“The main goal of our project is to strengthen civil society’s activities and make its monitoring of public spending more effective.” says AGER President and Project Director Olesya Stamate. A study conducted last year by “Expert-Grup”, as well as audits carried out by the Accounting Chamber of Moldova, have revealed widespread violations and an inefficient
Protests in Moldovan capital of Chisinau continued over the weekend as thousands of people went to streets demanding the resignation of the newly-formed government and calling for early elections. The new government was approved on 20 of January 2016 by the parliamentary majority willing to avoid early elections that could bring a defeat to the
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) together with the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) co-organized on 19 January 2016 the expert discussion Justice Behind Bars: The Persecution of Civil Society in Azerbaijan that featured the presentation of the new report with the same title, published by IPHR in December 2015. The report portrays the abuse of the criminal justice
On 1 January 2016 starts being applied the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between the EU and Ukraine, which is part of the larger Association Agreement (AA) signed in June 2014. The political and cooperation association chapters and general provisions of the AA are already operational provisionally since November 2014 while the entire EU-Ukraine
“Our task is to show people that they can simultaneously work, and make money on their own, whilst also doing something good, such as developing the infrastructure for tourism in Belarus,” claims the Project Coordinator, Vitaliy Varabey. The development of tourism in rural communities has been on the governmental agenda in Belarus for more than
“No matter their parental relationship, whether biological or foster parents, all parents need help and support, in particular during crisis situations”, – Tatiana Burova. Belarus is currently facing a critical shortage of organisations and professionals able to offer qualified psychological and psychiatric assistance to children and parents affected by life crises of various sorts. This
“It was hard to imagine that in my fifties I would come up with a new business idea, attend trainings, and get financial support for implementing a new project” To commemorate the forthcoming International Women’s Day , The Civil Society. Dialogue for Progressproject is presenting a feature story about a successful entrepreneur in Armenia Irina
