CURRENT PROJECTS

Impact study of Peace Corps' work in Ukraine

Donor: Peace Corps
Timeframe: March - July, 2012
Budget: $17 607
Project Geography: Donetska, Ivano-Frankivska, Odeska oblast

Objectives: assess the impact of Small Project Assistance (SPA) Program grant projects in order to improve understanding of the factors that contribute to the success and sustainability of individual SPA projects over time.

Project stages:

• Selection of interviewers for interrogation in regions.
• Organizing five-days training for interviewers.
• Impact research in regions.
• Preparing report on a base of research results.

Contact person:
Lyubov Palyvoda, Project Director palyvoda@ccc.kiev.ua
Golota Sofia, Project Manager golota@ccc.kiev.ua

New Breath of Culture: Fill Heritage with Life of Arts

 Donor: European Union
Implementing partners:

• Center of Youth Initiatives “Totem”, Kherson city, Ukraine
• Charity Fund “CCC Creative Center”, Ukraine
• Association Droni, Georgia
• Armenian Young Women's Association, Armenia

Timeframe: January 2012 – December 2013
Location of activity: Armenia, Georgia, South Ukraine

The overall objectives:

• To develop effective systems for identifying and sharing good practices of using art innovations for promotion culture and historical heritage in the South of Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia.
• To develop cross-border and cross-sector partnerships on the basis of common platform of facilitation, generation and realization of culture activities for social-economical development.

Project objectives:

• Contributing to creation of adequate conditions for the development of innovative cultural activities through establishing new connection of culture sector with tourist entrepreneurs and enhancing impact of culture sector on local authorities and policy-makers.
• Promoting access to culture for all thought development of non-formal education.
• Strengthening regional links and inter-cultural dialogue within the region of the Eastern Partnership by creation of virtual network and web-site.
• Sharing best practices of art innovations on the base of traditional heritage in order to «fill it with life» and make attractive for broad public (especially for young people).

Main activities:

• Collecting experience of innovative art activities on the base of historical and cultural heritage of South of Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia. Documenting best practices and creating media-guide for innovations for culture.
• Creating virtual network and web-site to share best practices of art innovations on the base of traditional heritage in order to «fill it with life» and make attractive for broad public (especially for young people).
• Sharing the best examples of culture innovations for regional development in Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia.
• Connecting culture actors, NGOs, local activists and tourist entrepreneurs through open database.
• Supporting the best innovative ideas for cross-sector cooperation with micro-grants.
• Development of non-formal cross-border cultural education for youth audiences.
• Workshops on non-formal cross-culture education in the South of Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia for international group of young people.
• Public culture events organized by workshop participants on the basis of cross-culture experience acquired.
• Development and presentation of studying materials for NGO and educational institutions on non-formal education in Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia.
• Formation of network for non-formal cross-culture education within the frames of Eastern Partnership.
• Trainings for culture managers, culture NGOs, representatives of local and regional authorities, tourism operators in order to develop and promote innovative cultural products for regional development in 7 cities.
• International Forum “Culture for Development” for representatives of local and national authorities, NGOs, culture actors, tourist entrepreneurs; sharing media-guide for art-innovations and best practices of promotion of culture heritage for regional development.

Contact person: Volodymyr Kuprii, kupriy@ccc.kiev.ua

Project Events

2011 NGO Sustainability Index for E&E

Donor: MSI (Management Systems International), USAID
Timeframe: 07 October 2011-31 August 2012
Budget: $ 6000

Project components:

• conduct Expert Panel meeting to discuss 2011 NGO Sustainability Index for Ukraine;
• prepare national report of the 2011 NGO Sustainability Index for Ukraine;
• conduct the report dissemination regional events.

