21/11/2024

How to get ready for blackouts

The new “Don't stop – power up: light, heat, internet” course is available on Zrozumilo! Educational Online Platform

20/11/2024

New Program to Support the CSOs in Ukraine

The International Renaissance Foundation and East Europe Foundation Launch a New Civil Society Support Program

06/11/2024

Ukrainian Women's Congress

At the Eighth Ukrainian Women's Congress, new roles and qualities for women and men were discussed in the context of modern challenges.

02/10/2024

Delegation of the Bundestag in Kyiv

We organized a series of meetings for the German guests with representatives of the Ukrainian government, parliament, business, human rights organizations, and other key sectors.

30/09/2024

Help for Kharkiv and Kherson regions

We are sharing the first achievements of the Together for Support Program, which aims to support residents of war-affected regions.

27/09/2024

Final event of the Phoenix Project

In Kyiv we gathered almost 100 people to discuss the achievements and challenges of the Phoenix Project

27/09/2024

New series available on Diia.Osvita

New educational series dedicated to tourism and hotel business development are available on the Diia.Osvita platform

20/09/2024

(Укр) Суттєво покращили позиції

(Укр) Україна суттєво піднялася у світових рейтингах е-урядування та цифрової участі – дослідження ООН

18/09/2024

60 million francs on EGAP

Brief description: Memorandum signed by Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Ministry and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to boost digitalization of communities across key sectors of public life.

03/09/2024

Mriia launched

Mriia Educational Ecosystem Presented in Zaporizhzhia by the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

27/08/2024

Education Drives the World

Major Annual Educator Conference, August-2024, Took Place in Kyiv

16/08/2024

Study Tour to the USA

CDTO Campus on Study Visit to Georgetown University, Washington, DC, to Participate in Intensive Training Course by McCourt School of Public Policy

13/08/2024

Free to Dream

The three-day Ukrainian Youth Forum 2024 “Free to Dream”

01/08/2024

Address verification started

Ukraine launches a large-scale verification process within the Unified State Address Register

26/07/2024

Looking for 16 Active Communities

EGAP Program to select 16 communities in Sumy, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv regions to implement digitalization projects.

24/07/2024

About Ukrainian civil society in English

An English-language course on the History of Ukrainian Civil Society has been published on Coursera. In Ukrainian it is also available at Zrozumilo! Online educational platform

18/07/2024

Three New Regions

E-governance and e-democracy tools will be available in the Sumy, Khmelnytsky and Kherson regions.

02/07/2024

Zrozumilo! Platform and MEGOGO: Partners in Education

MEGOGO, the media service, has recently launched an exciting educational initiative called “Civilian Training.”

28/06/2024

CDTO Campus Opening

New Opportunities for Innovative Learning: CDTO Campus, a GovTech Education Space, Opens in Kyiv.

25/06/2024

Charity Event of the Year

The “Together We Shelter” program has been honored with an award in the prestigious national competition, “Charitable Ukraine – 2023.”

21/06/2024

Demine Ukraine

A new humanitarian demining portal has been launched in Ukraine. You will be able to apply for certification online and view analytics and current news.

19/06/2024

E-Services for Youth Launched

On June 18, a presentation of new electronic services was held in Kyiv. These services are designed to ease the participation of young people in exchange programs and enhance their access to information.

11/06/2024

Inclusive Recovery and Reconstruction

The sidelines of URC 2024 in Berlin played host to a pivotal conference on Ukraine’s reconstruction, featuring key representatives from Ukrainian civil society.

10/06/2024

Almost ₣60 Million for EGAP Program

Swiss-Ukrainian EGAP Program Receives a New Allocation of Almost ₣60 Million.

06/06/2024

Mriia App Beta Testing

Ukraine launched beta testing of the Mriia Educational App designed to transform the educational process and help students achieve their learning objectives.

03/06/2024

Together for Support

Recently, we convened with the collaborators of our new initiative – local NGOs that extend their support to Ukrainians impacted by russia’s full-scale invasion.

30/05/2024

Diia in Zurich

On May 29, 2024, Diia Summit was held in Zurich, Switzerland, to discuss Ukraine’s accomplishments in the field of digital transformation.

29/05/2024

The World's Second

During the Diia in Zurich Summit, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed, marking the establishment of the world’s second Global Government Technology Center

28/05/2024

Database from the Fiscal Center

The Ukraine Crisis Media Center presented of an interactive tool for monitoring the expenditures from the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression

27/05/2024

In Kyiv for the "TogetherWeAct Fest"

European Union in Ukraine brought together civil society activists, experts, CSOs and media representatives, officials, Kyiv residents and guests at Mystetskyi Arsenal

17/05/2024

Outcomes of the Power Up! Project at the Minfin

The implemented measures were presented to the German partners of GIZ in the building of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

15/05/2024

Digital Power Summit 2024

The Digital Power Summit 2024, a pivotal event in the realm of digital innovation, was successfully convened. It served to honor communities that have made significant strides in digital advancement. The event also marked the unveiling of Ukraine’s first pilot Territorial Community Digital Transformation Index (TCDTI).

