Kyiv, 29 November 2018 – Some 1,400 civil society organisations and 2,186 activists from all regions of Ukraine shared the best and most innovative ways to bring about reform and change their local communities for the better at the seventh Civil Society Development Forum.

On 13-14 November 2018 in Lutsk city, 14 representatives of CSO-hubs ‘Volyn Institute of Law’ & ‘Modern Format’ learnt how boost capacities of their organizations by developing monitoring and evaluation system.

“The first stage in advocacy work is when we raise the issue, pluck it from obscurityor silence,” says Tetiana Durnyeva, GRUPA VPLYVU, civil society organization (CSO). “Our task is not just to bring the attention of decision-makers to the issue but also of those directly affected by infringement.”

On 5-7 November 2018, the Second All-Ukrainian Forum of Youth Workers and the awarding ceremony for the winners of 2018 Contest of the Best Practices of Youth Work took place in Dnipro city.

Do you still think that it is difficult for ordinary citizens to influence democracy development in Ukraine? Then you should definitely discover new opportunities offered by civic tech.

But what does “civic tech” actually mean? And how does it influence the citizen’s access to decision-making in Ukraine? We share the most interesting insights dedicated to civil tech shared during the Personal Democracy Forum.

On 29 October 2018 in Kyiv the Memorandum of Understanding between the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service and UNDP Ukraine was signed.