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EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM

SURVEY OF CURRENT AND PLANNED PROJECTS FOCUSING ON EASTERN PARTNERSHIP ISSUES

Summary prepared by EaP CSF Steering Committee, updated 20 May 2011 (the survey results had to be updated to adapt answers concerning the planned May Budapest summit to reflect the summit's postponement - now taking place in Warsaw, Poland, on 9 October 2011, and the Poznan civil society forum meeting in Poznan, Poland, on 28-30 November 2011. Dates and developments in the projects might have changed in the course of 2011, e.g. planned projects might now be underway.)

A. SUMMARY OF ANSWERS - EVENTS AND THEMATIC AREAS (i) Total number of organisations to have submitted questionnaires (February 2011) 64 ============================================================================== (ii) For which events (Warsaw summit/Poznan civil society forum meeting/events in Brussels) would a presentation be ready? presentation at the Eastern Partnership summit, Warsaw, Poland (9 October 2011), and/or Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011) 44 ============================================================================== (iii) Number of current or planned project by thematic areas (some projects overlap) Platform 1 Democracy, good governance and stability 35 Platform 2 Economic integration and Convergence with EU Policies 20 Platform 3 Energy, climate change, environment 15 Platform 4 Contacts between people 26 ============================================================================== ============================================================================== B. Projects by platform thematic areas (many projects overlap more than one platform area) PLATFORM 1 DEMOCRACY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND STABILITY ............................................ 9 EIGHT MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECTS with POTENTIAL FOR PRESENTATION IN WARSAW/POZNAN: European Integration Index for the Eastern Partnership Countries (All EaP countries) International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine ..................................................................................... 9 Fight against corruption in the Eastern Partnership countries: a view from civil society (Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, Spain) Ukrainian Institute for Public Policy, Ukraine ........................................................................................ 10 Paving the road towards visa-free travel between the Eastern Partnership countries and the EU (all EaP counttries, EU member states) PASOS (Czech Republic)/LGI-OSI (Hungary)...................................................................................... 11 Promoting media reforms in the EaP countries (Armenia) Yerevan Press Club, Armenia............................................................................................................... 13

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page2of105 Monitoring report on the situation with human rights in the EaP countries (All EaP countries, Poland, Czech Republic) Belarusian Schuman Society, Poland................................................................................................... 14 Monitoring of Implementation of European Neighbourhood Policy (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan) Transparency International Secretariat, Germany ................................................................................ 15 Sustainable Urban Development project (Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Poland) City Council of Ukrainka, Ukraine ......................................................................................................... 16 The Kutaisi process – supporting the progress of local democracy in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, France) Association of Local Democracy Agencies, France .............................................................................. 17 Contribution of civil society to the Eastern Partnership (Belgium/EU) European Economic and Social Committee, Belgium ......................................................................... 18 OTHER PLATFORM 1 PROJECTS READY BY WARSAW SUMMIT/POZNAN FORUM: EAP media landscape: Ukraine (Ukraine) Academy of Ukrainian Press, Ukraine .................................................................................................. 19 Eastern Partnership. The reform platform! The experience and results of the integration of Central European countries in the EU for the Eastern Partnership countries (Ukraine) NGO European Choice, Ukraine........................................................................................................... 20 To increase the transparency of official government websites and e-governance initiatives (Ukraine, Russia) Regional Press Development Institute, Ukraine ................................................................................... 21 “Public Debates” (Georgia) Association and Radio “Green Wave”, Georgia.................................................................................... 22 “Wide Europe” (Georgia) Association “Green Wave”, Georgia ..................................................................................................... 23 “Civil/Media support of the reforms” (Georgia) Association “Green Wave”, Georgia ..................................................................................................... 24 Monitoring Democracy Indicators to Gauge Armenia’s Reform Process (Armenia) Yerevan Press Club (Armenia) ............................................................................................................ 25 Armenia’s ENP Implementation in 2010 - Partnership for Open Society Perspective (Armenia) Partnership for Open Society................................................................................................................ 26 Engagement of Civil Society Organisations in European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Implementation Monitoring (Georgia) Centre for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG), Georgia ................................ 27

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page3of105 Enhancing Ukrainian Participation in the EaP Civil Society Forum (Ukraine) Civic Assembly of Ukraine (initiated by International Renaissance Foundation (OSI foundation), Ukraine) ................................... 28 Citizen Participation in Local Community Development and National Level Decision-making Process (Azerbaijan) Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center/Azerbaijan .......................................................... 29 Sharing Visegrad Four Experience of EU Integration: Technical Assistance in the Areas of Legislation Reform and Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) (Georgia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland) DemNet (Hungary)................................................................................................................................ 30 Think Tanks In Promoting Reforms: Experience of Poland and Slovakia for Ukraine (Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia) Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiative Foundation, Ukraine....................................................................... 31 Participatory Democracy in Action in Local-Self Government System of Armenia (Armenia) Communities Finance Officers Association, Armenia .......................................................................... 32 Yerevan (capital of Armenia) Budget Monitoring (Armenia) Communities Finance Officers Association, Armenia ........................................................................... 33 Democracy monitoring and watch-dogging monitoring for improvement in good governance and stability (not a project, but multi-year program) (Ukraine) Ukraine, Kherson CVU.......................................................................................................................... 34 Independent newspaper (Ukraine) Zeleny Ruh, Mykolaiv, Ukraine ............................................................................................................. 35 Research Based Anti-corruption Advocacy (Armenia) Transparency International Secretariat, Berlin...................................................................................... 36 PLANNED PLATFORM 1 PROJECTS EAP media landscape: Ukraine - 2011 (Ukraine) Academy of Ukrainian Press, Ukraine .................................................................................................. 37 Participatory Democracy in Action in Local-Self Government System of Armenia (Armenia) Communities Finance Officers Association, Armenia ........................................................................... 38 Radio discussions – National Platform for Eastern Partnership (Georgia) Association “Green Wave”, Georgia ..................................................................................................... 39 “Development of Media Criticism in Georgia" (Georgia) Association “Green Wave”, Georgia ..................................................................................................... 40

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page4of105 Seminar with Moldovan Civil Society (Moldova, Belgium) European Economic and Social Committee, Belgium ......................................................................... 41 Supporting actitivies of the Ukrainan platform of the EaP CSF in 2011 (Ukraine) International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine ................................................................................... 42 Train To Democracy (Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Italy, Romania, Hungary) NGO Open Society Foundation, Ukraine.............................................................................................. 43 Engagement of Civil Society in European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan Implementation (Georgia) Centre for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG) (Georgia)............................... 44 Launch the International School for Journalist and Editors (Ukraine) Regional Press Development Institute, Ukraine ................................................................................... 45 ============================================================================== PLATFORM 2 ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND CONVERGENCE WITH EU POLICIES THREE MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECTS with POTENTIAL FOR PRESENTATION IN WARSAW/POZNAN: East Alliance (All EaP countries, 21 EU countries and Turkey) Eurochambers AISBL, Belgium ............................................................................................................ 46 Eastern Partnership Policy-Bridging (All EaP countries; EU think-tanks) PASOS, Czech Republic, LGI-OSI (Budapest)..................................................................................... 48 Eastern Partnership and the Eastern Dimension of the EU policies, with particular emphasis on the EU agricultural policy (Belgium/EU) European Economic and Social Committee, Belgium ......................................................................... 50 OTHER PLATFORM 2 PROJECTS READY BY WARSAW SUMMIT/POZNAN FORUM: European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan 2010 implementation monitoring for Georgia concerning several issues related with economic integration and convergence with EU Policies (Georgia) Eurasia Partnership Foundation (Georgia) ........................................................................................... 51 Granting of means of production (greenhouses) for the families with 1 child/2 children in Transcarpathian region. Training of agronomics in above-mentioned families. (Ukraine) Terra Dei Foundation (non-profit), Ukraine – Agricultural Advisory Centre .......................................... 52 EU – Moldova relations: monitoring the progress in the framework of the Eastern Partnership in 2011 (Moldova) Expert-Grup (Moldova) and ADEPT (Moldova) .................................................................................... 53

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page5of105 European Innovation Policy and EaP: View from Eastern Partner Country (Georgia, EU members) Association European Studies for Innovative Development of Georgia, Georgia................................. 54 PLANNED PLATFORM 2 PROJECTS Study on Social Dialogue in EaP countries (all six EaP countries) Eurasia Partnership Foundation (Georgia) ........................................................................................... 55 EU – Moldova relations: monitoring the progress in the framework of the Eastern Partnership in 2012 (Moldova) Expert-Grup (Moldova) and ADEPT (Moldova) .................................................................................... 57 EU Regional Innovation Policy as a model for EaP country regions (Georgia, EU members) Association European Studies for Innovative Development of Georgia, Georgia................................. 58 Civilised business relations (Armenia) ‘Community Initiatives and Advocacy Center’ NGO, Armenia ............................................................. 59 eTraining for ICT Specialists-Armenia-Moldova-Romania (Armenia, Moldova, Romania) Center for professional training and regional development, Romania .................................................. 61 Black Sea Regional portal creation project (Armenia, Romani, Bulgaria) UITE, Armenia ...................................................................................................................................... 62 ============================================================================== PLATFORM 3 ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT TWO MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECTS WITH POTENTIAL FOR PRESENTATION IN WARSAW/POZNAN: Strengthening Monitoring of EU financial flow in Eastern Partnership Countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Belgium) Central and Eastern European Bankwatch Network (Czech Republic), NECU (Ukraine) .................... 63 What kind of Neighbourhood Policy do we need to ensure security of supply for the EU? (Belgium) European Economic and Social Committee, Belgium .......................................................................... 65 OTHER PLATFORM 3 PROJECTS READY BY WARSAW SUMMIT/POZNAN FORUM: Enhancing participation of Ukrainian Environmental NGOs in developing EU-Ukraine relationship (Ukraine) UNENGO MAMA-86, Ukraine............................................................................................................... 66 e3forum (Ukraine, Sweden, Germany, Norway) e3Platform............................................................................................................................................. 68

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page6of105 Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) implementation in Ukraine due to experience of the EITI partner countries (Ukraine) NNomos Center, Ukraine...................................................................................................................... 69 Support of Sustainable Development and European Integration of Georgia through the Development of Participatory Policy and the Implementation of Thematic Institutional Dialogue (Georgia) Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) and WEG (World Experience for Georgia).............. 70 Evaluation of new EU legislation in the energy sphere and development of projects for their implementation in Ukraine due to Ukraine's accession to the European Energy Community (Ukraine, Poland, EU as a whole)......................................................................................................... 72 Centre for Global Studies "Strategy XXI", Ukraine PLANNED PLATFORM 3 PROJECTS ONE MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECT PLANNED WITH FUTURE PRESENTATION POSSIBILITIES: Enhancing the cooperation of WG3 members in implementation of the EaP CSF Agenda on environment and climate change (All six EaP countries, Poland) UNENGO MAMA-86, Ukraine............................................................................................................... 73 OTHER PLANNED PLATFORM 3 PROJECTS Harmonisation of Ukrainian and EU environmental legislation (Ukraine) Environment-People-Law (Ukraine)...................................................................................................... 75 Strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations (Moldova, Czech Republic) Brontosauří ekocentrum Zelený kruh (BEZK), Czech Republic............................................................ 76 Joint Workshop with Ukrainian Civil Society (Ukraine, Belgium) European Economic and Social Committee, Belgium .......................................................................... 77 Development of Economic Mechanisms of Environmental Management in Armenia (Armenia, Czech Republic) Association of Young Environmental Lawyers and Economists NGO .................................................. 78 Support Development of Business Capacity of Ukrainian SMEs. International experience and national potential of Green Growth (Ukraine, Sweden, Norway) Ukraine Partnership Bureau.................................................................................................................. 79 Production of Green Energy and raising local people's awareness (Ukraine, Sweden, Germany, Poland) Ukraine Partnership Bureau.................................................................................................................. 80 Estimation of Ukrainian GTS prospects after completing of bypass pipelines (Ukraine) Centre for Global Studies "Strategy XXI", Ukraine ............................................................................... 81 ==============================================================================

