by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova The month of November and December are the months when Moldovan local public authorities are busy developing the budgets for the next year. Budget development is a complex and lengthy process on a regular basis, but the effort this year was significantly more difficult due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Mari Chakryan, Local Correspondent from Armenia Creative minds were boosted in Armenia along with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering that time is the most valuable resource and with a focus on protecting human health, Earlyone team adapted its innovative customer flow management system to work with hospitals. To prevent queues, they offered
by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). In today’s Belarus it is quite a bit of a challenge to write about any underrepresented groups. The local mass media are focused on the COVID-19 pandemic topics or on the political agenda issues; however, it is at times
by Ismayil Fataliyev, Local Correspondent from Azerbaijan. Maser Hasanov is a 29 year-old short-film filmmaker. Due to the spine-related problems he experiences certain difficulties when walking. Nevertheless, Maser is a laureate of the Presidential Youth Prize in the field of culture and holds a master degree in film directing. But his interest in filmmaking appeared before
We invite civil society organisations from the Eastern Partnership region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to participate in our next Webinar on Critical Thinking on Wednesday, February 17, 2021! This webinar will address more fundamental challenges in today’s information world. During the webinar our speaker will guide you through the following questions: What
by George Chanturia, Local Correspondent from Georgia. Even though implying non-traditional ways of CSO management has been discussed for many years, including in Georgia such as enterprising NGOs or crowdfunding, unfortunately, so far this sector is dealing with the business “as usual.” As I have written in many of my blogs, the Georgian CSOs are mostly using traditional
Tomorrow we launch our Adapt-an-App Eastern Partnership Sprint – a 4-week intense online development sprint where six teams of civil society representatives and IT experts from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine will work on the replication of six digital solutions developed during our Hackathons in 2017-2020. Meet the six teams selected through the Open
by Maksym Mazypchuk, Local Correspondent from Ukraine. Can one single organisation meaningfully contribute to a more open, tolerant society? Can it even hope to address such complex issues as the reintegration of war veterans? One Ukrainian NGO answers both these questions with a resounding ‘Yes’. STAN NGO was founded in Luhansk and took an active
by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova On 11 December 2020, Chisinau received the certificate for joining the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reductions flagship initiative Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR 2030). Chisinau is the first city from Moldova to join the initiative and the first one to use the Disaster Resilience Scorecard to evaluate
