Ketevan Tvildiani’s first degree was in English language and literature, but her interest in understanding the concept of social justice and the everyday life of people in her community drove her to take a Masters course at Batumi University in Sociology. The Masters course developed her skills for undertaking social research and included a sojourn
To save. To support. To promote. With these three ideas in mind Oleksii Marushchak, a junior researcher at the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and a co-founder of the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group, applied for the EaP Civil Society Fellowship in spring 2023. “My main motivation is to help
Nino Chincharauli never really expected to be a Civil Society Fellow. She spent most of her adult life involved in the creative industries and contributing to the cultural fabric of Georgia and other countries. Her creativity has manifested itself in paintings, iconography, in poems, and in fictional literature, as well as using her Spanish language
As a student, Rostyslav Semka got his first taste of international volunteerism in a summer camp in Istanbul under the ‘Myself My World’ project. The experience was a game-changer: “I was really impressed about the empowerment that came from volunteering”. The camp also taught Rostyslav about the Sustainable Development Goals and on his return to
“Civic activism is an opportunity to give back to society, something you often cannot fully do in your professional work”, says Vitalii Razik, 2021 EaP Civil Society Fellow from Lviv, Ukraine, who has been combining a successful legal practice with civic work for the past 23 years. Civic activism for Vitalii started when he and
Networking Event, 21-22 March 2024, Tbilisi We are excited to share the highlights from our recent networking event in vibrant Tbilisi, where we gathered over 60 EaP Civil Society Fellows from the 2022, 2023, and 2024 cohorts. The event was designed to foster collaboration, learning, and networking among our diverse group of Fellows. One of
In parallel with academic studies, with a MA in Social Work and a nearly completed Doctorate in Sociology, Gohar Khachatryan has charted her civic activism through a range of CSOs and Thinktanks in her native Armenia since 2016. She grew up in a provincial town and through voluntary work with a local CSO began to
2024 Call for applications for the EU-funded EaP Civil Society Fellowship Programme: Apply by December 27, 2023! The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility is delighted to announce the next Call for Applications for its EU-funded Fellowship programme! The main objective of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowships is to support civil society activists or civically
From the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ivano-Frankivsk, the hometown of the 27-years-old lawyer and PhD law student Mykola Ostapiak, became a transit hub for thousands of Ukrainians who were fleeing the war. Exhausted, disoriented and terrified, these people needed every help available, from clothing and shelter to assistance