13/05/2024

The first year of the eRecovery program

Over 57,000 Ukrainians were able to return to their homes – the results of the first year of the eRecovery program

26/04/2024

Understanding Memorandum

East Europe Foundation and Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining Ink Understanding Memorandum

25/04/2024

Trained partners at a training for NGOs

A training on enhancing organizational capacity took place in Kyiv for 11 organizations. We discussed communications, financial and administrative management, and IT solutions.

23/04/2024

Legal Consultation Platform

Within the Acceleration Program of the Phoenix Project, we supported the development of a platform providing free legal assistance

18/04/2024

Inclusive Recovery

Recently, the conference "Inclusive Recovery and Reconstruction" was held in Kyiv. The event was aimed at proposing ideas for inclusive recovery and reconstruction.

27/03/2024

And every finish is, in fact, the start ©

As we approach the conclusion of the Recovery and Resilience program, we have extended an invitation to our participants for a gathering to celebrate and share the fruits of collaborative efforts.

26/03/2024

A course on the language of memorials

A new free course "The Language of Memorials" has been launched on Zrozumilo! online educational platform

22/03/2024

Overview of EU programs for Ukraine

We have introduced an analytical guide for civil society and public sector affiliates regarding EU funding programs.

19/03/2024

“Project Management in the Public Sector”

We are excited to announce a newly developed training course tailored for representatives of regional state administrations, municipalities, and regional development agencies.

12/03/2024

Together We Shelter in Numbers

Unveiling the impact of a program that empowered Ukrainian CSOs and war-affected individuals.

28/02/2024

Meeting of the partner CSO

Grant recipients of Together We Shelter program gathered for training, networking, and stress relief.

21/02/2024

Discussion about civil society

We invite you to the Public Lecture “Ukrainian Civil Society and War: Challenges, Values, Strength" by Oleksandra Matviichuk

15/02/2024

Aligning Ukraine's Laws with EU Standards

Our Foundation, in collaboration with LibMod, has spearheaded an initiative to evaluate the alignment of Ukrainian draft laws with EU standards.

07/02/2024

Public Discussion

We invite you to join the discussion about the Ukrainian activism

30/01/2024

Zaporizhzhia City Council has new web portal

The Zaporizhzhia City Council has revitalized its web portal using the SVOI platform’s website builder.

24/01/2024

Notes from the discussion

Discussion on “Energy of Change: The Triumphs and Trials of Ukrainian Civil Society”

23/01/2024

Course on the History of Ukrainian Civil Society

On January 22, a course about the Ukrainian civil society since the country’s independence was presented in Kyiv

18/01/2024

Digitization on the March

East Europe Foundation has become a part of a consortium that will implement the five-year program "Digital Transformation Activity."

17/01/2024

Ukraine House Davos

Ukraine House Davos serves as an international cooperation platform for politicians, corporate representatives, journalists, and opinion makers.

16/01/2024

Giveaway by Zrozumilo! Educational Online Platform

Zrozumilo! Educational Online Platform is hosting a giveaway on its social media pages throughout January 2024.

11/01/2024

9th Citizens’ Activity Centre

Inauguration of the 9th Citizens’ Activity Centre, a contemporary space for community residents to exchange ideas, host events, deliberate on crucial decisions, and work or study.

21/12/2023

Wi-Fi routers for school shelters

Ensuring Reliable Internet Connection in School Shelters with Wi-Fi Routers.

21/12/2023

National Corpus of the Crimean Tatar Language

On November 23, the National Corpus of the Crimean Tatar language was showcased at the House Crimea in Kyiv.

06/12/2023

Visit of Board members

On December 5, the Foundation management along with the Board members, visited the Training Center of the State Emergency Service and the Gymnasium “Obolon”

27/11/2023

Two Effie Awards Ukraine

The mine safety campaign implemented by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in cooperation with East Europe Foundation received two Effie Awards Ukraine 2023

23/11/2023

High-level event at the Ministry of Finance

A pilot project for the energy modernization of the building of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine was presented with the participation of the Minister and GIZ management.

21/11/2023

The Course on Ukrainians

The Zrozumilo! online educational platform recently introduced its new course “United Ukraine: Rise of a National Identity”

13/11/2023

League of Communities course

26 heads of communities completed the League of Communities course. Graduates received certificates and returned to their communities with new knowledge and experience.

01/11/2023

Future Perfect

National project to popularize the English language is starting in Ukraine

31/10/2023

Grant Competition Results

East Europe Foundation awarded ten grants to Ukrainian companies to finance energy efficiency measures.

31/10/2023

We presented study of civil society sector

The results highlight changes in the work, problems and needs of organizations, project activities, and organizational capacity in the second year of the full-scale war.

27/10/2023

Five NGO Received Grants

EEF completed the grant funds disbursement to all nongovernmental organizations that supply humanitarian aid within the second wave of the Together We Shelter Program.

26/10/2023

Press Event: Presenation of the Research

On October 31, at 14:00, we presented the study of CSOs in a time of a war

20/10/2023

Three Gold Awards

East Europe Foundation received three gold awards at the Digital Impact Awards for its landmine safety campaign.

