The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved Ivan Verbytskyi as Deputy Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications. It was reported by the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine. The newly appointed official has extensive experience in the field of analytics, urban planning and culture. In 2019–2024, he headed the Cedos think tank, which won the New European Bauhaus Prize in 2024. Before that, in 2015–2019, Verbytskyi headed the urban platform Mistosite and organized the Ukrainian Urban Forum.