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#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Online EaP Civil Society Hackathon

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

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / No bread to waste: e-platform idea for fighting food waste

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

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / The long road toward the new NGO Law in the Republic of Moldova

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

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / “Being in charge for more than 4 years is a way to stagnation” – How a Belarusian youth organisation has now been in existence for 25 years by changing its leaders every year

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

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Labor Reform In Progress

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

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Mingachevir, the City of the Youth, and Civic Activism

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,

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Life in a Small Town or How a Ukrainian Town Motivates the Development of Small Towns in Armenia

by Mari Chakryan, Local Correspondent from Armenia Modern trends in urbanization indicate that people are striving mostly for big cities, where life is in full swing, and opportunities are in abundance. But life can be full and happy in small towns too. For example, people here are more friendly than in big cities, time is

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Disposable does not mean sterile. Is the pandemic to save our planet or will nothing change?

by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). COVID-19 has served to transform our attitudes towards many other things beyond disease, death, healthcare or pharmacology. We have all witnessed “the sky and the air clearing out,” when plants and factories in China (and not only) grounded to

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / COVID-19 and Public Participation in Decision-making

by Mari Chakryan, Local Correspondent from Armenia Most governments responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have declared a state of emergency and adopted a number of measures to combat the spread of the virus, which have often included restrictions on the freedoms of assembly and movement. Meetings and gatherings have been cancelled, certain activities of