19/10/2023

Visit of European Partners

On October 12, 2023, representatives of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, East Europe Foundation and the State Emergency Service (SES) leadership visited the SES Training Center in Kyiv

18/10/2023

Partnership for Sustainable Development

On October 17, 2023, the Partnership for Sustainable Development 2023 Award ceremony took place, where East Europe Foundation received four awards

18/10/2023

Winners of the Act to Support

The winning civil society organisations were awarded up to 20,000 euros

12/10/2023

Online Course on Humanitarian Response

East Europe Foundation created a training course for nongovernmental organizations How to Prevent 90 Percent of Problems in Humanitarian Response.

06/10/2023

Roundtable in Berlin

The Ukraine in Europe Program team participated in an expert discussion addressing Ukraine’s European integration.

06/10/2023

More Grants to Help People

Six Ukrainian nongovernmental organizations were awarded grants to assist the war-affecetd population within the framework of the Together We Shelter Program.

05/10/2023

Demo Day

On October 11 We'll Announce Winners of the Act to Support Competition

05/10/2023

A course on Participatory Budgeting on the Zrozumilo! Platform

A course on “How to Create Your Own Draft Participatory Budgeting” has been released on the Zrozumilo! online platform. It consists of eight lectures discussing participatory budgeting, rules for project proposal drafting and conducting a successful awareness-raising campaign for the project to win.

04/10/2023

Project Management Training

The Recovery and Resilience Project launched a training program for civil servants and regional development agencies.

03/10/2023

Digitalize Ukraine’s Future

On September 29, 2023, we launched the Digitalize Ukraine's Future course to help civil servants learn about digital transformation and open data.

25/09/2023

New Grants for NGOs

East Europe Foundation has awarded five more grants to civil society organizations as part of the second wave of the Together We Shelter Program.

20/09/2023

Monitoring Visits to Shelters

As part of the Together We Shelter Program, nine NGOs received grants to renovate shelters for internally displaced persons. Our team visited the shelters and talked to their residents.

08/09/2023

German Partners in Ukraine

Marieluise Beck and Ralf Fücks – co-founders of the Center for Liberal Modernity – visited Ukraine as part of the Ukraine in Europe: Parliamentary Dimension Project

06/09/2023

Grants for Energy Independence

East Europe Foundation, with the support of the Governments of Germany and Switzerland through GIZ, is providing 10 grants to enterprises to purchase energy efficient equipment

22/08/2023

New Children’s Game by Svitlana Royz

Child psychologist Svitlana Royz together with the NGO “Smart Osvita” with the support of East Europe Foundation released a new game for children “Invisible Gifts: Find Your Strength”

10/08/2023

Recovery and Resilience

East Europe Foundation is launching a new program with an aim to help civil servants and regional development agencies improve their project management competencies.

08/08/2023

20 projects for the demo day

During the three-day ideathon of the Act to Support competition, the jury selected 20 nongovernmental organizations to participate in the Acceleration Program!

02/08/2023

Course for Communities Working with IDPs

Course for Host Communities Working with IDPs "Integration and Adaptation of IDPs" is available on Zrozimilo Online Platform

31/07/2023

Training for Civil Servants

Access to Public Information Training Course is now available for civil servants. Course registration is currently open.

31/07/2023

Community effectiveness (discussion)

An expert discussion took place at Interfax-Ukraine, focused on the strategic directions of local self-government work

31/07/2023

Training on SMM for NGOs

East Europe Foundation and EU Kick Off Social Media Marketing Training for NGOs

30/07/2023

Expanding services for ASCs

The government has expanded the list of services available at ASCs

25/07/2023

We selected 40 CSOs

We are pleased to announce the completion of the selection process for the participation of CSOs in the Ideathon Act to Support

25/07/2023

New course about SMM for NGOs

East Europe Foundation and EU Launch the Social Media Marketing Course for NGOs

21/07/2023

War and Us

East Europe Foundation held a charity music event to raise funds to renovate a school shelter

20/07/2023

Training on creating online events

We invite you to a training on creating online events and the presentation of a new course on SMM for NGOs

20/07/2023

We Invite tou to a press event

On July 24, 2023, at 13:00, the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a public event “Communities in the wartime: how and why to perform better?"

15/07/2023

IT platform for statistics

This summer, we are taking the first step towards automated data management by beta testing an advanced portal of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine

14/07/2023

The Digital Transformation Index

The research will be conducted within the EGAP Program in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Deloitte

10/07/2023

Digitalising the Chernihiv Oblast

Volyn hosted a delegation from communities in Chernihiv Oblast, which is a new EGAP target region.

06/07/2023

Useful Guide for Communities

Guide for Communities on IDPs Integration prepared with EU support

06/07/2023

Three Years of USESCS

TAPAS project together with partners presented the outcomes of the construction sector digitalization reform and e-system implementation

06/07/2023

Monitoring and Evaluation Course Released for NGOs

East Europe Foundation and the Evaluation Association of Ukraine with the financial support of the European Union created new useful online course for CSOs

03/07/2023

Another NGO Awarded Grant to Assist Refugees

Recently, East Europe Foundation has awarded the ninth grant to a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization to assist internally displaced persons in Ukraine

22/06/2023

Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023

East Europe Foundation had its own special program in the framework of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023, which took place in London on June 21-22

21/06/2023

Automatic closing of business

A new service for individual entrepreneurs has become available on the Diia portal. Ukrainians can now close their business automatically and in a matter of seconds

20/06/2023

 eRecovery

The new programme allows Ukrainians to repair their damaged housing, and construction stores and companies can now help them in doing so

16/06/2023

Liquidate individual entrepreneurship

The possibility for individual entrepreneurs to close their businesses will soon be available on the Diia portal

14/06/2023

Helping People in Kharkiv

In the Kharkiv region, the Volunteer-68 Humanitarian Aid Center nongovernmental organization provides assistance for people affected by Russian shelling and military aggression.