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page7of105 PLATFORM 4 CONTACTS BETWEEN PEOPLE ................................................................................... TWO MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECTS WITH POTENTIAL FOR PRESENTATION IN WARSAW/POZNAN: Eastern Partnership (All EaP countries) AEGEE-Europe, Belgium...................................................................................................................... 82 Eastern Links – Georgian-Ukrainian cooperation (Georgia, Ukraine) Europe House Georgia ........................................................................................................................ 84 Tandem: Cultural Cooperation Placements Moldova – Ukraine - European Union (Ukraine, Moldova, Germany, Netherlands) European Cultural Foundation (the Netherlands), MitOst (Germany)................................................... 85 Understanding and Influencing EU Policy-Making (all Eap countries, EU new member states, western Balkans) PASOS (Czech Republic)/LGI-OSI (Hungary)...................................................................................... 86 OTHER PLATFORM 4 PROJECTS READY BY WARSAW SUMMIT/POZNAN FORUM: “Radio Stream” (Georgia, Italy, Spain) Association “Green Wave”, Georgia ..................................................................................................... 88 “The Mechanics” (Georgia, France, Romania) Moving Theatre Trust Ltd ...................................................................................................................... 89 Support to Inclusive Youth Centers (Georgia) Ministry of Youth and Sports of Georgia ............................................................................................... 90 18th International "Publishers' Forum in Lviv" (Ukraine) NGO Publishers’ Forum, Ukraine ......................................................................................................... 91 7th Children's reading contest "Best reader of Ukraine 2011” (Ukraine) NGO Publishers’ Forum, Ukraine ......................................................................................................... 93 Set of regional seminars: «Eastern Partnership: new format of relations between Ukraine and EU» (Ukraine, Poland) European Youth» (Ukraine) .................................................................................................................. 94 Reform of the existing system of closed institutional care for young offenders below the age of criminal responsibility (Ukraine, Netherlands) All-Ukrainian Foundation for Children's Rights, Ukraine ....................................................................... 96 Peace and safety in the family (Azerbaijan) Ekomed PU, Azerbaijan........................................................................................................................ 97

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page8of105 OTHER PLANNED PLATFORM 4 PROJECTS Civil society exchange - Czech Republic/Visegrad Four with Armenia and Azerbaijan (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic) DEMAS - Association for Democracy Assistance and Human Rights, Czech Republic....................... 98 Lviv International Children's Festival (Ukraine) NGO Publishers’ Forum, Ukraine ......................................................................................................... 99 4th International Educational Forum "Education - 2020” (Ukraine) NGO Publishers’ Forum, Ukraine ....................................................................................................... 100 Several projects among Ukrainian NGOs and NGOs of the EaP countries aimed at sharing best practices and transformation experience (All six EaP countries) International Renaissance Foundation (OSI foundation), Ukraine...................................................... 101 Youth for Peace and Understanding (Ukraine, Russia, Poland) Kirovograd Regional Center for Children and Youth Creativity, Ukraina ............................................ 102 The best project: «Brilliants of Culture of the Countries of Eastern Partnership» (All six EaP countries) European Youth of Ukraine................................................................................................................. 103 The European values are for the young people of Volyn (Ukraine) European Vector of Volyn, Ukraine..................................................................................................... 105

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page9of105 PLATFORM 1 DEMOCRACY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND STABILITY EIGHT MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECTS with POTENTIAL FOR PRESENTATION IN WARSAW/POZNAN: Current Project title: European Integration Index for the Eastern Partnership

Countries

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine

Other partners participating on the project (include country) OSI-Brussels, OSI Foundations in Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Georgia, and Moldova, BeIarusian Institute for Strategic Studies, FRIDE (Madrid)

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries

Thematic area √ Platform 1, Democracy, good governance and stability √ Platform 2, Economic Integration and Convergence with EU Policies √ Platform 3, Energy, climate change, environment √ Platform 4, Contacts between People

Short description of the project The Index will trace the progress of the EaP countries in terms of European integration in a comparative perspective on an annual basis. The idea is to get away from the black-and-white perception of the EaP countries’ relationship with the EU, and present a more nuanced cross-country perspective. It will also compare EU policies and efforts towards these countries. The product of the project would be an annual report published soon after the European Commission publishes its annual ENP progress reports. It is expected that the first set of reports will be published in May 2011.

Publication(s)/reports/ audiovisual or other presentations to result from project

6 country reports and 1 comparative report + policy briefs for the EU and EaP member states

Project start date December 2010 Dates of key outputs May 2011

Project end date The first phase will end in June 2011. The project will be continued in September 2011 to elaborate on the methodology and prepare another set of reports in May 2012.

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page10of105 Donor/Contractor (optional): International Renaissance Foundation, EastEast: Partnership

Beyond Borders Programme of the OSI

For which events (Warsaw summit/Poznan civil society forum meeting/events in Brussels) would a presentation be ready?

√ a side-event at the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw, Poland (9 October 2011) √ at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011) √ Presentation in Brussels - May or June 2011

Current Project title: Fight against corruption in the Eastern Partnership

countries: a view from civil society

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Ukrainian Institute for Public Policy

Other partners participating on the project (include country) International Center for Human Development (ICHD),

Armenia Institute of Public Policy (IPP), Moldova FRIDE, Spain

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries (please specify)

Thematic area √ Platform 1, Democracy, good governance and stability

Short description of the project This project aims to contribute to civil society engagement into policymaking in the area of fighting corruption in the Eastern Partnership countries, in particular through the Eastern Partnership regional cooperation framework. The project seeks to provide knowledge, advocate for, and facilitate, more active civil society organisations' participation in national and regional policies in this area.


Final report on comperative analysis of 3 countries' experience

Project start date August 2010 Dates of key outputs

October 27, 2010 first meeting in Kiev November 15-19, 2010 Presentation of draft report in Warsaw and in Berlin

Project end date February 1, 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Black Sea Trust Fund


√ at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011)

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Eastern Partnership countries and the EU

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) PASOS, Czech Republic/LGI-OSI, Hungary

Other partners participating on the project (include country)

International Center for Human Development (ICHD), Armenia Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD), Azerbaijan Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS), Belarus Office for a Democratic Belarus, Belgium Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD), Georgia IDIS Viitorul, Moldova Europe without Barriers, Ukraine European Institute, Bulgaria Institute of Public Affairs, Poland Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM), Macedonia


Thematic area √ Platform 1, Democracy, good governance and stability √ Platform 4, Contacts between People

Short description of the project The goal of the project is to create a tipping-point for the achievement of visa-free relations between the Eastern Partnership countries and EU member-states, and in the process to upgrade the legal and policy processes in the EaP countries and promote closer integration and people-to-people exchange and contacts between the Eastern Partnership countries and EU member-states. The project will seek to achieve this goal by: • raising awareness among policymakers, civil society and media in the EaP countries, and fostering national and international engagement in policy debates on reducing barriers to people-to-people exchange between the EaP countries and the EU; • conducting comparative analysis of the experience of securing visa-free travel to the EU for other countries, especially in the western Balkans, and policy dialogue among key stakeholders in the EaP countries, drawing up strategies to agree on a country-by-country basis the core questionnaire, criteria, and needs assessment to meet the technical criteria in the visa dialogue process and/or an eventual European Commission roadmap/action plan for visa–free travel; • policy dialogue and independent monitoring of progress towards meeting the criteria, shaping governments’

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policies, legal framework and institutions to modernise practices in the fields of border security, international co-operation on migration and organised crime, and other areas necessary to foster closer integration with the EU through enhanced co-operation and visa–free travel; • policy recommendations for EaP governments with a view to meeting the criteria, and for the EU concerning provision of technical assistance to assist EaP governments in meeting the criteria; • advocacy at national and international level (EU member-states as well as EU institutions) for visa-free travel for EaP countries, including a strategy of promoting the positive benefits to EU members in terms of enhanced co-operation on security and cross-border crime, and dispensing myths among the wider EU public that visa regimes keep out criminal elements


There will be baseline reports for all EaP countries, followed by indepth studies into each country, policy briefs, no visa websites, and subsequent EU Advocacy Guidebook

Project start date October 2010 Dates of key outputs February 2011 - Baseline studies (six EaP countries)

April 2011 - Indepth research studies May 2011 - EU baseline study and monitoring September 2011 till December 2011 –Advocacy Guidebook on Understanding and Influencing EU Policy-Making, and in-country advocacy activities (also in selected EU member states and in Poland/Brussels during Polish EU Presidency)

Project end date December 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): LGI-OSI Budapest


√ a side-event at the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw, Poland (9 October 2011) √ at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011) √ Presentation in Brussels: Various dates

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page13of105 Current Project title: Promoting media reforms in the EaP countries

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Yerevan Press Club, Armenia


Country coverage of project √ Armenia


Short description of the project 1. Set forth a comprehensive list of recommendations to resolve the problems regarding freedom of expression.

2. Voice out all the specific issues in frames of EaP, for it to take appropriate measures.

3. Promote EaP and CSF in media, assisting CSF in developing media products

4. Planning and implementation of events and activities on media in the frames of CSF

5. Contribution to the agenda of the EaP on the multilateral and country level, prioritizing media issues

6. Participation in shaping the development of the CSF documents, formulation of their sections on media

7. Identifying cross-cutting issues within EaP, linked to Council of Europe standards


Project start date 1 January 2011 Dates of key outputs

Project end date 30 March 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation


√ Presentation in Brussels (the date is not specified yet. YPC will inform CSF as soon as the concrete date is scheduled)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page14of105 Current Project title: Monitoring report on the situation with human rights in

the EaP countries

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Belarusian Schuman Society, Poland

Other partners participating on the project (include country) People in Need, Czech Republic

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine


Short description of the project A short monitoring report on the situation with human rights in each of the EaP countries with a list of up-to-date questions to the representatives of the respective EaP governments on the developments in the sphere, prepared in cooperation with leading NGOs from each EaP Country.


Two reports, presentations depending on the funding

Project start date January 2011 - November 2011 Dates of key outputs March 2011, September 2011 (Meetings of respective

Platforms)

Project end date November 2011 (after the CSF)

Donor/Contractor (optional):


√ Eastern Partnership civil society forum event in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011)

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Policy

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Transparency International Secretariat, Germany

Other partners participating on the project (include country) TI Armenia, TI Georgia, TI Azerbaijan, TI Brussels Office

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Georgia √ Azerbaijan


Short description of the project The purpose of the project is to assess the implementation of commitments within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Action Plans in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. This is accomplished by developing a well-crafted methodology with concrete benchmarks, conducting an assessment of the situation in each country and carrying out evidence-based advocacy at national and EU levels by the joint efforts of TI Chapters in participating countries, TI Brussels Office and TI Secretariat in Berlin to promote more effective anti-corruption reforms.


European Neighbourhood Policy: Monitoring Armenia's Anti-corruption Commitments

Project start date 01.09.2009 Dates of key outputs

Project end date 30.06.2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs


√ Presentation in Brussels

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page16of105 Current Project title: Sustainable Urban Development project

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) City Council of Ukrainka, Ukraine

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Foundation in Support of Local Democracy (Poland), City

Council of Novolukoml (Belarus), Sudent Youth Council (Georgia), Association of Small Towns of Ukraine

Country coverage of project √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Poland


Short description of the project The overall objective: to contribute to the sustainable local development of 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 favourable 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 in 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 local economic development - To share positive practical experience in the introduction and implementation of urban strategic planning based on citizens'/public participation in Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia.


Project start date March 2010 Dates of key outputs

Project end date

Donor/Contractor (optional): CIUDAD


√ Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page17of105 Current Project title:

The Kutaisi process – supporting the progress of local democracy in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Association of Local Democracy Agencies, France


Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe, Local Democracy Agency Georgia, National Association of Local Authorities Georgia, Association of Municipalities Azerbaijan, Union of Communities, Armenia, Network of Associations of Local Authorities in South East Europe (NALAS)

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Georgia √ EU countries: France


Short description of the project (up to 100 words)

The Kutaisi process gathers associations of municipalities and NGOs working on development of local self-government in South Caucasus to discuss and exchange experience with each other and partners in other European countries on how to support the development of local self-government in South Caucasus. The participating organisations cooperate on other related projects to support the implementation of the conclusions of the yearly conferences and to support the development of citizen participation and local self-government in South Caucasus.


Conclusions of the conference and possible other material produced for or during the conference.

Project start date June 2011 (TBC)

Dates of key outputs November 2011 conference in Kutaisi.

