Civil society organisations in Belarus face a permanent shortage of funding, which threatens their sustainable development and makes them overdependent on one or a few large donors. And those organisations that are trying to raise funds online are struggling with not having a one-click-payment solution available that is equally adapted for their needs, websites and
More often than not citizens are barely able to find out how their local budget is being spent, let alone influence decisions on spending it. But with participatory budgets, citizens have the opportunity to allocate resources, prioritise policies, and monitor public spending. To put it simply, they can decide where the money should go and
40 young civil society activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, selected for the EU-funded Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Initiative, met in Brussels on 2-3 July 2018 for the Relay Event to relay a symbolic torch of their experience to their peers, learn about new opportunities of better contributing to reforms in
In one of his journeys around the countryside, a young civil society activist accidentally finds an astonishing number of 4,000 pictures carefully recording everyday life in Moldova in the 50s and 60s. Overwhelmed by his finding, he tells this story to a friend who also happens to be a curator. Nadejda Cervinscaia takes the story
On 1-3 June 2018, EaP Civil Society Hackathon gathered in Minsk over 70 civil society representatives, IT professionals and designers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to work on software projects that would enable civil society better contribute to reforms and democratic changes in their home countries. For 2.5 days the participants worked
40 young civil society activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, selected for the EU-funded Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Initiative, meet in Brussels on 2-3 July 2018 for the Relay Event to relay a symbolic torch of their experience to their peers, learn about new opportunities of better contributing to reforms in
The EaP Civil Society Fellowship Relay Event will take place on July 2-3, 2018, in Brussels The Relay event is part of the EU-funded project Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility – Regional Actions. The project’s main objective is to strengthen and promote civil society’s role in reforms and democratic changes taking place in the Eastern Partnership
On 1-3 June 2018, EaP Civil Society Hackathon gathered in Minsk over 70 civil society representatives, IT professionals and designers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to work on software projects that would enable civil society better contribute to reforms and democratic changes in their home countries. For 2.5 days the participants worked in
On 1-3 June 2018, the EU-funded Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility Project will hold its second Hackathon in Minsk to support and develop innovative civic tech ideas from the six Eastern Partnership countries. Over 60 representatives of civil society, designers and IT professionals from Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine will gather in Minsk