13/06/2023

Together We Shelter Program

Eight nongovernmental organizations from different regions of Ukraine have joined the Foundation’s Program to arrange comfortable shelters for internally displaced persons (IDPs)

12/06/2023

New Сourse on Wartime Information Operations

The course helps to develop skills of critical perception of information, build resistance to propaganda, and recognize manipulations.

09/06/2023

Shelter is the Winning Program

East Europe Foundation’s Program to help internally displaced persons in Ukraine won the Third place at the National Competition, Charitable Ukraine-2022

08/06/2023

Energy Independence

Solar panel equipment has been installed in the ASCs of Volyn’s digital communities under the ASC Energy Independence Project of the Swiss-Ukrainian EGAP Program

02/06/2023

Participatory Budgeting

On June 2, the “Participatory Budgeting. Reboot” Forum was held in Kyiv. The event was attended by 65 representatives of Ukraine’s communities

31/05/2023

Silver at the KIAF 2023!

The song and music video of the TNMK band about mine safety, created with the support of the Foundation and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, won the Silver award at the Kyiv International Advertising Festival 2023.

26/05/2023

We Harmonize Legislation

The Ministry of Digital Transformation presented the Open Data Study to the European Commission. The research was conducted under the USAID/UK Aid TAPAS Project.

26/05/2023

Shelters for IDP women in Lviv

The Women’s Perspectives Center nongovernmental organization arranged seven shelters for internally displaced (IDP) women in Lviv

25/05/2023

Act to Support Civic Tech Сompetition

EU and East Europe Foundation Announce Act to Support Civic Tech Сompetition to Assist IDPs and Host Communities

25/05/2023

Online Course for NGO

East Europe Foundation created the course Together We Are Stronger: Five Steps to Success of a Public Organization to strengthen civil society in Ukraine.

18/05/2023

New Citizens’ Activity Centre

The Swiss-Ukrainian EGAP Program opened a Citizens’ Activity Centre in the Solonianska community

17/05/2023

Diia.Education platform

We presented Diia.Education, the country’s main learning platform

13/05/2023

Discussing e-democracy

The future development of e-democracy in Ukraine was discussed as part of Open Government Week

10/05/2023

Ecology in communities

As part of the SVOI Platform, the Eco-monitoring page is now available for Ukrainian communities

09/05/2023

Online Course — a record holder

Almost half a million have completed a mine safety course

03/05/2023

Dashboard of social service providers

The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine launches a Dashboard to help find and visualise data on social service providers

02/05/2023

Rescue Volunteer Training

Together with Xavier Camus, Head of Operations Section "Good Governance and Rule of Law” of the European Union to Ukraine, we visited the Training Center of the State Emergency Service

01/05/2023

Support groups

Our grantee, the NGO Center for Civic Initiatives «Social Dimension», organizes support groups in different Ukrainian cities. Video from Lviv

28/04/2023

I’ll Be Mother

In Ukraine, the open-data based Chatbot I’ll Be Mother was launched.

27/04/2023

From Denmark with Care

One of the main donors of the Shelter Program was the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Ukraine. Here is our story about what we managed to do thanks to our partners.

24/04/2023

Successful Civic Tech Tool

How the Hotline Chatbot works in Kalush two years after its launch? The project to facilitate communication with authorities was developed by the local NGO UFRA with the support of East Europe Foundation

14/04/2023

3 years of services for IEs in Diia

It has been three years since the Diia portal started offering business services

12/04/2023

Shelter Program: One Year in Numbers

In March 2022, EEF directed all its resources, skills and knowledge to help Ukrainians who fled the war. To find out what and how we accomplished, refer to our report.

11/04/2023

Digitization of state statistics

A new State Statistics Service portal will appear in August this year

08/04/2023

Cancellation of car sharing

EGAP Program has joined the development of a car sharing cancellation service in the Diia mobile app

02/04/2023

Results of the meeting with the SDC

Meeting with Andrea Studer, Assistant Director General of the SDC, to deepen cooperation on the transformation of Ukrainian education

31/03/2023

Cybersecurity Course for NGOs

Zrozumilo! Online Educational Platform presents a new course on personal and corporate cybersecurity and data protection released in the form of educational series.

28/03/2023

Training and presentation of the course

Find out about secure communication on the Internet, features of messengers and a new course on cybersecurity for CSOs

23/03/2023

Digital Communities Forum

On 20–21 March, the 2023 Digital Communities Forum took place in Lviv

23/03/2023

ProKrym: state policy of reintegration of Crimea

New free online course has been published on the educational online platform Zrozumilo!

