The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF), together with the Eastern Europe Foundation (EEF), with the support of the Norwegian Agency for Development and Cooperation (Norad) and in partnership with Sweden (Sida), is implementing the project “Empowering Civil Society for Sustainability and Recovery in Ukraine” (“Impulse”). . As part of this project, a small grants competition was announced for organizations from the regions of Ukraine most affected by the war.
The aim of the small grants competition is to involve civil society organizations from the most affected regions in planning Ukraine’s recovery and advocating for the principles of sustainable development, human rights, non-discrimination and gender equality, and transparency in governance in recovery strategies and development plans for local communities. To provide opportunities for organizational development of teams through the implementation of small grants and involvement in training programs and partnership development.
The expert council of the Democracy and Good Governance Program, which conducted the competition, supported 24 project proposals out of 140. The winners of the competition were:
- Charitable organization “Charitable Foundation ”RUBICON VOLI.” Zaporizhia
- Charitable organization “Charitable Foundation ”Volunteers: Adults to Children,” Kharkiv
- Public Organization “Initiatives of Slobozhanshchyna,” Sumy
- Public Organization “Melitopol Volunteer Group ‘Patriot,’” Zaporizhia
- Public Organization “Ecological News,” Kherson
- Public Organization “Center for Quality Local Self-Government,” Ukrainka, Kyiv Region
- Public Organization “Fastiv Team,” Fastiv, Kyiv Region
- Public Association “Stop Poisoning Kryvyi Rih,” Kryvyi Rih
- Public Organization “Women’s Format,” Chernihiv
- Charitable Foundation “Let Your Heart Beat,” Zviahel, Zhytomyr region
- NGO “Desna League of Naturalists,” Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv region
- Public Organization “Country of Free People,” Kyiv
- Public Organization “Odessa Regional Agricultural Advisory Service ‘Center for Rural Development and Legal Support’,” Odessa
- Public Organization “Nature Conservation Geoinformation Systems of Ukraine,” Kharkiv
- Public Organization “Eastern Option,” Kyiv
- Public organization “New Druzhkivka,” Druzhkivka, Donetsk region
- Public organization “Dorechni,” Zaporizhia
- Public organization “All-Ukrainian Environmental Organization ‘To Clean Sources,’” Kramatorsk
- Public organization “Black Sea Center for Political and Social Studies,” Kherson
- Eco City Chernihiv, Chernihiv
- Charitable Organization Kherson Community Fund “Zakhyst,” Kherson (re-registered in Cherkasy)
- Charitable organization “Kherson Community Fund ”Zakhyst“”, Kherson (re-registered in Cherkasy)
- Public organization “Regional Development Agency of the Tavriya Association of Territorial Communities,” Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region (re-registered in Uman)
- Public organization “From Village to City,” Sofiivska Borshchahivka, Kyiv region
- Public organization “Institute for the Development of Social Innovations,” Kyiv
In the near future, representatives of the Fund will contact the winning organizations to agree on the next steps.
We would like to remind you that the third wave of the Small Grants Competition is now open. You can submit your applications until November 25.
