In 2023, two calls for applications for the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Programme were launched. We received over 400 applications from the six EaP countries and selected 35 new Fellows who joined our Fellowship network. You can find out more about our new Fellows and their Fellowship projects below.
The EU-funded EaP Civil Society Facility Project has administered the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship programme since 2017. To-date, with a new cohort of Fellows selected, the Fellowship alumni has a total of 181 Fellows from across the six countries of the EaP. Details about the Fellows 2017-2023 and their activities.
EaP Civil Society Fellows 2023 & their Fellowship projects:
Hayk Abrahamyan
Armenia
Learning for Liberation: Adult Education for Empowerment of Marginalized Communities
Fellowship Summary: The fellowship project will promote adult education approaches to capacity-building programmes for marginalized groups. The fellow will undertake analysis of NGO training programmes working with ethnic minorities, domestic violence survivors, LGBTI people, and people with disabilities, then design and delivery of ToT (with handbook) for the trainers from these NGOs on how to apply adult education approaches to their work.
Jumber Beridzishvili
Georgia
Content Creators for Democracy
Fellowship Summary: The aim of the fellowship is to make communication campaigns from content creators data-driven and tailored to the civic needs, values and interests of Gen Z in Georgia. The Fellow will implement activities to build a community around this objective.
Anastasiia Bochan
Ukraine
You Are the Change!
Fellowship Summary: The fellowship objective is to unite local CSOs, which are working with youth, in 4 communities in Lviv Region and provide skills in project management, communication and advocacy for developing their communities
Diana Daiub
Ukraine
Volunteer4Ukraine: Engaging Worldwide
Support for Local Impact
Fellowship Summary: The aim of the fellowship is to support civil society in Ukraine by assisting CSOs to access voluntary international expertise. This will be achieved online through facilitated digital matchmaking of Ukrainian CSOs and
international volunteers.
Salome Dolidze
Georgia
The Factors Affecting NEET Youths’ Transition into Adulthood in Samtskhe-Javakheti Region
Fellowship Summary: The fellow will explore the factors affecting transition to adulthood for rural NEET (‘not in education or employment’) youth in the Samtskhe-Javakheti, with a focus on ethnic minorities and girls, in order to identify the underlying socio-economic, cultural, and educational barriers that prevent them from transitioning to adulthood successfully.
Mariia Gryshchenko
Ukraine
Concept of Joint Actions for the Development of Green Areas of Windy Hill in Kyiv
Fellowship Summary: Developing a common vision for the development of green areas in Kyiv’s residential district with the participation of civil society activists, authorities and students; and providing local activists with a tool to advocate for sustainable solutions for the development of the district.
Hanna Huskova
Ukraine
Advocacy for ‘open spaces’ protection and development in Dnipro
Fellowship Summary: the Fellow will support citizens in Dnipro city of Ukraine to use an online, interactive platform to assist them with spatial analysis and data visualization to advocate the protection of urban green areas.
Hanna Ilashchuk
Ukraine
The European Paralegal Exchange
Fellowship Summary: Strengthening the Ukrainian Paralegal Movement: to enhance and strengthen the community of paralegals in Ukraine through mentorship from recognized countries where the paralegals community is officially recognized.
Astghik Karapetyan
Armenia
Making Family-Friendly Workplaces Workable
Fellowship Summary: To advocate for reforms to improve employment terms for working women, through research and promotion of good practices from EU Member States.
Leri Khupenia
Georgia
Engaging Georgian Youth to Prevent Brain Drain and Irregular Migration
Fellowship Summary: The Fellow will use participatory research methods to explore the root causes of youth ‘brain drain’ and urban migration, and support debate among key stakeholders and policy-makers.
Kartlos Karumidze
Georgia
Empowering Kvemo Kartli’s Youth: A Research-Driven Civic Engagement Initiative (EKYCEI)
Fellowship Summary: The fellow will conduct a research in Kvemo Kartli to identify the root causes of lack of youth civic engagement and develop evidence-based policy recommendations for both local authorities and CSOs. The Fellow will collaborate with local authorities and CSOs to implement campaigns to raise awareness about civic engagement among young people in the target region.
Maia Khutsishvili
Georgia
Dynamic Youth Centre – Empowered Society
Fellowship Summary: The Fellow will strengthen the Borjomi Youth Centre to develop leadership, project management, and advocacy skills, and empower young leaders as peer educators.
Yurii Kleban
Ukraine
Vartovy (City Guard) SaaS Platform
Fellowship Summary:The fellowship project aims to create “CityGuard”, a digital platform in partnership with Ostroh community in Ukraine. It enhances emergency preparedness,
communication, and safety in Ostroh by offering digital evacuation plans for population points, training, and real-time communication during emergencies.