Project end date April 2012 (TBC)

Donor/Contractor (optional): TBC


√ EaP CSF in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011) √ Presentation in Brussels (please specify expected date) Expected November – December 2011

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Lead organisation of the Project (include country) European Economic and Social Committee, Belgium




Short description of the project Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council with objective to assess which could be the added value of civil society to Eastern Partnership initiative and to address recommendations on how this contribution could be better directed to policy makers


Project start date 7 February 2011

Dates of key outputs February 2011 – questionnaire will be sent to representatives of EU and partner countries civil society in order to collect their opinion and recommendations March 2011 –hearing of representatives of European civil society May – completion

Project end date May 2011



√ Presentation in Brussels (June 2011)

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Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Academy of Ukrainian Press, Ukraine


Internews-Ukraine

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine


Short description of the project AUP and Internews-Ukraine already realized a pilot project “Ukrainian media landscape -2010” in December 2010 - January 2011. This project forms part of the network project EAP media landscape. Report structure: TV and radio, print media, new media: legislation, regulation, market review, access to Information; self-regulation; conditions of journalists’ activities, international cooperation, NGO media activities, journalism education. Research results will be published in two languages - Ukrainian and English. Research results will be presented during Media sub-group meeting (23.02.2011, Istanbul), where each country participant presents the national report.


Publication report

Project start date December, 2010 Dates of key outputs February, 2011

Project end date

Donor/Contractor (optional): Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung


√ a side-event at the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw, Poland (9 October 2011) √ at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011) √ Presentation in Brussels (no date specified}

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page20of105 Current Project title: Eastern Partnership. The reform platform! The

experience and results of the integration of Central European countries into the EU for the Eastern Partnership countries

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) NGO European Choice, Ukraine




Short description of the project Project mission: "Formation of public opinion on the necessity to implement European experience on reforms, democracy development and addressing important social problems " Project Activities: 1. Created (filmed and cut) a cycle of 20 television programs “Eastern Partnership - the path to reform!" Format - 20 minutes 2. A cycle of 20 TV programs "Eastern Partnership - the path to reform!" has been broadcasted with 30 regional broadcasters in each of the 6 Eastern Partnership countries.


Project Impact: 1. 30 regional and national broadcasters in 6 Eastern Partnership countries have been involved in broadcasting the TV programs. 5 TV stations in each Eastern Partnership country. 2. 7 hours of television productions prepared by all project participants 3. 42 airtime hours in each country will cover European integration topics. 4. 2100 airtime hours - the total volume of TV programs broadcasted in 6 Eastern Partnership countries. 5. The number of potential viewers with 30 regional TV stations in 6 Eastern Partnership countries is over 20 million people.

Project start date Dates of key outputs

Project end date

Donor/Contractor (optional): For which events (Warsaw summit/Poznan civil society forum meeting/events in Brussels) would a presentation be ready?


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websites and e-governance initiatives

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Regional Press Development Institute, Ukraine


Information Freedom Development Institute (IFDI), St. Petersburg, Russia

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ Other country: Russia


Short description of the project The Regional Press Development Institute (RPDI) will monitor 56 government websites, develop a transparency rating system, and disseminate the findings of its monitoring activities to improve the quality of government-run websites and e-governance initiatives in Ukraine.


56 detailed recommendations for each website monitored, ranking system, press conference

Project start date 1 October 2010 Dates of key outputs September 2011

Project end date 30 September 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): National Endowment for Democracy



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page22of105 Current Project title: “Public Debates”

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Association and Radio “Green Wave”

Other partners participating on the project (include country) ---

Country coverage of project √ Georgia


Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Provide informational support of democratic reforms; Popularize the main values of democracy and civil society ; Promote activities of the civil society-oriented NGO sector; Media monitoring and pressure on the government by means of disseminating the evaluations and viewpoints of experts.


Broadcasted series of public debates held by the South Caucasus regional office, report of the project

Project start date 01.02.2006 Dates of key outputs 30.12.2011


Donor/Contractor (optional): South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page23of105 Current Project title: “Wide Europe”

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Association “Green Wave”




Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Organizing quality discussion about the importance of Georgian integration into the EU on radio programs and video versions of these radio programs. Supporting community involvement in ongoing reforms.


Audio-video-photo materials, information in social networks

Project start date 01.01.2011

Dates of key outputs 30.06.2011 30.11.2011


Donor/Contractor (optional): Eurasia Partnership Foundation



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page24of105 Current Project title: “Civil/Media support of the reforms”





Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Project aims to provide informational support and civil monitoring on ongoing reforms. Organizing discussions, where society will have the opportunity to have a dialogue with the government – ministers and heads of different bodies



Project start date 15 January 2011 Dates of key outputs

15 March 2011 30 April 2011

Project end date 30 April 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Civil Institutionalism Development Fund



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page25of105 Current Project title: Monitoring Democracy Indicators to Gauge Armenia’s

Reform Process

Lead organisation of the Project (include country)

Yerevan Press Club (Armenia)




Short description of the project The long-term goal of the project is to ensure the consistency and adequacy of democratic reforms in Armenia and contributing to all existing development programs as well as providing recommendations for future ones, such as the newly launched EU Eastern Partnership. Expected Results: • Objective assessment of the democratic reform progress • Contributing to the democratic reform process • The Monitoring process will be streamlined • Public debate on reform process will be encouraged • The European institutions and initiatives have the tools and recommendations available to them to use in project design and setting their development agenda. • The capacity of the local civil society to monitor and to safeguard the democratic processes will be strengthened.


Project start date April 2008 Dates of key outputs

Project end date February 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Open Society Foundation Human Rights and Governance Grant Program.


√ Presentation in Brussels (the date is not specified yet.)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page26of105 Current Project title: Armenia’s ENP Implementation in 2010 -

Partnership for Open Society Perspective

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Partnership for Open Society


Open Society Foundations – Armenia Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center Collaboration for Democracy NGO Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia Yerevan State University Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office Armenian Association of Women with University Education Protection of Human Rights without Borders NGO Helsinki Committee of Armenia NGO Yerevan Press Club NGO Armenian State University of Economics



Short description of the project Monitoring of implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan (AP) in Armenia (the fourth year of a 5-year Action Plan). The 2010 monitoring covers human rights (freedom of assembly, penitentiary, armed forces, and police, freedom of religion), civil society participation, gender equality and domestic violence, judiciary, media, corruption, environment, economic development, labor rights, tax, customs and public procurement, and evaluates progress against the EU-Armenia Action Plan and the Implementation Tools for 2010. Fourth annual report was published in December 2010.


All reports are available on www.partnership.am

Project start date 2007 Dates of key outputs

Project end date 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Open Society Foundations – Armenia


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page27of105 Current Project title: Engagement of Civil Society Organisations in European

Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Implementation Monitoring

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Centre for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia

(CSRDG), Georgia

Other partners participating on the project (include country) CENN (Georgia), ICCN (Georgia), Elkana (Georgia)


Thematic area √ Platform 1, Democracy, good governance and stability √ Platform 2, Economic Integration and Convergence with EU Policies √ Platform 3, Energy, climate change, environment

Short description of the project Development of NGO coalition, and assessment of implementation of specific chapters of ENP-Georgia AP


Publication to be ready February 2011

Project start date January 2009 Dates of key outputs April 2009, December 2009, December 2010

Project end date March 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): APRODEV


√ a side-event at the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw, Poland (9 October 2011)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page28of105 Current Project title: Enhancing Ukrainian Participation in the EaP Civil

Society Forum

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Civic Assembly of Ukraine

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Representatives of other Ukrainian NGOs and think-tanks

that participated in the Civil Society Forum of the EaP. The International Renaissance Foundation initiated and supported the project.



Short description of the project The project supported the participation of Ukrainian civil society representatives who were short-listed but did not receive funding for participation in the EaP Civil Society Forum meeting in Berlin in November 2010. It also supported translation and dissemination of materials related to the EaP CSF among the Ukrainian civil society, and organising the forum of the Ukrainian civil society platform in the EaP CSF in order to plan activities in Ukraine during 2011.


Declaration of the Ukrainian platform

Project start date November 2010 Dates of key outputs January 2011

Project end date January 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): International Renaissance Foundation


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page29of105 Current Project title: Citizen Participation in Local Community Development

and National Level Decision-making Process

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies

Center/Azerbaijan

Other partners participating on the project (include country) National Democratic Institute (USA), European Exchange

(Germany)

Country coverage of project √ Azerbaijan


Short description of the project The Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) will implement its project on Citizen Participation in Local Community Development and National Level Decision-making Process in 2011. The project will be realized in 8 regions of Azerbaijan – Baku, Ganja, Nakhchevan, Shaki, Sumgayit, Jalilabad, Goychay and Beylagan. EMDS plans to conduct activities to encourage citizens’ participation in public administration, to increase capacity of local communities, to enhance accountability of responsibilities of local and national elected state, and to promote activities of local communities in this regard.


Reports/Survey results paper/Manuals

Project start date January, 2011 Dates of key outputs May, 2011

Project end date December, 2012

Donor/Contractor (optional): USAID, National Endowment for Democracy



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page30of105 Current Project title: Sharing Visegrad Four Experience of EU Integration:

Technical Assistance in the Areas of Legislation Reform and Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) DemNet (Hungary)

Other partners participating on the project (include country) DEMAS (Czech Republic), PONTIS (Slovakia), Education for

Democracy Foundation (Poland), Civitas Georgica (Georgia)



Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) NGOs need to connect to European networks to gain support and strength to monitor the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan, as well as to raise their voice on the lack of human development perspective of the Eastern Partnership Agenda of the EU. The Hungarian and the Polish EU Presidencies (2011), and CSO-programmes organized by various European networks provide momentum for advocacy efforts of Georgian NGOs in influencing their government’s engagement level. General objectives: 1) Empowerment of Georgian civil society through organizational capacity building, 2) Strengthening cooperation within Georgian sectors of Civil society as well as developing long-term partnerships btw. NGOs and municipal governments, to create a comprehensive support base for decentralization processes and 3) Developing the monitoring and advocacy capacities of NGOs in Georgia, to diversify their influence a more comprehensive NGO.


Reports, Handbooks: Impact Toolkit and the Transparency-package for the needs and circumstances of civil society NGOs in Georgia, Media-handbook for NGOs and journalists

Project start date 1 February 2011

Dates of key outputs during the project and at the end of the project

Project end date 31 January 2012

Donor/Contractor (optional): IVF



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page31of105 Current Project title: Think Tanks In Promoting Reforms: Experience of Poland

and Slovakia for Ukraine

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiative Foundation, Ukraine

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Institute for Public Affairs (Poland), Institute for Public Affairs

(Slovakia)

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Poland, Slovakia


Short description of the project The aim of this project will lay in establishing experience exchange between Ukrainian think tanks and expert community in two successfully reformed countries – Slovakia and Poland. The main activities will be dedicated to developing proposals how to implement the necessary for Ukraine reforms in democratic way in the spheres of the local government, public control over authorities’ activities, maintaining freedom and responsibility of mass-media based on the European values.


8 policy papers

Project start date 1 February.2011 Dates of key outputs May, October 2011

Project end date 1 November 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): NED


√ Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-29 November 2011) □ Presentation in Brussels (please specify expected date) After April 2011

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page32of105 Current Project title: Participatory Democracy in Action in Local-Self

Government System of Armenia

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Communities Finance Officers Association,

Armenia




Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) The purpose of the project is to monitor and support local self-government reforms in Armenia and contribute to the creation of culture of participatory democracy at local level. This goal will be achieved through the implementation of the following specific objectives: - Development of a manual on Participatory Democracy at local level - Increasing local actors capacities for the initiation and implementation of specific policy on Participatory Democracy - Development of policy and legislative recommendations on Participatory Democracy - Preparation and publication of the Report on Local Self-Government Reforms in Armenia for 2009 and 2010

The expected outputs of the Project are the following:

Published Training Manual on Participatory Democracy.

Strengthened capacities of local actors for the active involvement in Participatory Democracy issues.

Activated local actors for the initiation of their attempts to solve local issues.

Invested practical policies on Participatory Democracy (i.e. organization of discussions, public hearings, policy dialog, etc.) in pilot municipalities.

Policy and legislative recommendations on Participatory Democracy.

Published book on assessment reports of local self-government reforms for 2009 and 2010.


