Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and Supreme Court of Ukraine Chief Justice Malyarenko calling for a parliamentary investigation into the "criminal activities of organized Jewry in Ukraine". The newspaper claimed that the letter was signed by more than a hundred scientific, civic, and political leaders.Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Condemns Anti-Semitic Academy "MAUP" (NCSJ) December 06, 2005
After the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's widespread misquote, "wipe Israel off the map" (when his real quote was "Israel is an unnatural creature, it will not survive") had evoked international condemnations, on 4 November 2005 the MAUP issued "a decisive protest against large-scale campaign, organized by Zionists, against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad […] where he quoted the words of the Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini about future death of Israel and the USA".
In his 22 November statement, Georgy Shchokin, the MAUP's President who also heads the "International Personnel Academy" (IPA) and the Ukrainian Conservative Party (UCP), combined traditional Christian antisemitism with what has been defined as "new antisemitism", and failed to mention that the UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 of 1975 (equating Zionism and racism) has been revoked in 1991 by the UNGA Resolution 4686: "We'd like to remind that the Living God Jesus Christ said to Jews two thousand years ago: 'Your father is a devil!' … Zionism in 1975 was acknowledged by General Assembly of UN as the form of racism and race discrimination, that, in the opinion of the absolute majority of modern Europeans, makes the most threat to modern civilization. Israel is the artificially created state (classic totalitarian type). ... Their end is known, and only the God's true will rescue all of us. We are not afraid, as God always together with his children!"
On 1 December 2005, the MAUP held a conference "The Jewish-Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 – the Source of the Red Terrorism and the Starvation of Ukraine".Ukraine – An Antisemitic Conference at the MAUP Academy (antisemitism.org.il) December 1, 2005
In the March 2006 issue of the Personnel Plus, an article"Murder Is Unveiled, the Murderer Is Unknown?" by Yaroslav Oros (Personnel Plus, March 2006 issue. No. 9/160) revived false blood libel accusations from the infamous 1911 Beilis Trial by mischaracterizing the verdict as the jury recognizing the case as ritual murder by persons unknown even though it found Beilis himself not guilty, when in fact the defense had entirely rested on demolishing the concept of Jewish ritual murder.Blood Accusation: The Strange History of the Beiliss Case, Samuel, Maurice, Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.Царская Россия и дело Бейлиса, Tager, A., Moscow, 1934Scapegoat on Trial: The Story of Mendel Beilis – The Autobiography of Mendel Beilis the Defendant in the Notorious 1912 Blood Libel in Kiev, Beilis, Mendel, Introd. & Ed. By Shari Schwartz, CIS, New York, 1992, A week earlier, MAUP leaders had visited the grave of Andrei Yuschinsky, the Christian boy who had been the victim in the case.Ukrainian school raises ritual murder charge (JTA)Ukraine – Blood Libel at the MAUP University (antisemitism.org.il) February 22, 2006
At a conference held at the MAUP Academy in Kyiv, the heads of the MAUP accused "Rothschild's Soldiers" of the genocide of the Ukrainian people.Ukraine – Antisemitic Statements at an Academic Conference at the MAUP Institute (antisemitism.org.il) May 30, 2006
On 15 August 2006, an article on the MAUP's website denounced the Bnai Brith as "the Jewish Gestapo".Ukraine – An Article Denouncing the Bnai Brith Organization on the MAUP Academy's Internet Site (antisemitism.org.il) August 15, 2006
Reactions On 21 November 2005, the Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a public statement to Ukraine's government, requesting they denounce and revoke MAUP's accreditation.Simon Wiesenthal Center. News Release. 21 November 2005. Retrieved: 28 November 2006
On 5 December the President of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UACC) Ihor Gawdiak issued a statement "to convey our profound shock and distress concerning the horrific statement made on 4 November by the heads of the International Academy of Manpower Management (MAUP) in support of the Iranian President's statement that Israel should be wiped off the map."Statement by Ihor Gawdiak , President of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council. December 5, 2005 MAUP Leadership Statements Shock Ukrainians (Jewish News) May 07, 2007
On the same day, the office of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko issued a statement which said in part: "The Head of State is worried that anti-Semitism spreads throughout Ukraine. He condemned the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (IAPM) as an institution that systematically publishes anti-Semitic articles in its publication Personnel. Yushchenko said he had left the supervisory council of the journal to protest against this inhumane policy. He called on professors of the IAPM to respect citizens of all nationalities and confessions and to "stop rousing national hatred."President condemns anti-Semitism Press office of President Victor Yushchenko of Ukraine. December 5, 2005 Ющенко засуджує МАУП за антисемітизм - Yushchenko condemns MAUP for antisemitism (Кореспондент.net) December 5, 2005
Yushchenko once sat on MAUP's board, and Foreign Minister of Ukraine Borys Tarasyuk was honorary director of one of MAUP's subdivisions until 2005. Yushchenko resigned from MAUP several years ago, following its criticism by Jewish organizations.Xenophobes to Contest Seats in Ukrainian Parliament by Oleg Varfolomeyev (The Jamestown Foundation) January 9, 2006
On 6 December, the ADL urged the US House of Representatives to delay approval of Ukraine's graduation from the Jackson-Vanik amendment. The ADL National Director Abraham Foxman wrote: "We expect more from democratic states than we do from totalitarian ones. This year alone has seen a steep increase in acts of violence and vandalism against Jews across Ukraine. There have been attempts to ban everything from Jewish organizations to Jewish holy texts. The university MAUP [...] actively promotes anti-Semitism of the most vicious kind."Press Release: ADL Welcomes Ukraine's Strong Condemnation of University Fomenting Anti-Semitism (ADL) January 25, 2006
On 7 December, the US-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) condemned "[...] the November 4, 2005 statements by the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP) as hateful, virulent and having no place in the public discourse in Ukraine or anywhere else. MAUP's anti-Semitic statements supporting the Iranian President's recent call for Israel to be 'wiped off the map' was an affront to decency that provoked the unequivocal international condemnation it deserved."
Speaking on national television on 23 January 2006, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Borys Tarasyuk "strongly condemned the anti-Semitic actions of MAUP University" and confirmed that "having exhausted all efforts to convince MAUP leaders to drop their unlawful and wrongful actions" he broke off contacts with University a year ago. In its press release, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine accused MAUP of breaking Ukrainian law, noting "persistent incompliance with requirements of state licensing rules for universities, failure to abide with legally binding decisions of the State Accreditation Commission", qualifying it as "a general negligence of law and a desire to pursue activities inconsistent with the status of Higher Education Institute in Ukraine".