Contact person:
Lyubov Palyvoda, palyvoda@ccc.kiev.ua
Golota Sofia, golota@ccc.kiev.ua

Project Events

Researching the Dynamics of NGOs Development in Ukraine

Donor: Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms Project (UNITER)
Timeframe: 01 June 2011 – 31 May  2013
Budget: $ 223.422

Objectives: to outline the level of development and assessment of the needs of NGOs in Ukraine
Project goals:

• Conducting an CSO sectoral survey in 2011 and an annual CSO survey in 2012
• Conducting annual assessments of the UNITER Grantees in 2011 and 2012
• Preparing annual comparative report as a result of CSO survey and UNITER Grantees assessment
• Conducting selected studies on outcomes and impact of CSO and UNITER grantees activity

Contact person:
Lyubov Palyvoda, the Project Director palyvoda@ccc.kiev.ua
Golota Sofia, the Project Manager golota@ccc.kiev.ua

Project Events

Sustainable Urban Development Project

Donor: European Union
Implementing partners: Executive Committee of Ukrainka City Council, Association of Small Towns of Ukraine, CCC Creative Centre (Ukraine), Foundation in Support of Local Democracy – Regional Centre from Lublin (Poland), Executive Committee of the City Council of Novolukoml Town (Belarus), Student-Youth Council (Georgia)
Timeframe: February 2010 – February 2013
Value: 623300 EUR
Location of activity: Belarus, Georgia, Poland, Ukraine
The overall objective: to contribute to the sustainable local development of the depressed small towns in Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine, to boost their competitiveness with the help of the Polish and Ukrainian experience in strategic planning

Project objectives

• To create favorable conditions/environment to ensure sustainable development of the depressed small towns of Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia by introducing strategic planning tool based on citizens/public participation to the municipal administration/government
• To strengthen/build institutional capacity of the municipalities from the depressed small towns of Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia as regards development and implementation of community social-economic sustainable development strategies and to ensure citizens/public participation in the local economic development
• To share positive practical experience in the introduction and implementation of the urban strategic planning based on citizens/public participation in Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia.

Main activities:

• Selection of small towns to take part in the project (Novolukoml town, Belarus, Ozurgeti town, Georgia and four towns in Ukraine)
• International workshop for the representatives of the municipalities from the selected small towns
• Study visit for the representatives of the municipalities of the small towns participating in the project to the town of Ukrainka (Ukraine), Lublin, Krasnik and Lencha (Poland)
• Workshops on urban strategic planning based on citizens/public participation and good governance for the municipalities and non-governmental organizations
• Consultations on strategic social-economic development planning for the small towns participating in the project
• Re-granting programme for the non-governmental organizations from the small towns participating in the project. The programme will support the initiatives aimed at engaging citizens in the strategic planning process and introducing good governance principles
• Information and technical support with the development of the urban development strategic plans for the small towns participating in the project
• Creation of the special website for the strategic social-economic development plans prepared by the small towns participating in the project
• Production and distribution of the collection of the project best practices
• International conference on small town sustainable strategic planning for the municipalities of the small towns.