1. Reports on Local Self-Government Reforms in Armenia for 2009 and 2010.

2. Training manual on Participatory Democracy at Local Level.

Project start date 1 July 2010 Dates of key outputs June 2011 Project end date 1 July 2011 Donor/Contractor (optional): Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation/Local

Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (OSI-AF/LGI)



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page33of105 Current Project title: Yerevan (capital of Armenia) Budget Monitoring


Armenia




Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) The goal of the project is through the monitoring of the budgeting process assess transparency of budgeting process, accountability of local authorities, public participation to the decision making and effectiveness of municipal service provision, find ways to increase those and improve the quality of governance. This goal will be achieved through the implementation of the following specific objectives: - Monitor the budgeting process of Yerevan municipality

to assess the transparency, accountability and level of public participation at all stages of the mentioned process.

- Evaluate the budget structure aimed at effective municipal service delivery.

- Discus the revealed obstacles for transparency, accountability public participation and effective service delivery with the bodies of local self-government and civil society organizations.

- Prepare a policy brief for the government and the local authorities.

- Prepare a document which will be guiding the future initiatives of CSO’s in area of local budget monitoring.


1. Comprehensive report on Yerevan budget monitoring 2. Policy brief highlighting the main findings and

providing recommendation for improvements 3. Guideline describing the steps taken, obstacles

encountered and solution applied during this particular project with possible implications for similar once

Project start date 1 December 2010 Dates of key outputs August 2011

Project end date 31 August 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation (OSI AF –Armenia)



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page34of105 Current Project title: Democracy monitoring and watch-dogging monitoring

for improvement in good governance and stability (not a project, but multi-year program)

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Ukraine, Kherson CVU

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Kherson's NGO



Short description of the project Democracy monitoring and watch-dogging monitoring for improvement a good governance and stability


Publication(s), reports, audiovisual, and presentations

Project start date many years ago Dates of key outputs ongoing

Project end date never

Donor/Contractor (optional): different, but more often self-funded


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page35of105 Current Project title: Independent newspaper

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Zeleny Ruh, Mykolaiv, Ukraine



Thematic area √ Platform 1, Democracy, good governance and stability √ Platform 3, Energy, climate change, environment √ Platform 4, Contacts between People

Short description of the project To create an independent newspaper for popularization of the European life quality standards, healthy way of life, prevention of climate change, and monitoring of Ukraine obeying international agreements in this area. The newspaper is already registered, and 4 issues of it have been published. For different reasons, including political pressure, the newspaper was not published for some time. The aim of the current project is to restore the newspaper's work, to make the newspaper popular.


First issue of the newspaper issued

Project start date n/a Dates of key outputs

Project end date n/a




CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page36of105 Current Project title: Research Based Anti-corruption Advocacy

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Transparency International Secretariat, Berlin

Other partners participating on the project (include country) TI Armenia



Short description of the project The project aims at increasing levels of transparency and accountability in the Armenian public sector through a more effective fight against corruption, increased pressure on authorities, heightened effectiveness of international assistance and enhanced public awareness on issues of corruption. The goal will be achieved through conducting National Integrity System (NIS) research and gap analysis of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), and carrying out advocacy campaign based on research results.


Report

Project start date 01.07.2009 Dates of key outputs


Donor/Contractor (optional): UK Department for International Development


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page37of105 PLANNED PLATFORM 1 PROJECTS Planned Project title: EAP media landscape: Ukraine - 2011

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Academy of Ukrainian Press, Ukraine

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Internews-Ukraine



Short description of the planned project

AUP and Internews –Ukraine plan the project “Ukrainian media landscape -2011. This project forms part of the network project EAP media landscape. Report structure: TV and radio, print media, new media: legislation, regulation, market review, access to Information; self-regulation; conditions of journalists’ activities, international cooperation, NGO media activities, journalism education. Research results will be published in two languages - Ukrainian and English.


Publication report

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) May, 2011

Likely dates of key outputs During year

Approximate project end date December 2011

Target donor/contractor (optional): International Renaissance Foundation (IRF), CIDA

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page38of105 Planned Project title: Participatory Democracy in Action in Local-Self

Government System of Armenia


Armenia





(Brief summary, outputs, etc.) This Project will be logical continuation of current Project. New municipalities will be included in this Project


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) July-October 2011

Likely dates of key outputs

Approximate project end date

Target donor/contractor (optional): Counterpart International/USAID

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page39of105 Planned Project title: Radio discussions – National Platform for Eastern

Partnership






(Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Aim of the project is to create discussion space specially for National Platform of Eastern Partnership Civil Forum in order to support consideration of recommendations developed by National Platform Thematic groups in public policy agenda. It aims at the creation of radio discussions focused on particular problems, specific topics, as an additional mechanism for supporting cooperation between national government and civil society and for exchanging information.


Audio records, information in social networks – video/audio/photo materials

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) 1 July 2011

Likely dates of key outputs 1 July 2012

Approximate project end date 1 July 2012

Target donor/contractor (optional): US Embassy Public Affairs Section

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page40of105 Planned Project title: “Development of Media Criticism in Georgia"




Thematic area √ Platform 4, Contacts between People


(Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Project aims to support public discussion about actual issues related to media, participating people having different positions, e.g. experts and media professionals. To raise awareness of journalists and civil society about journalist’s professional rights and social accountability.


Weekly interactive program records about media criticism, report of the project, TV coverage

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) 10.02.2011

Likely dates of key outputs 15.06.2011 12.12.2011

Approximate project end date 12.12.2011

Target donor/contractor (optional): The Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page41of105 Planned Project title: Seminar with Moldovan Civil Society



Possible participation of the Moldovan Participative Council

Country coverage of project √ Moldova

Thematic area √ Platform 1, Democracy, good governance and stability √ Platform 2, Economic Integration and Convergence with EU Policies


The joint workshop will concentrate on the role for civil society in the future EU-Moldova Association Agreement and on the contribution of civil society to the Eastern Partnership Initiative


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) October 2011



Target donor/contractor (optional):

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page42of105 Planned Project title: Supporting actitivies of the Ukrainan platform of the EaP

CSF in 2011

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) No application submitted so far





The project will aim at consolidating Ukrainian civil society around the Ukrainian platform of the EaP civil society forum in order to ensure participation of the broader Ukrainian civil society in development of the EaP and using EaP to promote reforms in Ukraine


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) March 2011

Likely dates of key outputs May 2011, November 2011

Approximate project end date January 2012

Target donor/contractor (optional): International Renaissance Foundation (IRF)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page43of105 Planned Project title: Train To Democracy

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) NGO Open Society Foundation, Ukraine


YMCY Italy, YMCA Romania, Egyesek Youth Association Hungary, Youth Council Armenia, Youth Council Georgia

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Georgia √ Ukraine √ EU countries (Italy, Romania, Hungary)



The project involves 6 democracy-promoting personal-development trainings in different Ukrainian regions and 1 international training course - which bring together active people from 6 countries that have an unstable political or economical situation because of democracy issues in their countries. During 12 months, the project participants will get the opportunity to foster their personality and imagination for their own development, inter-cultural dialogue, building cooperation through innovative and informal learning approaches promoting democracy in their communities. We will encourage participants to promote democracy in their community by leading them to think for themselves what good governance and stability mean for them, and to express the result of this thinking to the rest of the world. By creating democracy-promoting video and organizing local activities after the training course, by presenting the results through Internet and media, they will also stimulate other people from their area and from the rest of the world concerning what they can do to bring Democracy and good governance a little bit closer.


6 short videos in 6 languages, at least 6 publications in 6 languages published in 6 local newspapers.

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) summer 2011

Likely dates of key outputs 2011

Approximate project end date spring 2012


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page44of105 Planned Project title: Engagement of Civil Society in European Neighbourhood

Policy Action Plan Implementation

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Centre for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia

(CSRDG) (Georgia)


CENN (Georgia), ICCN (Georgia), Elkana (Georgia)




Evaluation of implementation of specific chapters of Georgia-ENP AP during 2011 and the whole period of 2007-2011


Report to be ready end November 2011


Likely dates of key outputs Report to be ready end November 2011

Approximate project end date December 2011

Target donor/contractor (optional): APRODEV

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page45of105 Planned Project title: Launch the International School for Journalist and

Editors

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Regional Press Development Institute, Ukraine


RPDI negotiate with EU journalists' organization

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Lithuania, Poland, Holland, Czech Republic



Introduce the principles of the EU to the media and journalists. 2 schools for journalists and 2 schools for editors are every year. There will be 16-18 participants per school


publication, reports and other materials about the schools

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) 2012

Likely dates of key outputs after 6 months from start date

Approximate project end date 2014 or 2015


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page46of105 PLATFORM 2 ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND CONVERGENCE WITH EU POLICIES THREE MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECTS with POTENTIAL FOR PRESENTATION IN WARSAW/POZNAN: Current Project title: EAST ALLIANCE

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) EUROCHAMBERS AISBL, BELGIUM

Other partners participating on the project (include country) 6 Eastern Partnership countries

21 EU countries and Turkey

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, UK √ Turkey

Thematic area √ Platform 2, Economic Integration and Convergence with EU Policies

Short description of the project EUROCHAMBRES and its partners fully subscribe to the following objectives: promote and facilitate investment, and economic cooperation at large, between the EU and the EaP countries, but also between these countries themselves. In particular, welcome the focus on developing concrete activities which should have immediate results for SMEs in the region, and the necessity to work with business organisations, offering capacity building to secure a sustainable impact. Translating these general objectives into strategic targets, EUROCHAMBRES and its partners will focus on the following elements: § To rely on relevant stakeholders and to build a sustainable and legitimate network: the EAST ALLIANCE. § To develop a programme which is demand driven and based on mutual interest § To develop an integrated approach inter-linking all instruments, increasing impact and ownership and therefore sustainability. § To embed the programme in a wider policy context, looking for synergies and increase its relevance in the EU Eastern Partnership context. Estimated results 1. SME support networks are consolidated and/or established, both in the Eastern Neighbourhood Region (EAST-NET), and in the EU (EURONET); 2. Matchmaking meetings between EU and Eastern SMEs


are organised to initiate partnerships, including participation in regional fairs. 3. Technical Assistance is provided to SMEs within EAST-NET, to enhance their networking and trading competences and opportunities 4. Technical Assistance is provided to business facilitators within EASTNET, to enhance their abilities and opportunities in supporting network SMEs; 5. Technical Assistance is provided to selected public sector bodies within EAST-NET, in order to enhance their capacity to create a more conducive business environment for SMEs within the entire EASTINVEST region.


Project start date 1.12.2010 Dates of key outputs The detailed schedule of project activities is under

development Key outputs: - Identification of priority sectors for East Invest - Detailed analysis on investment potential in 6 countries - Strategy agreed for further investment intelligence plan - SME input for policy dialogue - Tutoring for further assistance - 6 Investor Fora organised, each attracting around 100 SMEs and all relevant public and private organisations concerned with investment promotion - Policy input through public-private dialogue during the event - SME Coaching facility designed for each of the 6 countries - Facility tested and offered to SMEs, with long term potential. - BSO meetings in each country to discuss results and agree on further capacity building - 3 East Invest conferences organized to review the programme results and discuss the Eastern Partnership at large.


Donor/Contractor (optional): European Commission EAST-INVEST Eastern Partnership / SME Facility



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page48of105 Current Project title: Eastern Partnership Policy-Bridging

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) PASOS, Czech Republic, LGI-OSI (Budapest)


Expert-Grup Moldova, Center for Economic and Social Development, Azerbaijan, New Economics School, Georgia Sciences Po, France CEPS, Belgium Various EU think-tanks

Country coverage of project √ Azerbaijan √ Georgia √ Moldova √ EU partners: Belgium, France, Germany, Cyprus


Short description of the project (a) fellowships between EaP country analysts and EU think-tanks (b) a number of projects between EaP think-tanks: 1. The prospects for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area Agreement (DCFTA) between Georgia and the EU Team: Patrick Messerlin (Sciences Po), Michael Emerson (CEPS), Gia Jandieri (New Economic School, Tbilisi), in co-operation with Tamara Kovziridze, Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister of Georgia/Head of Advisory Group on Foreign Relations 2. Sector policy convergences in trade (technical rules/standards) and customs (cross-border co-operation) areas in Azerbaijan to support the EU Eastern Partnership initiative Team: Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD), Azerbaijan The Management Center for Mediterranean, Cyprus Association of Young Economists of Georgia 3. Using Computable General Equilibrium Models (GCE) with Micro-Simulations to Analyze the Economy-Wide Impact of Economic Policies Relevant for Moldova’s European Integration Team: Expert-Grup, Moldova Kiel Institute for World Economy, Germany

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page49of105 Publication(s)/reports/ audiovisual or other presentations to result from project

Policy papers

Project start date January 2010 Dates of key outputs February and March 2011 (presentations of papers and policy

recommendations in Brussels)


Donor/Contractor (optional): LGI-OSI, Hungary


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page50of105 Current Project title: Eastern Partnership and the Eastern Dimension of the EU

policies, with particular emphasis on the EU agricultural policy




Thematic area √ Platform 2, Economic Integration and Convergence with EU Policies √ Platform 3, Energy, climate change, environment

Short description of the project Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the future Polish Presidency of the Council. The opinion will assess the impact of ENP on the other policies of the Union.


