by Mari Chakryan, Local Correspondent from Armenia Creative minds were boosted in Armenia along with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering that time is the most valuable resource and with a focus on protecting human health, Earlyone team adapted its innovative customer flow management system to work with hospitals. To prevent queues, they offered
by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). In today’s Belarus it is quite a bit of a challenge to write about any underrepresented groups. The local mass media are focused on the COVID-19 pandemic topics or on the political agenda issues; however, it is at times
We invite civil society organisations from the Eastern Partnership region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to participate in our next Webinar on Critical Thinking on Wednesday, February 17, 2021! This webinar will address more fundamental challenges in today’s information world. During the webinar our speaker will guide you through the following questions: What
by George Chanturia, Local Correspondent from Georgia. Even though implying non-traditional ways of CSO management has been discussed for many years, including in Georgia such as enterprising NGOs or crowdfunding, unfortunately, so far this sector is dealing with the business “as usual.” As I have written in many of my blogs, the Georgian CSOs are mostly using traditional
Tomorrow we launch our Adapt-an-App Eastern Partnership Sprint – a 4-week intense online development sprint where six teams of civil society representatives and IT experts from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine will work on the replication of six digital solutions developed during our Hackathons in 2017-2020. Meet the six teams selected through the Open
by Maksym Mazypchuk, Local Correspondent from Ukraine. Can one single organisation meaningfully contribute to a more open, tolerant society? Can it even hope to address such complex issues as the reintegration of war veterans? One Ukrainian NGO answers both these questions with a resounding ‘Yes’. STAN NGO was founded in Luhansk and took an active
by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova On 11 December 2020, Chisinau received the certificate for joining the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reductions flagship initiative Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR 2030). Chisinau is the first city from Moldova to join the initiative and the first one to use the Disaster Resilience Scorecard to evaluate
by George Chanturia, Local Correspondent from Georgia. Having a dog is as good as it can get. I have an Irish Setter who is one of the most beautiful dogs ever (according to some of the painters. Really!). Me and him have this special bond that includes having to walk around outside on a daily basis. The good
We invite civil society organisations from the Eastern Partnership region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to take part in a Webinar & Workshop on Designing for Impact – Leveraging Human-centred Design for Good on January 25 and 26, 2021! We will be focusing on the basics of the design thinking methodology as applied