Contact person:
Volodymyr Kuprii, kupriy@ccc.kiev.ua

Project Events

COMPLETED PROJECTS

• Promotion of CSOs capacity to work in public counsels of executive power organs>>>
• Evaluation of the Level of Citizen Satisfaction with the Quality of Courts Performance in Ivano-Frankivsk with the help of the Citizen Report Card methodology (3rd round)>>>
• Building Capacity of Local CSOs in Ukraine>>>
• Civil society development program (2009-2010)>>>
• Strengthening civil society across borders to develop democracy>>>
• Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms: research of development of civil society>>>
• Citizen Initiative for Economic and Social Rights Protection>>>
• Impact study of Peace Corps' work in Ukraine>>>
• Public satisfaction survey of court performance using citizen report cards methodology (2nd round)>>>
• Healthy Child – Healthy Country! >>>
• Training Support/Assistance to Local and Regional Civil Society Organizations >>>
• “Evaluation of the Level of Users' Satisfaction with Services Quality which are Provided by Courts in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast”, 2008, funded by USAID, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) through Ukrainian Rule of Law Project.>>>
• “Building Community Media Centers in Rural Area”: 2007-2008, funded by European Commission, in partnership with Center for Civic Initiatives. >>>
• "Improving access to justice for rural population": 2006 – 2009 funded by European Commission, in partnership with Civil Society Institute. >>>
• "Mobile aid to the vulnerable groups of voters": 2006 funded by Democratic Institutions and Practices Canada-Ukraine Fund and "Foundation for Civil liberties". >>>
• "Promoting corporate philanthropy in Ukraine": 2005 funded by Charles Stuart Mott Foundation, in partnership with Civil Society Institute.
• "Evaluation of the project for strengthening management capacity of gay and lesbian NGO "Our World": 2005 funded by SOS Netherlands.
• "Report Cards and Sociological Methodology Training": 2005 – 2006 funded by World Bank.
• "NGO development in South Ossetia": 2004-2005 funded by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
• "Increasing the professionalism of NGO in Abkhazia": 2004-2005 funded by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
• "Know Your Rights and Be Able to Protect them: Improving Access of the Rural Population to Legal Mechanisms of Protection of Their Rights Project": 2004-2005 funded by EU Delegation in Ukraine, in partnership with Committee of Voters of Ukraine and Civil Society Institute.
• "Voters Education and Mobilization Project: Towards Achievement of an Equal Playing Field for All Candidates in Ukrainian Presidential Elections 2004": 2004 – 2005 funded by EU Delegation in Ukraine.
• "The CIVICUS: Civil Society Index (CSI)": 2003 – 2006 funded by CIVICUS, in partnership with Centre of Philanthropy, Kyiv.
• "Democratising Ukraine Small Project Scheme": 2003 – 2005 funded by Department for International Development of Great Britain (DFID), in partnership with British Council, Committee of Voters of Ukraine, Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research.
• "Administration of process of election of the executive director of "REC-Kyiv": 2003 funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA).
• "Ensuring the Implementation of Territorial Community Rights Guaranteed by the Law "On Local Selfgovernment in Ukraine" (short name of the project – "Toloka"): 2002 – 2005 funded by European Commission, in partnership with Civil Society Institute, Committee of Voters of Ukraine.
• "Strengthening Civil Society in Ukraine": 2002 – 2006 funded by Ukrainian Citizens Action Network (ISC-UCAN) with the support of the United State Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with QED Group, LLC (USA), Kyiv International Sociology Institute.
• "Identification Study on Current Needs of Civil Society of Ukraine": 2002 funded by Delegation of European Commission in Ukraine.
• "Training Initiative": 2002 funded by Freedom House with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
• "The Standing Civil Society Consultative Group": 2002 – 2003 funded by Тacis, within the framework of the Tacis Project "Support to National Coordinating Units".
• "Program "If not us, then who? If someone – why not us?": 2001 – 2002 funded by Counterpart Alliance for Partnership Program (САР), in partnership with Committee of Voters of Ukraine.
• "Initiative on Amended Tax Legislation for the Third Sector in Ukraine": 2001 – 2002 funded by World Bank, in partnership with International Center of Non-commercial Law.
• "Evaluation of the project "People's Voice": 2001 – 2003 funded by World Bank
• "САР Novosti": 2000 – 2002 funded by Counterpart Alliance for Partnership Program (САР).
• "Berdyansk Regional Environmental Initiative": 2003-2005 funded by United State Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in partnership with Counterpart International, Inc.