Project start date February 2011 Dates of key outputs The opinion will be adopted in September 2011

Project end date September 2011



√ Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011) √ Presentation in Brussels (end 2011)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page51of105 OTHER PLATFORM 2 PROJECTS READY BY WARSAW SUMMIT/POZNAN FORUM: Current Project title: European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan 2010

implementation monitoring for Georgia concerning several issues related with economic integration and convergence with EU Policies

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Eurasia Partnership Foundation (Georgia)


Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (Georgia)



Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Monitoring implementation of and advocacy for fulfillment of obligations taken over by the government of Georgia in the framework of the ENP Action Plan: Eurasia partnership Foundation (EPF) will focuse on the issues related with negotiation of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). Some other topics may be also selected if broad gaps in monitoring are revealed. In cooperation with other actors, EPF will prepare and publish comprehensive reports and organize presentations in Brussels and Tbilisi in the beginning of 2011 and 2012. In addition to those events EPF will regularly organize working meetings with other stakeholders in the concerned fields and the government of Georgia in order to advocate for fulfillment of recommendations outlined by the reports.


Publication of the monitoring findings.

Project start date 01.12.2010 Dates of key outputs Reports published:

February 2011 and February 2012


Donor/Contractor (optional): Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page52of105 Current Project title: Granting of means of production (greenhouses) for the

families with 1 child/2 children in Transcarpathian region. Training of agronomics in above-mentioned families

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Terra Dei Foundation (non-profit), Ukraine – Agricultural

Advisory Centre




Short description of the project The main goal of the project “Granting of means of production (greenhouses) for the families with 1 child/2 children of the low-lying areas of Transcarpathian region. Training of agronomics in above-mentioned families” is the realization of the principle of “to give a fishing-rod, not the fish” (Evangel), by the means of creation of little farms, giving to the families greenhouses for the market gardening, the aid of consulting agriculturist and providing a training of profitable farm-keeping. This support will also teach the children to earn their living by a honest work.


Project start date 2008 Dates of key outputs 2012

Project end date

Donor/Contractor (optional): Dorcas


√ Eastern Partnership summit in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page53of105 Current Project title: EU – Moldova relations: monitoring the progress in the

framework of the Eastern Partnership in 2011

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Expert-Grup (Moldova) and ADEPT (Moldova)


There are only two partners (stated above)



Short description of the project This project is conceived as a source of alternative, independent monitoring of the progress achieved in 2011 in the relations between Republic of Moldova and EU as part of the ongoing negotiations of the Association Agreement and related agreements. The project will also advise the Moldovan policymakers on policy options and solutions for implementing the agreements.


• Euromonitor – quarterly monitoring publication; • Elaboration of the end-year alternative Moldova’s

progress report for the European Comission; • Six policy papers • Two editions of the European Perspectives

Project start date January 2011 Dates of key outputs 30 April 2011, 30 July 2011, 30 November 2011, and 30

January (2012) – public presentation of the Euromonitor;

Project end date January 2012

Donor/Contractor (optional): Moldovan Soros Foundation



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page54of105 Current Project title: European Innovation Policy and EaP: View from Eastern

Partner Country

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Association European Studies for Innovative Development of

Georgia

Other partners participating on the project (include country) None

Country coverage of project √ Georgia √ EU countries: EU as a whole, MSs and regions


Short description of the project The project's aim is to study and show CS, Governmental agencies and the general public in Georgia the wide spectrum of issues and policies implied by the terms "innovative development" and "Eurointegration" and country readiness, as well as extent to which EaP reflects them. It includes seminars and book publishing. It uses and develops results of the 2009-2010 EU Jean Monnet Programme project. It also is of an interest for other EaP countries.


Book: EaP Programme and Prospects of Innovative Development of Georgia, 200 p., (in Georgian language). Reports at the seminars Free dissemination through Internet

Project start date January 2011 Dates of key outputs 30 April 2011

1 June 2011 30 September 2011

Project end date October 2011 Donor/Contractor (optional): Open Society Foundation – Georgia (Soros Foundation)

EU Jean Monnet Programme


√ Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011) √ Presentation in Brussels: Any time after 30 November 2011

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page55of105 PLANNED PLATFORM 2 PROJECTS Planned Project title: Study on Social Dialogue in EaP countries

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Eurasia Partnership Foundation (Georgia)

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Eurasia Partnership Foundation in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Partners in other EaP countries still need to be identified.




(Brief summary, outputs, etc.) The objective of the study of the social dialogue in the EaP 6 is to assess the current level of social dialogue within the EaP 6, compare this level across the EaP 6, and define the capacity building needs of the respective social partners as well as the legal and administrative frameworks for developing social dialogue at the national and company levels. The study will determine the potential for using the EU’s new member states’ (NMS) experience of social dialogue to promote policies that improve social and labor standards in the region and facilitate the economic development and European approximation of the countries concerned. The specific objectives of the research are:

• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of social dialogue capacities at both a sectoral and company level in each country;

• Identify needs for further research to assess the impact of social dialogue on the overall economic development of the country and the region.


Study Report

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) N/A

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page56of105 Likely dates of key outputs N/A

Approximate project end date N/A

Target donor/contractor (optional): N/A

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page57of105 Planned Project title: EU – Moldova relations: monitoring the progress in the

framework of the Eastern Partnership in 2012

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Expert-Grup (Moldova) and ADEPT (Moldova)


There are only two partners (stated above)




This project is conceived as a source of alternative, independent monitoring of the progress achieved in 2012 in the relations between Republic of Moldova and EU as part of the ongoing negotiations of the Association Agreement and related agreements. The project will also advise the Moldovan policymakers on policy options and solutions for implementing the agreements.


• Euromonitor – quarterly monitoring publication; • Elaboration of the end-year alternative Moldova’s

progress report for the European Comission; • Six policy papers • Two editions of the European Perspectives

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) January 2012

Likely dates of key outputs 30 April 2012, 30 July 2012, 30 November 2012, and 30 January 2013 – public presentation of the Euromonitor;

Approximate project end date January 2013

Target donor/contractor (optional): Moldovan Soros Foundation

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page58of105 Planned Project title: EU Regional Innovation Policy as a model for EaP

country regions

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Association European Studies for Innovative Development of

Georgia


UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, Netherlands (as a consultant)

Country coverage of project √ Georgia √ EU countries: All countries and their regions with focus on the New Member States



The project aims at increasing knowledge and awareness of regional innovation policies as part of the European integration process among academics, local governments and civil society groups in regions of Georgia, thus supporting Georgia’s participation in EaP Programme and other integration processes. This is achieved through: a) a detailed study of EU regional innovation policy issues and publishing a book in Georgian language on EU innovation policies' regional, rural and agricultural development components; b) workshops based on the study results in the regions of Georgia, hosted by the local universities, with participation of representatives of the principal target groups; The project is run by a multidisciplinary research team with participation of international contributors.


Book: EU Regional Innovation Policy and EaP Programme. 200 pages (in Georgian language) A number of presentations at three workshops. Internet-based free dissemination of results (including book and presentations

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) September 2011 (in case of success in the competition)

Likely dates of key outputs June 2012 August 2012

Approximate project end date August 2012 Target donor/contractor (optional): EU Lifelong Learning Programme, Jean Monnet Programme

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page59of105 Planned Project title: Civilised business relations

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) ‘Community Initiatives and Advocacy Center’ NGO, Armenia





(Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Our purpose – to establish civilized relations in the private sector of the north regions RA, and to reduce corruption in the regions. We are going to organize seminars about international accounting and auditing standards, about International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) rules of conduct and recommendation for combating corruption, developing standards and procedures based on the said rules and recommendations, and by establishing rules of conduct and rules for preventing conflict of interests. We are going to organize roundtables each month, meetings with participation of representatives of the state bodies, judicial bodies, with deputies. In these meetings will raise and directly many questions will solve. We are going to organize scientific conference about this problem, and these materials to give to the State Government of RA for a reception corresponding decisions. We are going to organize TV reports and to publish booklets. Besides Arbitration will realise extrajudicial processes, reconciliation in areas the worker with organisation, the organization with organization. Which is innovation and its practice is absent in our region. Expected results: - The regulation of communications between private organizations and the law: the financial and trade-economic activities of private organizations will further conform to legal acts. This will lead to the increased protection of their rights. - An increase in the effectiveness of the Arbitrage as a direct result of the greater exposure it receives from the project and its close coordination with it. This will in turn lead to the amendment of the corresponding laws as a direct result of practical experience gained by the Arbitrage. - The scientific, comprehensive and appropriate documentation of corruption and anti-corruption activity as a result of the organized conference on corruption. This will in turn pressure central government into taking more serious anti-corruption action. - The adherence of employer-employee relationships with the concerned laws. This will lead to the better protection of workers’ rights. - The reduction of corruption in the private sector.


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) Junе - July 2011


Approximate project end date March-April 2012


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page61of105 Planned Project title: eTraining for ICT Specialists-Armenia-Moldova-Romania

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Center for professional training and regional development,

Romania

Other partners participating on the project (include country) UITE, Armenia; National Association of Private ICT

Companies, Moldova

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Moldova √ EU countries: Romania



Create the training capacity as well as provide high level training to ICT specialist in the region which will increase competitiveness.


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) Time schedule depends on the approval by donors




CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page62of105 Planned Project title: Black Sea Regional portal creation project

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) UITE, Armenia

Other partners participating on the project (include country) MASIT, Macedonia; Center for Professional Training and

Regional Development, Romania; ICT Business Council, Georgia; TEI Kavala, Greece; Black Sea Regional Confederation, Turkey; Varna Economic Development Agency, Bulgaria

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ EU countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Greece Other countries: Turkey, Macedonia



Project will create a capacity for partner organizations to enhance cooperation, business networking and generate joint events.


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) 1 October 2011

Likely dates of key outputs 01 December 2011

Approximate project end date 01 October 2013

Target donor/contractor (optional): The Black Sea Basin Joint Operational Programme

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page63of105 PLATFORM 3 ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT TWO MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECTS WITH POTENTIAL FOR PRESENTATION IN WARSAW/POZNAN: Current Project title: Strengthening Monitoring of EU financial flows in Eastern

Partnership Countries

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Association Green Alternative (Georgia)


Central and Eastern European Bankwatch Network (Czech Republic), NECU (Ukraine)

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Bulgaria, Belgium


Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Project aims 1. To increase NGOs capacity in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine for ensuring that the use of ENPI funding is effective, transparent, socially and environmentally sustainable and that this spending is in the interests of both the people in recipient countries and the donor countries' taxpayers. 2. To support NGOs campaigns on concrete projects through highlighting negative social and environmental impacts on EU and international level;

• Working jointly of number of EBRD/EIB funded projects like Tbilisi railway bypass project, Enguri HPP, Ukrainian high transmission lines (for more information www.bankwatch.org)

• Participation in consultations re – NIP , ENP action Plan implementation, budgetary support, EU external financial interventions in 2014-2020, as well as facilitate EaP and groups participation in consultations

• Meeting with EC officials (DG Relex. DG Environment, and etc) and providing feedback to interested groups

• Coordination with G-10 group working on future cohesion policy

• Monitoring EU budgetary support in Ukraine and Georgia

• Monitoring ENP implementation in EaP countries (exc.Belarus) – providing support to local groups

• Establishing the new contacts in Moldova and


Armenia • Development of ENPI resource guide • Development of essential knowledge and Advocacy

on EU Multilateral Annual Framework Based on implemented activities, the project working group will continue to work on the ENPI funding issues in EaP countries and its compliance with ENP and EaP goals. As we have more programming approach rather project one, while the activities will continue the leader organization among groups and leading donor may changed; There were number of project proposals prepare to extend the major activities


http://www.greenalt.org/en_programs7.php?lng=en_ www.Bankwatch.org

Project start date 1 May 2010 Dates of key outputs • 30 November - 1 December – organizing NGO

Working Session on ENPI. Working session was primarily designed for NGOs from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine and aimed at finding out the ways of better coordination of NGO actions regarding the ENP, in order to influence the EU funds distribution, programming and implementation in the region. The representatives from Belgium and Bulgaria shared their experiences regarding the programming of EU pre-accession and cohesions funds and the EU budgetary processes.

