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
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
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
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
Ashoka România is reaching out to civil society organisations from the Republic of Moldova with a newopportunity. The deadline is the 3rd of June, so have a look quickly, if you are interested! Due to the fact that all efforts and attention coming from public authorities (both local and central) and from the private sector
by Maksym Mazypchuk, Local Correspondent from Ukraine. Civil society organizations in many countries are facing pandemic challenges. Civic activists have shifted their work from their usual and planned activity to emergency relief. New initiatives emerging at the local level appear to be more collaborative in nature. In Ivano-Frankivsk, civil society organizations have established a partnership
by Ismayil Fataliyev, Local Correspondent from Azerbaijan. “I thought it would be a great chance, a door to the future. So many opportunities. You study abroad and get a scholarship,” says Ayla Akhmedova, 17 years old Azerbaijani teenager. “Along with studying for free in a foreign country, you are surrounded with so many people from different
by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova The good news is that more and more countries are starting to lift restrictions on social and economic life imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But even better news is the fact that governments are aiming to rethink and rebuild their economies in a different way. A way that
by Mari Chakryan, Local Correspondent from Armenia The first case of coronavirus in Armenia was registered on March 1, 2020. Until that day, most citizens, and even some members of the government, believed that the coronavirus infection was no threat to Armenia, and even joked that Armenian cornel vodka or mulberry vodka and garlic were
