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#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / How CSOs React and Adapt to Challenges of COVID 19: the Case of Anti-Crisis Fund IF

by Maksym Mazypchuk, Local Correspondent from Ukraine. Civil society organizations in many countries are facing pandemic challenges. Civic activists have shifted their work from their usual and planned activity to emergency relief. New initiatives emerging at the local level appear to be more collaborative in nature. In Ivano-Frankivsk, civil society organizations have established a partnership

31/05/2020

Azerbaijan

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / New School – New Opportunities

by Ismayil Fataliyev, Local Correspondent from Azerbaijan. “I thought it would be a great chance, a door to the future. So many opportunities. You study abroad and get a scholarship,” says Ayla Akhmedova, 17 years old Azerbaijani teenager. “Along with studying for free in a foreign country, you are surrounded with so many people from different

21/05/2020

Moldova

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Rethinking urban planning and city transport

by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova The good news is that more and more countries are starting to lift restrictions on social and economic life imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But even better news is the fact that governments are aiming to rethink and rebuild their economies in a different way. A way that

19/05/2020

Armenia

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / When a State of Emergency Unites People and the Government

by Mari Chakryan, Local Correspondent from Armenia The first case of coronavirus in Armenia was registered on March 1, 2020. Until that day, most citizens, and even some members of the government, believed that the coronavirus infection was no threat to Armenia, and even joked that Armenian cornel vodka or mulberry vodka and garlic were

15/05/2020

Ukraine

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / The Response of Ukraine Civil Society to Covid-19

by Maksym Mazypchuk, Local Correspondent from Ukraine. People have to keep social distancing in the midst of a global health crisis. In this time, solidarity and social compassion play an important role. COVID 19 has changed the work of Ukrainian CSOs, which are facing unprecedented difficulties while working during “lockdown”. Many organizations are adapting to

13/05/2020

Moldova

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Children learning during COVID-19

by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova COVID-19 has shut the world’s schools. Since the start of the pandemic, over 100 countries had taken a decision to close the classrooms. The Republic of Moldova followed the example of other countries and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research suspended the education process in early March. Initially,

10/05/2020

Belarus

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / How COVID-19 changed life in Belarus

How COVID-19 changed life in Belarus: restaurants send food to hospitals, teachers sew face masks, and volunteers deliver them by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications) Many civic activists, NGO leaders, and managers work from home for almost two months. Self-isolation is voluntary in Belarus, and

08/05/2020

Georgia

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / The Threat

by George Chanturia, Local Correspondent from Georgia. Much was written and discussed during the last days and even years about the Orthodox Church in Georgia and the problems associated with it. More specifically, whether Georgia is a secular state or not. Let’s begin with a chronology: On December 31st, 2019, China reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan,

06/05/2020

Ukraine

#LocalCorrespondent Opinion / Engaging Citizens in Decision-Making: Participatory Budget in Kyiv

by Maksym Mazypchuk, Local Correspondent from Ukraine. Since 2014, Ukraine has been conducting a political decentralization process that seeks to empower local self-governments and communities. The powers and funds are being transferred to the local level. Ukrainian cities are massively launching programs of participatory budgeting for increasing the residents’ awareness process of local budget forming

05/05/2020