• Bankwatch Position on ENP and ENPI launched in February 2011

• 15 February 2011 – launch of online resource – Activist guide on ENP, EaP and ENPI; (with followed Russian version)

• The Progress in implementation of ENP AP implementation in Georgia 2007-2010, in Environment and Sustainable Development sectors (update, the first edition 2007-2009 is http://www.greenalt.org/webmill/data/file/publications/ENP_Eng.pd)

Project end date 1 May 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Black Sea Trust, EU delegation in Georgia, PSO


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page65of105 Current Project title: What kind of Neighbourhood Policy do we need to

ensure security of supply for the EU?




Thematic area √ Platform 3, Energy, climate change, environment

Short description of the project Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council. The opinion aims to provide recommendations on how to improve the security of energy supply through a reinforced neighbourhood policy of the EU. The objective of guaranteeing security of supply must be achieved equally for all EU member States but this opinion will put a specific focus on the energy supply for the Eastern and South-eastern EU Member States.


Project start date January 2011

Dates of key outputs The opinion will be adopted in March 2011




√ Presentation in Brussels (April 2011)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page66of105 OTHER PLATFORM 3 PROJECTS READY BY WARSAW SUMMIT/POZNAN FORUM: Current Project title: Enhancing participation of Ukrainian Environmental

NGOs in developing EU-Ukraine relationship

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) UNENGO MAMA-86

Other partners participating on the project (include country) ICF “Environment. People. Law”, RAC “Society and the

Environment”, CRA “Ecologia i Mir”, ICF “Zelene Dossier”, Center for Environment and Health Risk Assessment, International Environmental Safety Committee



Short description of the project EU-Ukraine cooperation is a major incentive to impact environmental policy reform in Ukraine. At the same time, Ukrainian environemental NGOs mainly concentrate on other international processes within UN multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). The project aims to consolidate and structure environmental NGOs' efforts in monitoring and lobbying of the environmental pillar of the multilateral and bilateral dimensions of EU-Ukaine cooperation formats such as Agenda of the Association, Eastern Partnership Initiative, European Neighbourhood Policy implementation, to inform public about it, and to lobby for strengthening of the EU instruments and pressure the national goverment in order to drive the reform in the direction of the EU. The national Working group on Environmental Eurointegration "Envint” was established by a regulation adopted in mid-2010. The project supported the participation of the coordinator in the Environment and Climate Change Panel meeting of the EaP.

Results • Improved knowledge, experience and participation in

EU-UA cooperation processes • Joint proposal to ENP 2010 progress report in

Ukraine prepared and submitted to the Commission; • Joint assessment report on EU-UA AoA

implementation in 2010 is prepared and distributed; • Regular informing is installed.


2010 NGO monitoring&assessment report of EU-UA AoA environmental pillar implementation due to be published in March - April, 2011.

Project start date March 2010

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page67of105 Dates of key outputs

2010 NGO monitoring & assessment report of EU-UA AoA environmental pillar implementation will be published in March - April 2011.





CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page68of105 Current Project title: e3forum

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) e3Platform


Europe Business Association, Ukraine Partnership Bureau and others

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Sweden, Germany √ non-EU: Norway

Thematic area √ Platform 2, Economic Integration and Convergence with EU Policies √ Platform 3, Energy, climate change, environment √ Platform 4, Contacts between People

Short description of the project Environmental and energy-efficient construction are e3forum 2011 main themes. e3forum 2011 deals with topical issues of development and management of territories, the problems of innovation and technological movement of society and the construction industry in the direction of creating a comfortable, safe, environmentally and energy efficient environment. It begins a public-private partnership in energy-efficient and green building in Central and Eastern Europe.


http://uapb.eu/english_news/270-e3forum.html

Project start date 22.02.2011 Dates of key outputs 22-26.02.2011


Donor/Contractor (optional): Ukraine Partnership Bureau


√ a side-event at the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw, Poland (9 October 2011)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page69of105 Current Project title: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

implementation in Ukraine due to experience of the EITI partner countries

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) NNomos Center, Ukraine

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Centre for Global Studies "Strategy XXI", Ukraine, IRF



Short description of the project The project aims to provide complete study of experience of countries that have implemented EITI.


publication

Project start date October 2010

Dates of key outputs December 2010





CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page70of105 Current Project title: Support of Sustainable Development and European

Integration of Georgia through the Development of Participatory Policy and the Implementation of Thematic Institutional Dialogue

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) CENN and WEG (World Experience for Georgia)


Member organizations of Platform 3 (22 organizations), Energy, climate change, environment



Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.)

The project is aimed at the institutional development of the Third Thematic Group of the National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. Planned activities within the framework of the project include:

1. Capacity building, awareness raising, development and implementation of the vision, activities, forms of cooperation, principles and mechanisms of information exchange of the group.

2. Identification of current high priority issues in the fields of energy security, environment, and climate change within the “Eastern Partnership” process; the examination of these issues and their introduction to the Civil Society Forum and other stakeholders.

3. Initiation of participatory work and commencement of a thematic and constructive dialogue among state institutions and civil society.

The final objective of the project is the support of sustainable development and the process of European integration in order to ensure the implementation of institutional dialogue, enhance the competence of the Civil Society Forum, and provide a participatory approach in the fields of energy security, climate change, and environment protection.


The following will be prepared within the frameworks of the project:

• Discussion documents, expert conclusions, and recommendations (policy analysis) with regards to energy security, environment, and climate change

• Progress report on the results of the monitoring of the “Eastern Partnership” process in energy security, environment, and climate change


• Journalistic materials • Final project report

Project start date 1 January 2011 Dates of key outputs Policy analysis of energy security, environment, and climate

change – May – November, 2011 Report on the results of the monitoring – November, 2011 Final project report – January, 2012

Project end date 1 January 2012

Donor/Contractor (optional): Open Society – Georgia Foundation



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page72of105 Current Project title: Evaluation of new EU legislation in the energy sphere

and development of projects for their implementation in Ukraine due to Ukraine's accession to the European Energy Community

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Centre for Global Studies "Strategy XXI", Ukraine


Center for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: EU as a whole


Short description of the project The project aims to be oriented on analyzes of four core directions of the EU Energy Policy development: Energy Infrastructure Instrument, Roadmap 2050, Energy Efficiency Plan and External Energy Policy. It is expected to provide a comparative study of appropriate Ukrainian legislation and to work out recommendations of necessary changes. Furthermore, they will be presented to respective stakeholders (government authorities, NGOs, international institutions).


recommendations, publication

Project start date 1 March 2011 Dates of key outputs 1 June 2011; 1 September 2011; 1 December 2011

Project end date 31 December 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): International Renaissance Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page73of105 PLANNED PLATFORM 3 PROJECTS ONE MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECT PLANNED WITH FUTURE PRESENTATION POSSIBILITIES: Planned Project title: Enhancing the cooperation of WG3 members in

implementation of the EaP CSF Agenda on environment and climate change

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) UNENGO MAMA-86


To be determined

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Poland, WWF



(Brief summary, outputs, etc.) The goal of the project is to strengthen the cooperation between WG 3 members of partner countries on joint work for environmental policy reforms in the course of environmental priorities of EaP. Objectives: 1) to take stocks on environmental pillar implementation of bilateral cooperation of partner countires with the EU, EaP and ENPI implementation and NGOs input 2) to elaborate unified approach to monitoring and assessment of environmental policy reform in partner countries in relation to EaP 3) to improve access to information, communication and public participation in ENP/ EaP on environmental matters. Expected results:

• Joint WG3 NGO study on environmental policy reform implementation in the course of convergence with EU policy and legislation in partner countries and NGOs input is prepared

• Web-resource developed covering focused information from partner countries on NGO activities related to EaP (possibly on the CSF platform or other already developed platforms such as

http://www.easternpartnership.org/frontpage of OCW • WG3 Paper on Flagship initiative implementation on

Good Environmental Governance is issued prior to Environmental Panel meeting (September 2011)


• NGO Report on environmental policy reform implementation in the course of convergence with EU policy and legislation in partner countries and NGOs input


• WG3 Paper on Flagship initiative implementation on Good Environmental Governance


Likely dates of key outputs September 2011 (Paper on FI) November 2011 (Report)

Approximate project end date February 2012

Target donor/contractor (optional): Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and International Renaissance Fund

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page75of105 OTHER PLANNED PLATFORM 3 PROJECTS Planned Project title: Harmonisation of Ukrainian and EU environmental

legislation

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Environment-People-Law (Ukraine)





(Brief summary, outputs, etc.) The project envisages analysis of three EU directives on environmental impact assessment, climate change and air pollution and relevant Ukrainian legislation to develop recommendations as for changes to be introduced into Ukrainian legislation.


Analytical report as well as articles in EPL Journal will be published as a result of the project.

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) June 2011

Likely dates of key outputs May 2012

Approximate project end date June 2012


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page76of105 Planned Project title: Strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations

Lead organization of the Project (include country) Brontosauří ekocentrum Zelený kruh (BEZK) , Czech

Republic

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Ecological Movement of Moldova

Country coverage of project √ Moldova √ EU countries: Czech Republic



To strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations by improving their managerial and communication skills and support of their own initiatives. Thus help them to achieve sustainability and to become respected and reliable partner for local authorities and international partners, consequently, to better represent interest of target groups, they are focused on, including the role of civil society in Eastern partnership development.


1) Participants (45 – 60) will be trained to do the fundraising, project management, budgeting and reporting also they will be trained how to cooperate with regional stakeholders

2) Participants will prepare their sustainable development project that met given standards.

3) At least two new sustainable development regional projects proposed by participanst will be launched.

4) Regionally sustainable development issues will be solved. 5) Manual with information about project management and

project implementation will be issued. 6) Website with information about the project and with the visibility will be operated.

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) depends on funding approval

Likely dates of key outputs April 2011 – March 2013

Approximate project end date March 2013

Target donor/contractor (optional): European Commission EuropeAid Development and Cooperation

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page77of105 Planned Project title: Joint Workshop with Ukrainian Civil Society

Lead organisation of the Project (include country)

Other partners participating on the project (include country) National Tripartite Social and Economic Council of Ukraine

Possible involvement of the Ukrainian National platform of the EAP CSF


Thematic area √ Platform 2, Economic Integration and Convergence with EU √ Platform 3, Energy, climate change, environment


The workshop will deal with the issue of sustainable development and in particular with measures to promote green economy and with the institutional framework for sustainable development in Ukraine and the EU.


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) September 2011





Planned Project title: Development of Economic Mechanisms of Environmental Management in Armenia

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Association of Young Environmental Lawyers and

Economists NGO


Ministry of Environment (Armenia) Aarhus Centres (Armenia)

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ EU countries: Czech Republic



We are proposing to implement a complex project on capacity building and awareness raising of the economic mechanisms of environmental management, under Eastern Partnership and Armenia-EU association agreement negotiations. Implementation of project requires involvement of environmental NGOs throughout the republic, representatives of academic and privet sectors, local authorities responsible for environmental issues, as well as state Environmental Inspection employees. The objectives of the project implementation are elucidation of economic mechanisms of environmental management, finding of financial resources in the result of utilization of mechanisms, reduction of environmental pollution and overexploitation of natural resources, as well as maintenance of public-government link for the abovementioned target population groups. Upon completion of project environmental NGOs, representatives of academic and privet sectors, local authorities responsible for environmental issues, as well as state Environmental Inspection employees will acquire sufficient knowledge and information on the economic mechanisms of environmental management allowing the use of economic mechanisms in resolution of environmental issues to the maximum.


