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Strategic area:

Supporting
development of civil • Preparing annual comparative reports based • A study visit to the Civil Society Center of
John Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA)
on the results of the survey of CSOs and as-
society organizations in sessments of the grantees of the ENGAGE! was organized.
Ukraine Project • The level of development of the grantees of
• Carrying out individual surveys of activi- the ENGAGE! Project was assessed.
ties and the status of CSOs development for
studying the results of the CSOs work and
their impact on reforms, improving their or- Draft a separate block on the study visit:
ganizational capacity
In July-August 2018 the Working Group con-
Join the M&e of • Conducting a study visits – training in John sisting of representatives of CCC and state au-
Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA).
thorities (Presidential Administration, CMU
civil society Within the framework of the project, the fol- Secretariat, Ministries of Justice/Finance/Re-
lowing tasks were implemented: gional Development, the State Fiscal Service
of Ukraine, and the State Statistics Commit-
• The level of the CSOs organizational capaci- tee) participated in a study visit, during which
ty was identified. for 2.5 days they attended training in the
Civil Society center of John Hopkins Univer-
• External relations of organizations were sity (USA) delivered by the Center Director,
studied, and their cooperation with the gov- Lester Salamon, and the Center researcher,
ernment, business, mass media, communi- Wojciech Sokolowski. Members of the Work-
ties and other civil society organizations.
ing Group also had a possibility to visit and
• Efficiency of programmatic activities of or- learn about the work and relevant projects of
ganizations and CSOs needs were assessed. the Aspen Institute (DATA project), national
Council of Foundations, the ICnL, and Inde-
• The level of capacity and efficiency of CSOs pendent Sector.
in provision of services, representation of in-
terests and protection of rights was identi-
fied.
• Dynamics of CSOs activities over sixteen The project is financed by the USAID/En-
years (2002-2018) in the aforementioned GAGE! And is implemented from February 15,
spheres was identified. 2018 and August 14, 2020.

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