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#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

Georgia

#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

Azerbaijan

#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

Armenia

#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

Belarus

#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

Armenia

#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

Moldova

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Grassroots Matter: Success Stories of Community Projects

by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova May 15th was the deadline to for the second call launched within the project “Civil Society Development in the Republic of Moldova”. The budget of the second call will be around EUR 1 million and will finance various activities that promote and encourage good governance such as: community mobilization

27/06/2020

Armenia Georgia Moldova

Call for Participation for Newly Established CSOs, Informal Initiatives and Social Movements: Armenia, Georgia and Moldova

The EU-funded project Civil Society Actors as Drivers of Change in South Caucasus and Moldova announces the Call for Participation for representatives of new civil society organizations, informal initiative groups or social movements from Armenia, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova! CALL FOR PARTICIPATION If you are: a new civil society organization (registered within the

17/06/2020

Azerbaijan

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Salaam Cinema: Creative Community Space in Baku

by Ismayil Fataliyev, Local Correspondent from Azerbaijan. For ages Baku has been a multinational, multicultural, multilingual city i.e. a city of contrasts. This refers not only to people’s background or origin but also to the different ways of self-expression. The youth and the ideas they put forward have always played a specific and driving role in

04/06/2020