Publications, Seminars

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) November-December 2011


Approximate project end date November-December 2012


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page79of105 Planned Project title: Support Development of Business Capacity of Ukrainian

SMEs. International experience and national potential of Green Growth

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Ukraine Partnership Bureau


consortium of organizations and companies

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Sweden √ Non-EU countries: Norway



It is expected that the project will be covered by small and medium enterprises and will have direct or indirect potential for implementing environmentally friendly and safe technologies. Special attention will be given to SMEs from depressed regions and regions affected by environmental disasters. it is anticipated that the project will have several components: - Information portal for placement as a separate "green" projects and companies in Ukraine and, on trends in the global market. - Establishment of electronic platforms to support and promote contacts between "green" SME Ukraine and the world. - Placement of electronic presentations SMEs to the international community and stakeholders; - Information support "green" projects in Ukraine and the presentation of international experience. - To present the possibilities of Ukrainian SMEs and individual projects in the global market; - Help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to establish business relationships, by providing practical information, advice and useful tools related to export and attract investment, and raise awareness about the benefits of internationalization. An important step in this process will review the latest global "green" trends, concepts and tools to improve planning of companies and their activities. Also key objectives of the project are the development of international partnership, transfer of energy efficient and environmentally friendly technologies in Ukraine, etc.


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) pending funding




CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page80of105 Planned Project title: Production of Green Energy and raising local people's

awareness

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Ukraine Partnership Bureau


Energy 22

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Sweden, Germany, Poland and others



The present project raises awareness about the benefits of renewable resource and manufacturing green electrical and\or thermal energy, and attract investment to build the SME for pellets production and local CHP. Pellets are environmentally and economically beneficial energy source. Introducing the modern energy practices and improvement of public awareness about this type of fuel will reduce pressure on natural resources as well as contribute to problem solving of Climate Change. These pellets will be produced from waste wood, straw and other agro resources that are far poorly involved in the energy sector in Ukraine.


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) 2011


Approximate project end date 2012

Target donor/contractor (optional): Energy 22

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page81of105 Planned Project title: Estimation of Ukrainian GTS prospects after completing

of bypass pipelines

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Centre for Global Studies "Strategy XXI", Ukraine


Nomos Center, Ukraine

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: EU as a whole



Expected scenarios of GTS use after completing by Russia bypass pipeline projects.


report


Likely dates of key outputs June 2011

Approximate project end date July 2011

Target donor/contractor (optional): International Renaissance Fund, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page82of105 PLATFORM 4 CONTACTS BETWEEN PEOPLE TWO MULTI-COUNTRY PROJECTS WITH POTENTIAL FOR PRESENTATION IN WARSAW/POZNAN: Current Project title: Eastern Partnership

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) AEGEE-Europe, Belgium


Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Belgium


Short description of the project With the aim to achieve equal opportunities for young people in EaP and EU countries, and based on research, analysing the relevant problems and challenges in EaP countries in order for young people to be able to find solutions to them, the following fields of action are specified for the project: 1. Education Promote existing educational mobility programmes and maximise the usage of available resources; Enhance the cooperation between universities in the EU and EaP countries to achieve further enlargement of the existing educational mobility programmes; Improve the information flow from universities to students regarding the programmes; Lobby for further development and equalisation of student mobility programmes for EU and non-EU countries. 2. Young people in Caucasus conflicts Bring young people from the Caucasus together; Raise awareness of historical and cultural facts and differences; Kindle a European consciousness, in an attempt to make young people overcome their nationalism and let aside national conflicts; Enhance cooperation between young people from Caucasus; Contribute to a peaceful basis for the next generations of Caucasian people. 3. Active Citizenship Strengthen Civil Society of EaP countries and consequently boost democratic participation; Foster the cooperation between NGOs in EaP countries, and NGOs in EaP and EU countries; Raise awareness of the nature of voluntary work and its necessity for any society; Secure the fundamental rights of citizens, especially the ones related to freedom.


will be published during project development and results publication

Project start date February 2011 Dates of key outputs November 2011 (first part)




√ Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum annual meeting in Poznan, Poland (28-30 November 2011) √ Presentation in Brussels after April 2011

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page84of105 Current Project title: Eastern Links – Georgian-Ukrainian cooperation

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Europe House Georgia


Polish – Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation (PAUCI)

Country coverage of project √ Georgia √ Ukraine


Short description of the project The project focuses on building the capacity of Georgian pro-European NGOs in their efforts to formulate the agenda for Georgian way towards the EU and build stronger connections with the citizens. Europe House will establish links with the range of various pro-European initiatives from the Eastern Partnership region, with the special focus on Ukraine to exchange best practices and stimulate development of new joint initiatives. The project will allow Europe House to develop into a pro-European NGO Hub in Georgia and continue the networking and learning activities in the future. The main activities of the project include – study visit to Ukraine, publication of 10 best pro-European projects implemented by the NGOs in Ukraine, and European Meeting in Tbilisi with the representatives from Eastern Partnership countries.


Publication on-line and on the CD in English and Georgian of the database of 10 best pro-European projects implemented by the NGOs.

Project start date September 2010

Dates of key outputs 19-22 October 2010 – Study visit to Ukraine March 2011 – release of the publication May 2011 – European Meeting in Tbilisi

Project end date June 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page85of105 Current Project title: Tandem: Cultural Cooperation Placements Moldova –

Ukraine - European Union

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) European Cultural Foundation (the Netherlands), MitOst

(Germany)


Country coverage of project √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Netherlands, Germany, EU as a whole

Thematic area √ Platform IV Contacts between People

Short description of the project The project is aimed at building new and long-term collaborative relations between select organisations from European Union countries and cultural key players from Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. Selected institutions will send one cultural manager each, who will form a tandem with a partner from the Republic of Moldova or Ukraine. Each tandem has the task to plan a joint entry to the concluding festival. Mutual fourteen-day working visits to partner organisations offer participants the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the environment and cultural practice of organisations in the partner country and get an insight into the cultural scene of the tandem partner’s city, region and country. The working visits will be completed by joint workshops and evaluation meetings attended by all project participants, creating an opportunity for exchange with other people, in addition to the tandems. The project will end with a festival each in the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in May 2012.


Project start date November 2010 Dates of key outputs September 2011, February 2012, May 2012

Project end date May 2012

Donor/Contractor (optional): Education and Culture DG, Robert Bosch Stiftung


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page86of105 Current Project title: Understanding and Influencing EU Policy-Making

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) PASOS, Czech Republic/LGI-OSI, Hungary


Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine √ EU countries √ Other countries (Western Balkans)


Short description of the project 1. Seminars and networking events on Understanding and Influencing EU Policymaking: two in Brussels (possibly one for EU new members with Eastern Partnership think-tanks, and one for EU and Western Balkans) and 1 in Poland (2011 EU Presidency) including training and seminars addressing needs identified in TNA. All these events will be carried out by PASOS. Brussels meetings will include: cabinet and officials of Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, cabinet and officials of Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, MEPs, Brussels think-tanks/advocacy groups. Seminars will address: o effective formats of meetings to influence policymaking; o face-to-face meetings; o briefings of government policymakers at national and EU level; o working with international media and media syndicates to promote fresh policy analysis; o effective format and targeting of policy recommendations; o advocacy planning and implementation; o audience, context and timing; o managing the balance between influencing EU policymakers and national policymakers; o changing EU policymaking since the introduction of the Lisbon Treaty. 2. EU Advocacy Guidebook on Understanding and Influencing EU Policy-Making reflecting issues identified as key to new EU member-states, Western Balkans countries, EU's eastern neighbours, and Central Asia. The publication will be developed by experts from members of PASOS network. It will serve as a PASOS Advocacy Guidebook with a focus on a number of policy areas key to EU new member-states and neighbouring countries, but also reaching beyond


in terms of understanding the overall policymaking channels in the EU, and ways of engaging with EU institutions, and effective advocacy strategies to influence EU policymaking. The main approach will be research and interviews in Brussels and with other policy stakeholders who influence or seek to influence EU policymaking. The publication will be prepared in English and also available in an online format that can be readily updated in future. The Guidebook will significantly contribute to understanding policy-making in the EU among European civil society organisations, experts, media as well as the broader public. In the short term, the guidebook will provide timely and relevant information, ideas and practical help that may help NGOs more effectively target their advocacy efforts/campaigns in the EU. In the long term, the greater knowledge and contacts of the participating civil society organisations will enable the multiplication of their training through sharing their skills with colleagues and partners in their respective organisations and countries.


EU Advocacy Guide Books in selected policy areas

Project start date June 2011 Dates of key outputs September 2011 - seminars and project presentations in

Brussels November 2011 - publication of Advocacy Guide Books


Donor/Contractor (optional): LGI-OSI Budapest, others to be confirmed


√ Presentation in Brussels: September

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page88of105 OTHER PLATFORM 4 PROJECTS READY BY WARSAW SUMMIT/POZNAN FORUM: Current Project title: “Radio Stream”


Other partners participating on the project (include country) Radio “Amisnet” (Italy, Rome)

Radio “Vallekas” (Spain, Madrid)

Country coverage of project √ Georgia √ EU countries: Italy, Spain


Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Project combines Live, Sound, Visual and Radio Art. This is a project to etherify art real space. Implemented by 3 cultural radios in Amisnet/Rome, Vallekas/Madrid and Green Wave/Tbilisi. Output centres around 6 cultural radio programs and 6 simultaneous radio bridge live-acts, which identify visual as a medium of exchange between Tbilisi-Rome-Madrid. Also, promoting the artists common collaboration and communication.


Special webpage of the project, audio-video-photo materials, report of the project, TV coverage, information online

Project start date 01.06.2009 Dates of key outputs 13.10.2009

01.05.2010 15.11.2010 30.01.2011


Donor/Contractor (optional): European Culture Foundation (ECF)



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page89of105 Current Project title: “The Mechanics”

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Moving Theatre Trust Ltd

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Theatre Ephemeride (France)

Radio Romania International (Romania) Green Wave Association (Georgia) Tbilisi Vaso Abashidze Music and Drama State Theatre (Georgia)

Country coverage of project √ Georgia √ EU countries: France, Romania


Short description of the project (Brief summary, outputs, etc.) Introduce a broad based European audience to an accessible version of one the classic European stories–Carmen- through a new adaptation for radio and the stage, making full use of modern technology



Project start date October 5, 2010 Dates of key outputs January 30, 2011

March 25, 2011 June 30, 2011

Project end date June 30, 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): European Commission



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page90of105 Current Project title: Support to Inclusive Youth Centers

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Ministry of Youth and Sports of Georgia


Georgian Youth for Europe and Civitas Georgia



Short description of the project Creation of 8 model Inclusive Youth Centers in regions of Georgia.


Beneficiary Assessment Report Project

Project start date 2009

Dates of key outputs

Project end date 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): World Bank



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page91of105 Current Project title: 18th International "Publishers' Forum in Lviv"

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) NGO Publishers’ Forum, Ukraine

Other partners participating on the project (include country) Lviv City Council, Lviv Regional Council, State Committee for

Television and radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, Ukraine Library Association, Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association – all from Ukraine



Short description of the project Aim of the project: involvement of Ukrainian audience in the cultural and intellectual heritage of the Ukrainian people and humanity. Target audience: children, youth, professionals in culture and education, residents of Lviv and other regions, city guests. The Publishers Forum includes round 400 events (round-tables, discussions, conferences, presentations etc), held in different public places (theaters, museums, philharmonic, art-cafes, libraries, educational institutions etc) for more than 50 000 visitors. Outputs:

- organized 18th International Book Fair with more than 800 Ukrainian and international participants;

- held 6th International Literary Festival, with more than 250 participants from 25 countries;

- organized 17th Annual Award “Best Book of Publishers’ Forum" with more than 100 publishing houses from all regions of Ukraine participated;

- held Literary Festival celebrating 200-th Markian Shashkevych Anniversary

- held International Librarians’ Forum, with participants from Ukraine, Poland, Hungary etc.


232 media-partners highlighted activities of the Forum, resulting in 618 media releases (articles, interviews, press-releases, post-releases etc). 25 different kinds of printing materials, covering events of the Forum were published.

Project start date 1 November 2010 Dates of key outputs 15-18 September 2011 - 18th International Book Fair;

12-18 September 2011 - 6th International Literary Festival; 1 June - 18 September 2011 - 17th Annual Award “Best Book of Publishers’ Forum"; 14-16 September 2011 - International Librarians’ Forum.

Project end date 31 October 2011

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page92of105 Donor/Contractor (optional): Lviv City Council, Lviv Regional Council



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page93of105 Current Project title: 7th Children's reading contest "Best reader of Ukraine

2011”


Other partners participating on the project (include country) Lviv City Council, Lviv Regional Council, Ukraine Library

Association, Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association – all from Ukraine



Short description of the project Aim of the project: to develop personal and cultural competence of children and young people throught encouraging them to systematic reading. Target audience: 12-13 year old children The contest at the Ukrainian libraries for children was held (around 1000 libraries). The contest has four stages.