20/03/2023

Volunteering from A to Z

A new course launched on the Zrozumilo! Online Educational Platform will tell you all about volunteering

18/03/2023

Gadgets for Ukraine

The #LaptopsForUkraine campaign was launched on 1 December 2022. Its goal was to collect more than 50,000 gadgets for war-affected regions of Ukraine

17/03/2023

WSIS 2023 Forum

On 13-17 March, the WSIS 2023 Forum was held in Geneva

15/03/2023

Updates to SVOI Platform

New pages have appeared on SVOI Platform

15/03/2023

We Continue Providing Grants

We never stops helping Ukrainians. Recently, we funded three NGOs under the Shelter Program that supports IDPs throughout Ukraine.

13/03/2023

Creativity Despite the War

More than 2.5 thousand children are currently enrolled in the educational institution in Khmelnytskyi. During air raids, children continue to study in the shelter.

06/03/2023

Board Game “Watch Your Step!”

You should talk about landmine safety with children. To make sure the important information is presented clearly, EEF together with SESU and the YMCA published a board game “Watch Your Step!”

01/03/2023

Child’s residence register extract

Child’s residence register extract is available on the Diia portal. Previously, the service was only available in the app.

28/02/2023

Grants for Kharkiv organizations

We are pleased to announce a grant support for four organizations from Kharkiv

27/02/2023

Online Course – CBRN Threats

This new course addresses chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats in simple and understandable terms. A special session is devoted to info-terror.

23/02/2023

Story of Chernihiv Nursery

Damaged during the hostilities, Chernihiv Nursery School was closed for students in 2022. However, recently, it has been completely renovated in order to resume childcare in 2023.

22/02/2023

Notes from the discussion platform

Discussion of the experience and challenges of communities and IDPs, local solutions for the challenges that arose since February 24, 2022, and subsequent transformation of those challenges.

20/02/2023

‘My Land of Luhansk’ Digital Hub

As part of the Swiss-Ukrainian EGAP Program, ‘My Land of Luhansk’ — the first digital hub for IDPs — has opened in Dnipro

20/02/2023

How a Shelter is Refurbished for a Kyiv

This school in Kyiv was one of the first to participate in the East Europe Foundation's Safe School Project. Recently, repair works to create a comfortable shelter have been completed.

16/02/2023

Starlink Adapters

The Swiss-Ukrainian EGAP Program handed over Starlink adapters to the Vinnytsia City Council and the Regional Military Administration

16/02/2023

New grants for NGOs

The EU and EEF announced Phoenix Project and new grant competition

15/02/2023

Memorandum of Cooperation

The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine and the East Europe Foundation concluded a Memorandum of Cooperation

13/02/2023

Psychological support group for CSOs

Open call for representatives of the public sector to participate in a psychological support group based on the course "Psychological Resilience for CSOs in a time of war"

10/02/2023

New grant competition to be announced

On February 16 we announce new project and grant competition for CSOs

06/02/2023

We awarded a grant for an educational project

Veteran Hub receives grant funding within the "Capable and Resistan" Project to support veterans in intimate relationships and parenthood

03/02/2023

Another model shelter opened

A comfortable and fully equipped shelter was opened in an educational institution in Khmelnitsky

03/02/2023

The Power of Questions

Child psychologist Svitlana Royz and the Smart Education nongovernmental organization, with the support of East Europe Foundation, released a game for children and adults.

02/02/2023

Digitalisation of the Eastern Regions

Despite the heavy shelling of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and the occupation of the Luhansk Oblast, we continue to operate and supply our communities with everything necessary.

01/02/2023

School Safety

A model shelter has been equipped by EEF in one of Kyiv gymnasiums, as part of the Safe School Program. Later the school shelter was extended and now it includes even a cinema

27/01/2023

Found a Suspicious Item?

EEF, in partnership with the SES, launched an information campaign to raise awareness of Ukrainians about landmine safety

20/01/2023

Results at Diia Reels event in Davos

The Diia Reels event took place within the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the Ukrainian delegation shared the results of digital transformation work done during a large-scale war.

17/01/2023

Landmine Safety Blockbuster

TNMKsang about the danger of unexploded ordnance and how to treat them. The project was initiated by East Europe Foundation with the support of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

15/01/2023

E-democracy training session

On January 13, a training session themed Implementation of Electronic Democracy Tools for Youth Councils was held in the city of Vinnytsia within the framework of the EGAP Program.

15/01/2023

Launching the USR extract service

A service offering electronic extracts from the USR has appeared on the Diia portal, enabling its users to obtain a document online in less than one minute.

13/01/2023

Three Rules of Landmine Safety

East Europe Foundation and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, created an educational video about landmine safety rules. Everyone should know them!

10/01/2023

About Landmine Safety with Fagot

EEF, together with the TNMK Band frontman, presented the online educational Course “Watch Your Step! Watch Where You’re Going!”

03/01/2023

Demining Ukraine Application Update

Demining Ukraine Application was created by the SES to protect civilians from explosive ordnance (EO) and raise awareness of Ukrainians about landmine safety.

26/12/2022

Kherson is on the SVOI Platform!

In December 2022, the city of Kherson returned to the SVOI Platform after the liberation of the right-bank portion of Kherson Oblast from Russian occupation.

23/12/2022

Online Course on Psychological Resilience

We Present Free Online Course on Psychological Resilience for Civil Society Organisations

22/12/2022

Training for Identifiers

On December 5–21, East Europe Foundation together with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine held a training for identifiers of explosive objects.

