2023 Call for applications for the EU-funded EaP Civil Society Fellowship Programme: Apply by April 21, 2023! The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility is delighted to announce that its prestigious EU-funded Fellowship programme is now looking for its 8th cohort of Fellows. The main objective of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowships is to support
The 7th Call for Applications for the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Programme was launched in Autumn 2022. We received 145 applications from the six EaP countries and selected 16 new Fellows who joined the network. You can find out more about our new Fellows and their Fellowship projects below. Stay with us for more
As of January 2023, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates 5.4 million IDPs are displaced across Ukraine, with approximately 25% of IDPs being children[1]. 25% of IDPs surveyed by IOM report one or more of their current household members have disabilities, and 40% reported having older persons[2] among their household members. The Jewish-Ukrainian Social
Lado Javakhishvili is a lawyer by training and has spent nearly 10 years in public service working within the Georgian justice system. Up until the end of 2021 Lado served as the Deputy Director at the National Agency for Crime Prevention, under the Ministry of Justice, but with a growing desire to contribute to restorative
The Russian invasion of Ukraine led to the devastating destruction of many spheres of Ukrainian life, including local economic development. A considerable number of territorial communities have been occupied, leading to a large influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs), business closures, the destruction of housing and critical infrastructure, and more. About 90% of SMEs have
Zaporizhzhia is among the regions of Ukraine most affected by the ongoing war, with roughly two-thirds of the oblast territory being temporarily occupied. In June-October 2022, through its #StandWithUkraine call, the European Union supported the operations of the Centre for Support of Residents of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Zaporizhzhia Oblast (further – the Support
We invite civil society organizations from the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to participate in our Webinar “Introduction to PM², the Project Management Methodology of the European Commission” on Friday, January 27, 2023. The webinar will address Project Management as a professional discipline that has developed a solid base of
Since 24 February 2022, nearly 7.9 million Ukrainians have been forced to leave Ukraine to seek shelter in other countries[1]. As of November 29, more than 64,000 displaced Ukrainians arrived in Ireland (increasing the population by more than 1%) and became beneficiaries of temporary protection. Many fled their home country with just a few belongings
With so much ‘noise’ in public discourse, it’s difficult for civic activists to get their stories heard. But help is at hand. In 2023 our EU-funded Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility Project, in partnership with OEEC, will run an online course on ‘Storytelling for Civil Society’. The course will run for approximately 6 weeks (during