• "Mariupol Ecological Initiative": 2000-2005 funded by United State Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in partnership with Counterpart International, Inc
• "Program of Small Projects of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights Protection": 2000-2002 funded by the Delegation of the European Commission in Ukraine.
• "Changes in Legislation Initiative for the third sector in Ukraine": 2001-2002 funded by World Bank, in partnership with the International Non-for-Profit Law Center.
• "NGO development support": 2000-2001 funded by DFID.
• "Ukrainian NGO Trainer Association and Evaluation Project": 2000 -2002 funded by Charles Stuart Mott Foundation.
• "European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights Protection": 2000 funded by European Commission.
• "Counterpart Alliance for Partnership (CAP)": 2001 funded by US International Development Agency through Counterpart International, Inc.
• "Education program "Social Partnership. Ukraine. 2001": 2001 funded by Education Development Agency (USA), in partnership with Counterpart International, Inc.
• "CIVICUS: Index on Civil Society": 2000-2001 funded by CIVICUS (USA), in partnership with the League of Resource Centers for NGOs.
• "Trainings for NGOs in partnership with ABA/CEELI": 2000-2001 funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the American Bar Association's Central and East-European Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI).
• "Social partnership – the future of the third sector": 1999-2001 funded by Charles Mott Foundation through the Eurasia Foundation.
• "NGO Support Programme of EU-US Transatlantic Civil Society Initiative for Ukraine": 2001 funded by European Commission in Ukraine and the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy.
• "Counterpart Alliance for Partnership": 1999-2000 funded by United States Agency of International Development (USAID) through Counterpart International, Inc.
• "Publishing the informational bulletin "Legal education": 1999-2000 funded by Right Consortium.
• "The training program for the stuff of British Council in Ukraine": 1999 funded by British Council in Ukraine.
• "Training support to the project for teaching of Ukrainian electorate": 1999 funded by Freedom House and Kingdom of Netherlands Embassy.
• "School of Trainers, CCC evaluation and research": 1998-2000 funded by Charles Stuart Mott Foundation.
• "Program of technical and training assistance to Ukrainian NGOs": 1998-1999 funded by Consortium "Rule of Law".
• "The network of NGO Service Centers Working with Refugees": 1998-1999 funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
• "Publication of Non-Governmental Organizations Manual": 1998 funded by Eurasia Foundation and on request of United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
• "Support of Ukrainian NGOs": 1998 funded by Charles Stuart Mott Foundation, in partnership with Czech center for democratic reform (Czech Republic) and Hurt civic organization resource center.
• "Research of Ukrainian NGOs": 1998 funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
• "Housing and Municipal Reform Center" NGO Support program": 1998 funded by "Planning and Development of International Co-operation (PADCO), in partnership with Urals Center for Housing Reform (Russia).
• "Counterpart Alliance for Partnership Program": 1997-1998 United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with Christian Children Fund, Salvation Army, ELWYN Institute and ICNL.
• "Professional Skills – to NGOs": 1997-1999 in funded by Carpathian Euroregion Fund, in partnership with "Center of Civil Initiatives".
• "NGO's Dialogue": 1997-1998 funded by Democratic Program Phare and TACIS, in partnership with EuroCom e.V. (Germany), NGOs "International League of children and youth rights protection", "Zakhist", "Kredo" and Resource center of the NGOs' development "GURT".
• "Ukraine NGO Training and Library Project": 1997-1998 funded by Charles Stuart Mott Foundation.
• "Publication of Handbook of the Non-governmental organizations of Ukraine": 1997 funded by International Renaissance Foundation and Eurasia Foundation.
• "Trainings for women": 1997 funded by Fresno University.
• "Training Program for Women": 1997 funded by "Save the Children Foundation" (Georgia).
• "NGO Training Project": 1997 funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• "Training and Technical Assistance to Ukrainian NGO Resource Centers": 1996-1997 funded by Renaissance Foundation, Eurasia Foundation and C.S.Mott Foundation.
• "TACIS Democracy Program Micro-Projects Facility": 1996-1999 funded by the Delegation of the European Commission in Ukraine.
• "Women's Enterprise Development Program in Ukraine": 1996-1998 funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with NIS-US Women's Consortium and Counterpart International, Inc.
• "Training and Technical Assistance to Ukrainian NGOs": 1996-1997 funded by Charles Stuart Mott Foundation.