21/12/2022

Opening Safety Class for Children

On December 20, East Europe Foundation together with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, opened a new interactive safety training class for schoolchildren.

20/12/2022

Survival Course “Safe”

The course “Safe" was launched on the Zrozumilo! Online Educational Platform.

16/12/2022

Grants for Humanitarian Aid

Two more organizations to assist IDPs in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions as part of the Shelter Program.

16/12/2022

Return Crimea

On December 16, 2022, to commemorate the 30th anniversary since the establishment of the Office of Representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea, a panel discussion “Achievements and Challenges on the Path towards De-Occupied and Peaceful Crimea” was held.

16/12/2022

Workshop for communities in Ivano-Frankivsk

Representatives of the host community discussed how to interact with internally displaced persons in order to better adapt new residents at the workshop within the training component of the “Stiyikist’” Programme.

15/12/2022

Fundamentals of Civil Defense for Volunteers

An online course on civil defense fundamentals for volunteers

12/12/2022

Support from Google

$2 million for digital education is a new initiative by Google to support Ukraine. In this initiative, East Europe Foundation acts as an implementing partner.

12/12/2022

12 grants for CSOs

12 CSOs get support for important projects and institutional capacity development

09/12/2022

Our resilience leads us to victory

In November, East Europe Foundation held a training "CSOs' work during the war: how to overcome challenges" in Lviv, which gathered 60 representatives of SCOs

06/12/2022

Shelter Program: grants

More than ten villages in Kherson, Chernihiv and Chernivtsi regions will receive humanitarian aid within the framework of the Shelter Program.

05/12/2022

New Administrative Service Center

An Administrative Service Center was opened in the Smidyn Community in Volyn region to provide community residents with quality services.

30/11/2022

The Resilience Story

Entrepreneur in Chernihiv oblast is restoring his export business, which was fully destroyed by the enemy after the month of occupation

29/11/2022

Advanced training center

Supported by the EGAP Program, more than 3,500 citizens have received professional training.

29/11/2022

Winners of communities' selection

16 territorial communities will take part in training from EEF

25/11/2022

Coworking space for displaced children

An innovative educational and development center for children and youth has been opened in Dnipro for displaced persons from the Luhansk Oblast.

22/11/2022

Grants for Humanitarian Aid

As part of the Shelter Program, we have selected five new grantees to help IDPs in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Kyiv regions.

17/11/2022

A new service has appeared

An extract evidencing your place of residence can now be generated on your smartphone with a few clicks. The service that was launched on the portal in June has now become available in the Diia app.

15/11/2022

The ABC of Security

In million-plus cities, we placed billboards, city lights and digital screens with important information on all-hazard emergency plans.

12/11/2022

Digital Regions Week

Digital Regions Week — the Ukrainian week of regional digital transformation — is now over.

10/11/2022

Supporting business

300 entrepreneurs received the first tranche of micro-grants from EU4Business. The implementing partner of the microgrant initiative is East Europe Foundation.

08/11/2022

Digitizing ASCs

Personal identification via Diia becomes accessible at Administrative Service Centers throughout our pilot communities.

27/10/2022

Landmine Safety Week

On September 22, Landmine Safety Week. North started as a joint project of East Europe Foundation, Charitable Foundation Soloma Cats and the State Emergency Service.

26/10/2022

We continue to evaluate applications

Winners of the Stiykist' Programme grant competition will be announced in mid-November

26/10/2022

Three grants for psychological support

In addition to equipping shelters and providing food and non-food supplies to IDPs, we, at East Europe Foundation, care greatly about the mental wellbeing of the Ukrainians.

20/10/2022

Memorandum with Switherland

Switzerland Allocates 15 Million Francs to Boost Digitalization in Ukraine — Memorandum Signed

20/10/2022

Brave and Strong in Spirit

A doctor from Donetsk oblast lost his home and workplace but found aspiration to keep working thanks to the grant financial support

14/10/2022

Let’s Preserve the Language

Recently, the National Corpus of the Crimean Tatar Language (NCCL) has been launched in Ukraine as a special online project to preserve and develop the endangered Crimean Tatar language. This online resource should be seen as a useful tool for linguists and people who want to learn the Crimean Tatar language.

13/10/2022

We presented the work of EEF

In October, on the 30th Congress “Neighborhood in the middle of Europe” in Rzeszow, Poland we presented EEF work in a time of war.

07/10/2022

Mobile Suitcases in Odesa region

Our project to equip communities with mobile digital suitcases continues in our pilot regions. Recently, Chornomorsk and Bilyaivka communities in Odesa region received this modern digital equipment.

06/10/2022

The EEF partners visited Ukraine

Colleagues from France and Norway visited EEF and partner CSOs of Chernihiv and Vinnytsia.

05/10/2022

Renovation of Ukraine

Victor Liakh talked about digital tools that could be helpful for renovation of Ukraine

05/10/2022

Swiss partners in Vinnytsia region

Recently, the delegation of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation visited Vinnytsia region, one of the five target regions where the EGAP Program is implemented. During the day, the partners visited the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration, the Vinnytsia City Council, Citizen Activity Center in the Viytivtsi community, as well as the humanitarian information hub I am Mariupol.

