We are happy to announce that a new phase of the EU-funded Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility is starting and will run until December 2024. The new project will be implemented by a consortium led by GDSI and will bring together new and old team members from its previous phase. As before, the project will
Isaac Asimov famously said that ‘It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be’. That change is the dominant factor in society today
After more than four years of intense activity, our project is coming to an end in March 2021. The past four years have not been easy ones: regional conflicts flared up, the recent pandemic brought everything to a halt, and protests started and are continuing in the region. Despite all these, we brought together a
The teams of People in Need from Armenia, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova are launching the second round of the call for participation within the “Civil society actors as drivers of change in South Caucasus and Moldova” project funded by the European Union. If you are: a new civil society organisation (registered within the
Speakers of the Final Conference “Reassess & Reboot – Civil Society’s Quest for Better Reforms in the Eastern Partnership” / March 22, 2021 (11.30 – 15.45 CET time). If you wish to attend the Conference, please fill in this short registration form. Moderator: Ken Godfrey, Executive Director of the European Partnership for Democracy. Prior to
For the past four years, the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility supported civil society organisations and activists in six countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to engage in projects and reforms seeking to benefit their fellow citizens and enhance the impact of civil society’s activities. The EU-funded project brought together thousands of beneficiaries
by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova Public Administration Reform in Moldova has been a priority on the political agenda of successive governments in the past 10 years. Poor performance of governmental institutions in delivering public services and failures in managing state owned enterprises served as incentive to design an ambitious reform agenda of the
by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). The Minsk Urban Platform has been known in Belarus for quite a while due to its urban projects and research. The young professional community tells and even shows how our cities and towns live and linger on, and how
by Ismayil Fataliyev, Local Correspondent from Azerbaijan. According to the global startup ecosystem 2020 ranking Azerbaijan holds 70th position in the list of first 100 countries. By 2020, Azerbaijan, home to more than 200 startups, was among the frontrunners in the CIS area in this respect. Tural Zakaryazadeh is a 23 year old-start-up founder. In June
