by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova Roman Sandu: “The Hackathon was the most significant event of 2020” The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility has been organising yearly Hackathons since 2017. The goal of the activity is to bring various people together in order to create digital tools that would enable civil society to better serve
by Maksym Mazypchuk, Local Correspondent from Ukraine. Nowadays, many bakery products are thrown in the trash. Food charity OzHarvest states that a third of all food produced globally is wasted. For Marianna Marshalenko, this is something personal. She has six years of experience in the Hospitality industry, where she implemented various projects related to Planet
by Ismayil Fataliyev, Local Correspondent from Azerbaijan. The number of cyclists, especially in the capital, has gone up for last years.But it is still risky to bike to work and other places. Statistically, there are 1.4 mln. cars for the population of 10 mln. Three out of four cars are driven in the capital, Baku. Naturally,
It may be summer and the weekend, but this Saturday is really busy for us. The 16 teams who participate in our 2020 EaP Civil Society Hackathon worked day and night for the last three weeks with designers, IT experts and mentors to develop the prototypes of mobile applications, online games and platforms to solve
by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova The cooperation with civil society as a result of the implementation of the Association Agreement has yielded mixed results over the years. The public discourse was focused more on division and conflict, than on a constructive dialogue aimed at strengthening cooperation between civil society and the public sector. This
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
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
We are now inviting civil society organisations from the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to participate in a series of webinars on Social Entrepreneurship! WEBINAR 1: Introduction to social entrepreneurship WHEN: Tuesday, 21 July 2020, at 12:00 PM Brussels time (13:00 Kyiv/Chisinau/Minsk time; 14:00 Tbilisi/Baku/Yerevan time) HOW: Zoom webinar in
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,