03/10/2022

All about the administrative procedure

The Eastern Europe Foundation presented the online course "General Administrative Procedure"

03/10/2022

See a Landmine? Don’t Touch!

East Europe Foundation and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have launched an information campaign on landmine safety.

03/10/2022

We Support the Host Communities

We announce the selection of Joint Territorial Communities for the “Home Together: Resistant Community, Effective IDPs Adaptation” Component

30/09/2022

E-Queue Launched on SVOI Platform

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Law of Ukraine On Administrative Services, the EGAP program launched the E-Queue module for residents to schedule appointments with municipal authorities on the SVOI platform.

30/09/2022

School Participatory Budget

Over 5,000 citizens voted online to express their support for the projects within the School Participatory Budget.

30/09/2022

Shelter Program geography has expanded

East Europe Foundation will award grants to five organizations as part of the Shelter Program. Together, we will continue to support forcibly displaced persons and those who have suffered as a result of hostilities.

29/09/2022

Civil Protection Program

East Europe Foundation, in partnership with Hala Systems Inc. and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, is launching Civil Protection Program.

28/09/2022

Let’s Play Watch Your Step!

Our team, together with the YMCA game developers, made a visit to Obolon School in Kyiv to present the educational board game Watch Your Step! to the fifth grade students.

27/09/2022

Landmine Safety for Children

East Europe Foundation presented the online course Civilian Safety and Emergency Preparedness and the video tutorial Caution: Landmines for students of grades 5-9

26/09/2022

"Anti-tank mines are all over this area"

Our team, together with our partners from DanChurchAid, visited a liberated village in Kyiv region. We spoke with deminers working in the landmine-contaminated area.

23/09/2022

Friendly Visit

Martin Schroeder, Head of the Local and Human Development Section at the EU Delegation to Ukraine, visited the office of East Europe Foundation.

19/09/2022

Electronic School Diaries

The system of Electronic School Diaries for Students and Tutors was proven successful in 121 other schools that implemented it. Educational process was further digitized in four regions of Ukraine: Volyn, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk and Vinnitsa.

15/09/2022

IDPs Chat Bot

Persons affected by Russian military aggression can now use the Legal Advisor for IDPs chat bot – if they do not have access to Viber, Telegram, Facebook and other instant messengers – by going directly on the chat bot website. This feature is available free of charge and around the clock.

14/09/2022

More grants!

Four awards have been granted recently by East Europe Foundation within Shelter Program. We provide funds to support internally displaced persons.

09/09/2022

Western opinion leaders visited school shelters

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst and Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center Melinda Haring paid a visit to two educational institutions in Kyiv.

08/09/2022

Landmine Safety for Everyone

East Europe Foundation together with the State Emergency Service conducts trainings to raise landmine hazard awareness among citizens.

08/09/2022

Grant Writing Training Sessions

EEF to Hold Grant Writing Training Sessions for CSOs on September 20-22

06/09/2022

Air Raid Alert at School

East Europe Foundation launched an online course Psychological Safety of Adults and Children During Air Raids at School to assist teachers in the educational process.

31/08/2022

LLC Automatic Registration

On Ukraine's Independence Day, a new service was launched on the DIIA online portal: registration of an LLC.

17/08/2022

Four more grants

Under the Shelter Program, East Europe Foundation awarded grants to implement four additional initiatives. The money will be used to support internally displaced persons.

08/08/2022

Safe School

East Europe Foundation, in partnership with the State Emergency Service and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, launched The Safe School Program.

04/08/2022

Cooperation with French agency

We started our cooperation with an agency Fondation de France. The partners will fund humanitarian work within the Shelter Project.

02/08/2022

Educational Platform NAZK.Study

National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP, NAZK from Ukrainian) and East Europe Foundation presented Educational Platform NAZK.Study.

19/07/2022

Training for Identifiers

On July 11–13, East Europe Foundation together with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine held a training for identifiers of explosive objects.

12/07/2022

We've developed despite disruption

The nearly two-year 3D Project supported the public sector during the pandemic, and its end coincided with the start of a full-scale war, but it confidently achieved the expected results

24/06/2022

Course "Managing your own finances"

New course on the Educational online platform Zrozumilo! teach how to save, set financial goals, plan expenses and control risks

22/06/2022

Looking for justice

Ukrainians who were affected by russian aggression can submit an application to the European Court of Human Rights online and receive a compensation

08/06/2022

Coworking Zone for IDPs in Dnipro

In cooperation with Luhansk Oblast Civil-Military Administration, East Europe Foundation within EGAP Program opened a coworking space for IDPs from Luhansk oblast in Dnipro

27/05/2022

Online Course “How to Support a Kid during the War?” Was Presented

The course contains information on how to support your child and yourself during difficult times and how to discuss the war with the child, how to cope with fear, anxiety, and panic attacks, and how to react to hysterics.

26/05/2022

Startups During the War

Civic tech tools that were developed by the winners of the Act to Connect competition and work of their teams nowadays

24/05/2022

Closed Discussion

On May 24, East Europe Foundation organized a discussion for German and Ukrainian politicians during which they discussed rising ammunition supplies to Ukraine, our course of European integration, and increasing sanction pressure on russia

20/05/2022

Shelter Project in Numbers

How we managed to help 65 000 people in 2,5 months: we present EEF’s interim report for Shelter Project

19/05/2022

Memorandum of Cooperation

Today, on May 19, the International Charitable Organization East Europe Foundation and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) signed a memorandum of cooperation.

