News&Opportunities Archives - Page 21 of 52 - Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / “Being in charge for more than 4 years is a way to stagnation” – How a Belarusian youth organisation has now been in existence for 25 years by changing its leaders every year

by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). Non-formal education is something not spoken about at Belarusian schools; however, there are some NGOs, which are busy building young boys and girls’ personal capacities and promoting their participation. The Youth Education Centre Fialta NGO became one of them

29/07/2020

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Labor Reform In Progress

by George Chanturia, Local Correspondent from Georgia. It is the year 2006, a cold day of December 26th. The president of Georgia, Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili signs the degree N767 which says that the minimum wage in the country should be GEL40 (Euro 11.5). (Not) surprisingly, not much has changed since then and that statement is still there is

24/07/2020

Series of Webinars on Social Entrepreneurship

We are now inviting civil society organisations from the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to participate in a series of webinars on Social Entrepreneurship! WEBINAR 1: Introduction to social entrepreneurship WHEN: Tuesday, 21 July 2020, at 12:00 PM Brussels time (13:00 Kyiv/Chisinau/Minsk time; 14:00 Tbilisi/Baku/Yerevan time) HOW: Zoom webinar in

18/07/2020

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Mingachevir, the City of the Youth, and Civic Activism

by Ismayil Fataliyev, Local Correspondent from Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is the country with one of the highest percentages of the millennials’ generation in Europe. State and civil-society organizations try to actively involve the youth in the life of society. The first ones prefer to focus on ensuring the physical, spiritual and psychological development of the new generation,

16/07/2020

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Life in a Small Town or How a Ukrainian Town Motivates the Development of Small Towns in Armenia

by Mari Chakryan, Local Correspondent from Armenia Modern trends in urbanization indicate that people are striving mostly for big cities, where life is in full swing, and opportunities are in abundance. But life can be full and happy in small towns too. For example, people here are more friendly than in big cities, time is

12/07/2020

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Disposable does not mean sterile. Is the pandemic to save our planet or will nothing change?

by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). COVID-19 has served to transform our attitudes towards many other things beyond disease, death, healthcare or pharmacology. We have all witnessed “the sky and the air clearing out,” when plants and factories in China (and not only) grounded to

08/07/2020

Role of Schools in the 21st Century: Before and After Covid19 / WEBINAR, 07 July 2020

WHAT: Webinar/Meeting “Role of Schools in the 21st Century: Before and After COVID -19” WHEN: Tuesday, 7 July 2020, at 17:00 Brussels time (18:00 Kyiv/Chisinau/Minsk time; 19:00 Tbilisi/Baku/Yerevan time WHY: To stimulate the discussion regarding the post-COVID education system (although it’s not post-COVID, yet :-). The participants will learn more about education theories, evolution of

01/07/2020

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / COVID-19 and Public Participation in Decision-making

by Mari Chakryan, Local Correspondent from Armenia Most governments responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have declared a state of emergency and adopted a number of measures to combat the spread of the virus, which have often included restrictions on the freedoms of assembly and movement. Meetings and gatherings have been cancelled, certain activities of

30/06/2020

16 Project Ideas from 6 EaP countries selected for 2020 EaP Civil Society Hackathon

Waste management website and educational environmental game, services for using cashback for charity, online solutions to help stray animals, health trackers and apps for blood donors, platforms for work safety and budget transparency monitoring, apps for people with hearing limitations and people in need, and more – 16 project ideas from 6 EaP countries selected

29/06/2020