30 media-partners highlighted activities of the Contest, resulting in 100 media releases (articles, interviews, press-releases, post-releases etc). 15 different kinds of printing materials, covering events of the Contest were published.

Project start date 1 November 2010 Dates of key outputs 1-20 February 2011 – First stage of the Contest

20 February - 10 March 2011 – Second stage of the Contest 10-31 March 2011 – Third stage of the Contest 28 April – 2 May 2011 – Fourth stage of the Contest, Children’s Reading Festival “Bookmania”

Project end date 30 May 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Publishing houses



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page94of105 Current Project title: Set of regional seminars: «Eastern Partnership: new

format of relations between Ukraine and EU»

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) European Youth (Ukraine)


Polish Embassy in Ukraine

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Poland


Short description of the project During the term of the project we are going to organize and conduct of the informative, educational and intellectual seminar for the public and active young people (students) and representatives of local non-governmental organizations in these cities with the participation of experts and analysts on European Integration of Ukraine. During the workshop, participants will be familiarized with the current format of relations between Ukraine and the EU, in particular, on the initiative of the "Eastern Partnership", briefed on the goals and objectives of the "Eastern Partnership", its role and importance in the process of European integration of Ukraine, the relationship with the "Neighbourhood Policy", the problems of migration, mobility, and visa issues in the format of the "Eastern Partnership", the role of civil society in the "Eastern Partnership ". Target group: The main project participants are representatives of civil society organizations (non-governmental organizations, in particular youth organizations, student government bodies, in particular the leaders, European clubs in schools, working to promote European integration of Ukraine, and other representatives of civil society. Also to participate in the project will be invited specialists on European integration of Ukraine. The target audience will be elected by the selection of participants in a specially prepared application form. This form contains questions about the current foreign policy of Eastern Europe and Ukraine in particular. These questions are the additional training to all potential participants of the project.


presentations

Project start date August 2011

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page95of105 Dates of key outputs 3.09.2011, 17.09.2011, 1.10.2011, 19-20.11.2011

Project end date November 2011

Donor/Contractor (optional): Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page96of105 Current Project title: Reform of the existing system of closed institutional care

for young offenders below the age of criminal responsibility

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) All-Ukrainian Foundation for Children's Rights, Ukraine


Defence for Children International, the Netherlands

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: the Netherlands


Short description of the project The project aims to provide the preconditions for a reform of the existing system of closed institutional care for young offenders below the age of criminal responsibility that is in conformity with the international standards laid down in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.


1. The development of a comprehensive proposal on the necessary legislative changes in the light of international norms and standards: 2. development of educational care facility programme; 3. development of training manual for the personnel and children of closed institutions

Project start date 15 September 2010

Dates of key outputs May 2012

Project end date 01 September 2012

Donor/Contractor (optional): Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Matra programme)



CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page97of105 Current Project title: Peace and safety in the family

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Ekomed PU, Azerbaijan


Country coverage of project √ Azerbaijan


Short description of the project The project “Peace and safety in the family” will make it possible to render assistance to a majority of those women and children who have undergone domestic violence. At the same time, the development of specialists and volunteers in the system of state agencies and public organisations will enable enhancement of the work in rendering legal, psychological and other types of assistance to the victims. The current project will contribute to the establishment of new contacts and development of partnerships in the activity with public organizations and specialists dealing with families in a crisis situation in Azerbaijan. The project will facilitate access to new contacts with MM, state and public bodies, and will enable the establishment of productive partnerships in the fight against domestic violence.


Project start date Dates of key outputs

Project end date




CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page98of105 OTHER PLANNED PLATFORM 4 PROJECTS Planned Project title: Civil society exchange - Czech Republic/Visegrad Four

with Armenia and Azerbaijan

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) DEMAS - Association for Democracy and Human Rights

(Czech Republic)

Other partners participating on the project (include country) DEMAS member organizations

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ EU countries (Czech Republic)



Representatives of some DEMAS member NGOs plus the DEMAS Secretariat will travel to Armenia and Azerbaijan to establish contacts with their civil society organizations. In turn, 5 representatives of Armenian NGOs and 5 of Azeri will be invited to Prague to become more familiar with Czech civil society. The DEMAS member organizations will present their key studies on various topics connected with HR+D promotion and civil society support such as civic participation, role of the Eastern Partnership project in EU External Relations, working with youth, the legal environment for civil society, free media and so on. After brainstorming sessions with the DEMAS member organizations and other relevant Czech NGOs a short summing up seminar on further possible activities will be held. For making the impact broader 2 Polish and 2 Slovak NGOs will be invited to join the final seminar. All activities aim to establish solid relationships among mentioned NGOs and thus give them the chance to create new joint projects. Such projects would be offered to the East East Program or other donors supporting Eastern Europe.


Reports

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) mid 2011

Likely dates of key outputs end 2011

Approximate project end date end 2011


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page99of105 Planned Project title: Lviv International Children's Festival


Other partners participating on the project (include country) Lviv City Council, Lviv Regional Council




Aim of the project: involvement of children and youth nationwide in educational, intellectual, art, and physical activities. Target audience: children and youth from all 25 regions of Ukraine, their parents, teachers, professionals in culture and education, city guests. Outputs:

- organization of the final stage of the Children's reading contest "Best reader of Ukraine”, and award ceremony of its winners;

- contest of children’s drawings “I love reading!”, photo contest “Reading family”, contest and parade of literary heroes were organized;

- Public reading festival “Book from a star”, with famous Ukrainian sportsmen, singers, actors promoting reading among children was held;

- Workshops in different kinds of arts took place; - International research conference in problems of

children reading was held; - Book fair of the literature for children took place; - Children sport festival took place; - Exhibitions of Ukrainian and Lithuanian book

illustrations were organized;


50 media-partners highlighted activities of the Festival, resulting in 100 media releases (articles, interviews, press-releases, post-releases etc). 10 different kinds of printing materials, covering events of the Festival were published.

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) 1 March 2011.

Likely dates of key outputs All the events of the International Children's Festival will take place in April – May, 2011

Approximate project end date 30 May 2011

Target donor/contractor (optional): Cultural and educational institutions (in the process of solving)

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page100of105 Planned Project title: 4th International Educational Forum "Education - 2020”



Lviv City Council, Lviv Regional Council, Lviv Reginal Post-degree Pedagogical Education Institute




Aim of the project: promoting the idea of life-long learning in Ukraine and harmonizing educational policy of Ukraine and EU Target audience: children, youth, professionals in culture and education of Lviv and other regions, other people interested; publishing houses of business-literature, learning courses, and different educational institutions etc. Outputs:

- International educational colloquium for was organizes;

- International educational conference including experience exchange and collaboration of experts from Germany, Poland and France was held;

- Practical educational events (discussions, round-tables, presentations, trainings, case-studies etc) took place.


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) 1 April 2011

Likely dates of key outputs September-October, 2011

Approximate project end date 30 November 2011

Target donor/contractor (optional): n/a

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page101of105 Planned Project title: Several projects among Ukrainian NGOs and NGOs of the

EaP countries aimed at sharing best practices and transformation experience.

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) International Renaissance Foundation (IRF)


OSI Foundations in the EaP countries

Country coverage of project √ Armenia √ Azerbaijan √ Belarus √ Georgia √ Moldova √ Ukraine Ukrainian NGOs will be invited to apply. Whether all countries of the EaP will be covered depends on the partners Ukrainian NGOs will find for the projects and on the quality of applications.



Projects supported within the competition will aim at enhanced involvement of the civil societies of the EaP counties in development of the EaP and promoting European integration and the domestic reform process in the EaP countries. Possible activities would include sharing transformation experience, monitoring and advocacy, networking etc.


Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) April 2011


Approximate project end date December 2011 - April 2012

Target donor/contractor (optional): International Renaissance Foundation, EastEast Partnership Beyond Borders Programme of the OSI

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page102of105 Planned Project title: Youth for Peace and Understanding

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) Kirovograd Regional Center for Children and Youth Creativity,

Ukraine


Euro-clubs and youth organizations - Ukraine, Russia, Poland

Country coverage of project √ Ukraine √ EU countries: Poland √ Other countries: Russia



The main objective of the project: the group of students from different parts of Ukraine, Russia and Poland will meet to help: - cultural diversity as in Ukraine, Russia and Poland; - Exchange experience and skills in different fields of art in Poland, Russia and Ukraine; - Provide the opportunity to discover and develop their children's talents with children in regular schools and children - orphans, children and other socially - disadvantaged; - Merge into a single peace-movement features of different regions of Russia, Poland and Ukraine. Purpose: - To promote European values through cultural communication and exchange of creative achievements among European youth; - Formation in schools multicultural identity, open to the perception of ideals and values of other cultures; - Creation of intercultural dialogue through the study and application in practice of artistic diversity of the world. Project objectives: - Identify and support the creative talents of children of European countries, conducting master classes in various arts - the professional artists at work with youth, - Establish Sister Cities Ukraine-Russia-Poland.


Methodological recommendations to organize and work Euroclub, the youth vocabulary to communicate

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) October 2011

Likely dates of key outputs April, May, June 2012

Approximate project end date October 2012


CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page103of105 Planned Project title: The best project: «Brilliance of Culture of the Countries

of Eastern Partnership»

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) European Youth of Ukraine


Belarusian Youth NGO «Civil Forum», Caucasian House Georgia




Overall objective(s) To spend image potential and to improve communications between the countries "East partnership" in the sphere of culture by development and use resources of the international network "East Partnership of Youth" that unites over 15 youth public organisations from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, and realisation a series of the general projects directed on popularisation of their cultural inheritance. Specific objective(s) To improve organizational, administrative, information and propaganda potential of the international network of public organisations "East partnership of youth" in the sphere of culture by attraction to cooperation of profile bodies of legislative and executive power of the countries which citizens will represent a circle of organizational partners of the project. To organise and conduct harmoniously incorporated complex of design measures in the countries - participants of the initiative "East partnership" on an extent 2011-2012. To create and adjust regular work of "The Expert centre of culture" of the countries "East partnership" in Kiev. The project purpose: to open image-making potential and to improve communications The countries «Eastern Partnership» in culture sphere by reorganization and use of resources in the international network «Eastern Partnership of Youth», and to implement a series of the general projects directed on their popularization Cultural heritage. The task: 1) to strengthen organizational, administrative and information and propaganda potential of the international network of public organizations «Eastern Partnership of Youth» in culture sphere. 2) to conduct scale PR-campaign of the project with distribution of the corresponding information through all


accessible mass media both local, and international levels; 3) to organize and conduct on an extent 2011-2012 yy. Harmoniously connected complex of design events in the initiative countries-participants «Eastern Partnership» that will include the following: The program of studying of language and culture in the host countries the parties of the project groups of socially-active youth of other countries; - The international cultural festivals of music and cinema; - The international Forum “Eastern Partnership of Youth” with the assistance of leaders of the organizations the international network “Eastern Partnership of Youth”; - Creation and adjustment of regular work «the Expert centre of culture The countries «Eastern Partnership» in Kiev which will perform expert advisory, motivational and educational activity; - To provide high level of a rating of an information cultural-tourist portal (created for the purpose of popularization of unique and unique features of traditional and modern culture of the countries «Eastern Partnership»). Target Audience: socially-active youth of the countries-participants of the initiative “Eastern Partnership” at the age from 18 till 30 years.


other presentations

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) May 2011

Likely dates of key outputs 15-25 August 2012

Approximate project end date September 2012

Target donor/contractor (optional): East-East Programme of OSI or European Commission

CivilSocietyForumsurveyon2011‐2012civilsocietyprojects,updated20May2011,page105of105 Planned Project title: The European values are for the young people of Volyn

Lead organisation of the Project (include country) European Vector of Volyn, Ukraine



Thematic area √ Platform 4 Contacts with people


The young people of Volyn know little about Europe. We want within the framework of the project to facilitate an exchange of students of Volyn and Lublin, conduct general youth debates and publish "Reference book about Europe"


- Publication "Reference book about Europe"

Project start date (approximate, e.g. if pending funding) September 2011

Likely dates of key outputs April 2012

Approximate project end date October 2012


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