Civic resilience

Purpose The program aims at strengthening organizational and advocacy competences of organisations of war veterans, internally displaced people and bereaved families, supporting development of better policies and inclusion mechanisms, and creating conditions for civic dialogue, understanding and reintegration

Program Priorities

Promoting cohesion, integration and inclusion at the community level

The program supports veteran and volunteer spaces, develops platforms for dialogue with the authorities and promotes the inclusion of veterans and IDPs in decision-making. The program also ensures the formation of an accessible environment in communities and the construction of an inclusive system of reintegration of prisoners of war.

Support for the physical and mental recovery of veterans, IDPs, and people affected by the war

According to this priority, the activities of the Program are aimed at advocacy and practical implementation of evidence-based methods of mental health and drug policy, implementation of standardized approaches to grief therapy, promotion of deinstitutionalization of the system of social services for seriously ill veterans and civilians.

Overcoming social tension, the consequences of vulnerability and conflict in the country through strengthening human security

Strengthening people's security and countering threats is implemented by preventing radicalization in communities, strengthening community security, interaction with law enforcement agencies in working with war victims and veterans, supporting mediation and conflict resolution activities, supporting families of the dead and missing

Program News

How to identify veterans in the justice system?

The CHESNO Movement, in partnership with the University of Warwick, launches a Veteran Leadership Programme in the United Kingdom

The All-Ukrainian Association of Communities held its first regional dialogue event on veterans’ policy

Group support among peers: military personnel who have been held captive are invited to join the ‘Circle of the Strong’ in Kyiv

The Book of Remembrance for Those Who Died for Ukraine has been updated: how to submit information about the deceased

Veterans invited to leadership training in the UK – how to participate

Rome has developed recommendations for involving displaced persons and refugees in the reconstruction of the country

Legislative barriers to deinstitutionalisation: research by the League of the Strong

Program command

Go to Olha Halchenko
Olha Halchenko

Olha Halchenko

Programme Manager for the 'Civic Resilience' Programme

Go to Viktoria Stokratiuk
Viktoria Stokratiuk

Viktoria Stokratiuk

Programme Manager for the 'Civic Resilience' Programme

Go to Ksenia Shapov
Ksenia Shapov

Ksenia Shapov

Director of the ‘Civic Resilience’ programme

HOW TO APPLY?

Please complete the application form and submit it via your personal account. Applications are accepted exclusively in electronic form, and the assessment process involves several stages. 
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