06/05/2022

Support at Lviv train station (video)

Volunteers, psychologists and doctors help people who came from active combat zones and ended up at the train station in Lviv

29/04/2022

Medical aid via smartphone

The chatbot "Marta" provided communication between the medical institutions and the patients. The team of IT-developers from Mariupol continues to improve it to help Ukrainians nowaday

18/04/2022

Kyiv Region Gradually Revives

Social School Enterprise “School Hive” Resumes Its Work

15/04/2022

Lviv oblast is helping

Recently our partners from Lviv Regulatory Hub delivered sets of food, hygienic products, kids clothing, and toys to the accommodations for internally displaced persons within the Shelter Project.

13/04/2022

The Shelter Project in Volyn Oblast

NGO "Volyn Institut of Law" joins the Shelter project and will support shelters in two communities in Volyn oblast

06/04/2022

Humanitarian Aid from Slovakia and Czech Republic

The aid was transferred to the residents of Bucha, Vorzel, Hostomel, Kharkiv oblast, Sumy, and to the hospitals of Kyiv and Chernihiv

05/04/2022

New partner for the Shelter Project

NGO InSource joins Shelter project and helps shelters in Ternopil oblast

04/04/2022

Support for shelters in Carpathian region

NGO "STAN" helps shelters of Ivano-Frankivsk oblast with the equipment

01/04/2022

Support from Germany

Co-founders of Zentrum Liberale Moderne – German politicians Marieluise Beck and Ralf Fücks – visited Ukraine to express support

01/04/2022

France supports Ukraine

2 Thousand Euros Were Raised during the Charity Breakfast

31/03/2022

The "Shelter" Project in Rivne oblast

Last week the aid cargos from Civil network Opora/Rivne, with the assistance of Harcerski Hufiec "Wołyń" and East Europe Foundation, were transferred to their destinations

28/03/2022

New donations for the Shelter Project

American NGO CNFA donate 20,000 dollars for the unternally displaced persons

25/03/2022

Hearts to support Ukraine

Eight-year-old girl Michelle, who lives in England, sews and sells hearts with the Ukrainian flag on it to support IDPs in Ukraine

24/03/2022

Sweet Charity for Ukraine

Ten-year-old twins from England, Miri and Leila, organized a charity sale of sweets to support internally displaced persons in Ukraine

21/03/2022

Equipment for shelters in Vinnytsia Oblast

Within the Shelter Project, IDP support centers in Vinnytsia Oblast received washing machines, tumble dryers, hairdryers, and kitchen equipment

19/03/2022

We are helping to ATC of Ivano-Frankivsk oblast

Withi the Shelter project, equipment for the shelters was delivered to three communities of Ivano-Frankivsk oblast

17/03/2022

Two more CSOs are implementing “Shelter”

East Europe Foundation within the Shelter Project has financed activities of two more public organizations that provide help to internally displaced persons

15/03/2022

We implement “Shelter” Project in the regions

The first CSOs from Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Vinnytsia oblasts have received funding to help IDPs

11/03/2022

Solidarity truck

The University of Murcia sent the first truck with humanitarian help to East Europe Foundation

09/03/2022

Utensils that warm

Retail network “Eldorado” donated UAH 470 000 worth of supplies to East Europe Foundation

08/03/2022

“Shelter” received support from Georgia

$19 970 was received from the partners of Eurasia Foundation Network to help internally displaced persons

07/03/2022

The first donations for “Shelter”

Danish company NREP donated €89 900 to help Ukrainians who had to flee from their homes

10/02/2022

Opportunities for deoccupation of Crimea

On February 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in partnership with East Europe Foundation held a strategic session of stakeholders of the Crimean Platform.

30/12/2021

The Winners of the Regulatory Initiative Open Call

East Europe Foundation Supported by USAID CEP Announces Communities Selected to Participate in the Regulatory Initiative

28/12/2021

We've achieved the goal

A final independent evaluation of the completed EEF program on the establishment of social school enterprises was conducted.

16/12/2021

Crimean Platform Expert Network

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and East Europe Foundation presented the Action Plan on 2022 of the Crimean Platform Expert Network to the international partners

29/10/2021

Official visit

The Vice President of the Swiss Confederation met with representatives of the EGAP Program

18/10/2021

We present a new online course

EU and East Europe Foundation present online course on design thinking and innovation for NGOs

08/10/2021

Salt Boom Festival in Sloviansk

Students of the Academy of Public Activism held an art festival in Sloviansk

29/09/2021

What comes after Merkel?

On September 28, the project "Ukraine in Europe: Parliamentary Dimension" organized a discussion "Germany and Ukraine after Merkel: the importance of elections to the Bundestag."

08/09/2021

State Grants on Vzayemodiia Platform

Mincyfra and partners have launched a service of electronic competitions on the Vzayemodiia Platform. Civil society institutions will be able to submit proposals for their projects and receive state grants if they win.

23/10/2020

(Укр) Успіхи грантистів 3D Project

(Укр) В Україні запрацював додаток для протидії сексуальному насиллю для військовослужбовців