The 8th Annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum will take place on 28-29 November 2016 in Brussels. This year there were 538 applicants for the Annual Assembly, out of which 200 organisations have been selected to take part in the Forum either in the capacity of a participant or observer in line with the eligibility guidelines (drawing on shortlists by
“The ToT Programme inspired me to continue with my NGO’s project “The School of Young Leaders” since I received an incredible boost of energy, knowledge, and great ideas”, – Oksana Bondar, Head of NGO “Vinnytsia Regional Centre for Information “Kreativ” (Ukraine) NGO “Vinnytsia Regional Centre for Information “Kreativ” (Ukraine) encourages the development of the civil society
On 26-27 June 2016, the Conference “Elaboration of Action Plan for the Memorandum of Cooperation between the European Integration Committee of the Parliament of Georgia and the Georgian National Platform” was held in Kakheti, Georgia. The meeting was attended by both the representatives of the state bodies and civil society activists, in particular: Mr. Archil Karaulashvili – First Deputy State
“The biggest challenge was to elaborate and actually implement a training project that would be really needed and useful for CSOs in my country” – Steliana Burlacu, Foundation for Education and Development (Moldova) Steliana Burlacu is sharing her experience on how the Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme was a new step on her professional path,
The Ukrainian National Platform and Working Group 5 “Social & Labour Policies and Social Dialogue” of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) are concerned about the adoption procedure and a number of provisions of the Draft Labour Code of Ukraine (the Draft). The Draft is pending in the Parliament of Ukraine (bill №1658) and was
On 11 July, on behalf of the EaP CSF, Steering Committee member Iurii Vdovenko addressed security challenges following the Warsaw NATO summit, the Brexit vote, and the release of the EU Global Security Strategy, as well as development of SMEs and trade at the 7th Informal Ministerial Eastern Partnership Dialogue in Kyiv. In light of the new EU’s Global Strategy on
In May-November 2015 the EU-funded Project ‘Civil Society.Dialogue for Progress’ (the Project) implemented the Training of Trainers (ToT) programme for civil society representatives willing to become trainers for CSOs in the Eastern Partnership countries. Overall, 22 participants from six countries received certificates of completion and became the graduates of the ToT programme. To implement the received skills and knowledge in practice, the ToT
Following an official invitation to observe the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Belarus, scheduled for 11 September 2016, and in accordance with its mandate, the OSCE/ODIHR is preparing to deploy an Election Observation Mission (EOM) for these elections. The OSCE/ODIHR is currently looking for external consultants to fill the following positions: Head of Mission
On 30 June 2016, the Institute of New Social Studies held a presentation of the mapping research “CASE STUDIES. CSO ENGAGEMENT IN POLICY-MAKING: ARMENIA”. This mapping research aimed to find out find out the strategies and tools that CSOs in Armenia use to influence the policy-making processes through description of specific cases (advocacy campaigns), to
