The first and only Belarusian national hotline for domestic violence prevention celebrated its four-year anniversary in August 2016. Since 2012 it has received 8,445 phone calls. The Belarusian non-profit “Gender Perspectives” runs the hotline from Minsk. They pioneered the much-needed service, creating a point of entry for women who found themselves in dire circumstances. The number of calls reveals
The ‘Young European Ambassadors’ (YEAs) is an initiative launched within the framework of the EU OPEN Neighbourhood Programme (EU Neighbours East). It will take place in the six countries of the EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) from September 2016 onward. The YEA network will connect at least 100 young people from all over Europe! The network
On 30 September 2016 the sixth annual meeting of the Conference of the Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP) will be held in Brussels at the Committee of the Regions. This years’ meeting will focus on the topics of political reports prepared ahead of the next Eastern Partnership Summit. A report on active citizenship as a way to strengthen local
The Monitoring Mission of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) on the civil society, media and human rights situation in Armenia visited Armenia during the period of 9-15 August 2016. The Mission’s team was composed of leading experts in the field of human rights from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Its work was
“The network of like-minded friends and colleagues was another wonderful acquisition I got thanks to the ToT Programme of the Project “Civil Society.Dialogue for Progress” – Hovsep Khurshudyan, President of “Free Citizen” Civic Initiatives Support Center NGO (Armenia) Since Hovsep Khurshudyan is also a Coordinator of Working Group 4 (“WG4”) of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
The 8th Annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum will take place on 28-29 November 2016 in Brussels. This year there were 538 applicants for the Annual Assembly, out of which 200 organisations have been selected to take part in the Forum either in the capacity of a participant or observer in line with the eligibility guidelines (drawing on shortlists by
“The ToT Programme inspired me to continue with my NGO’s project “The School of Young Leaders” since I received an incredible boost of energy, knowledge, and great ideas”, – Oksana Bondar, Head of NGO “Vinnytsia Regional Centre for Information “Kreativ” (Ukraine) NGO “Vinnytsia Regional Centre for Information “Kreativ” (Ukraine) encourages the development of the civil society
On 26-27 June 2016, the Conference “Elaboration of Action Plan for the Memorandum of Cooperation between the European Integration Committee of the Parliament of Georgia and the Georgian National Platform” was held in Kakheti, Georgia. The meeting was attended by both the representatives of the state bodies and civil society activists, in particular: Mr. Archil Karaulashvili – First Deputy State
“The biggest challenge was to elaborate and actually implement a training project that would be really needed and useful for CSOs in my country” – Steliana Burlacu, Foundation for Education and Development (Moldova) Steliana Burlacu is sharing her experience on how the Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme was a new step on her professional path,