Taras Kovalchuk
Ukraine
OPPCORN Opportunities Streamlining Service for Activists in Ukraine
Fellowship Summary: The fellowship project aims to increase the capacity of CSOs to access funding opportunities through the use of the ‘Oppcorn’ bot. The fellowship will develop and roll-out the bot through Telegram and promote within small scale CSOs.
Oleksii Marushchak
Ukraine
Saving Biodiversity Data in Conditions of War
Fellowship Summary: The aim of the project is to collect, digitalize and publish data on biodiversity (records of various representatives of fauna and flora) from scientists and environmentalists in any way affected by the war in order to save the data and make it available for global scientific community.
Arevick Mkrtchyan
Armenia
Evaluating Local Government’s Contribution to Sustainable Development: Policy Assessment, Performance Analysis and Intervention Recommendations
Fellowship Summary: Assessing Yerevan’s sustainable development policies, measure impact on greening the city, air quality & waste management through analysis of the effectiveness of city projects in reaching SDG3. The Fellow will identify policy gaps, recommend interventions based on best practices, promote collaboration & accountability.
Ana Mosiashvili
Georgia
Gender Transformative Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in Georgia
Fellowship Summary: The aim of the project is to strengthen Georgia’s capacity to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change by integrating gender-responsive approaches into climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction strategies, ensuring that they address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and other marginalized groups.
Iryna Ponedelnik
Belarus
Belarusian Sustainable Development Lab
Fellowship Summary: The fellowship will help build a community of activists interested to develop and contribute to a ‘shadow’ report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Belarus.
Olha Ruda
Ukraine
10:11 Mentorship Program Ecosystem Building
Fellowship Summary: The Fellow will develop methods and mechanisms for the organisation ’10:11′ in order to promote and support mentoring within the civic sector, with specific emphasis on Ukrainian youth.
Marta Smyrnova
Ukraine
Mind the Gap: Transparency & Accountability Learning Ride for Inclusive CSOs
Fellowship Summary: The fellowship seeks to address the critical issue of inadequate accountability in Ukraine’s CSOs concerning funds allocated for disability-related initiatives. The aim is to rectify this by leveraging the experiences of French and Latvian CSOs to establish robust accountability mechanisms. Selected CSOs will be supported to pilot the mechanisms.
Vigen Tamrazyan
Armenia
CSOs4ECC: CSOs for Effective Cross Sectoral Cooperation
Fellowship Summary: The objective of the ‘CSOs4ECC’ fellowship is to enhance cross-sectoral cooperation among CSOs and other local stakeholders(LSG, Private sector) in Tavush and Lori regions for more effective and impactful collaboration promoting locally-led/need-based operations, local ownership and sustainability.
Ekaterine Tsimakuridze
Georgia
Strengthening Oversight Role of Municipal Councils
Fellowship Summary: The aim of the project is to create incentive for local political parties to initiate oversight by supporting quality media coverage of
identified local problems.
Teona Turashvili
Georgia
DATA: Driving Accountability Through Empowered Youth
Fellowship Summary: The objective of the fellowship is to empower local youth, activists, and journalists by raising their awareness of open data, offering practical training and mentorship on its use, and providing opportunities for them to use the data available on DataLab.Ge for holding local governments accountable.
Ketevan Tvildiani
Georgia
Fostering Engagement of Youth With Disabilities in Arts and Culture
Fellowship Summary: The project aims at advocating the rights of young people with disabilities and developing recommendations for state and cultural organisations.
Doina Virlan
Moldova
Empowering Youth Through Digital Tools
Fellowship Summary: The fellowship project will identify, assess, and coach youth activists in disadvantaged communities in Causeni, Cahul, Ungheni of the Republic of Moldova.
Viktoriia Vostriakova
Ukraine
Building Bio-economy for Ukraine
Fellowship Summary: The fellowship project aims at raising awareness and knowledge of ‘bio-economy’ through research and advocacy of a policy paper.
Arpine Yeritsyan
Armenia
Synergizing Voices: Empowering Municipalities through Innovative Communication Strategies
Fellowship Summary: The Fellow will promote well-informed decision-making processes in Armenia by developing a pilot comprehensive communication strategy methodology for the Ijevan community, which thereafter can be replicated.
Valentyna Zalevska
Ukraine
Mastering Fundraising for Social Change
Fellowship Summary: The objective of this Fellowship project is to empower civil society organizations, media sector, and public sector in Ukraine by equipping them with essential fundraising skills through the comprehensive course, webinars & consultations.
Natia Zoidze
Georgia
Empowering Women’s Health: Policy and Advocacy in Georgia
Fellowship Summary: The fellowship intends to identify possible policy reforms to ensure that vulnerable women and girls have better access to healthcare services.