The project will focus on the following:

• 8 organisations – regional leaders (civil society “hub”) will receive a grant for the institutional development of their network  
• 6 organisations – regional leaders in the new regions will receive institutional grants for their own organizational development (core support) and will join the hubs’ network  
• The CSO hubs’ network, consisting of 14 organisations, will receive grant for the implementation of the All-Ukrainian project in accordance with the priority agenda of democratic governance reforms
• Networking and coalition building in the area of democratization and human rights.  
• 40 subnational organisations will be supported to implement projects in the areas of democratization, human rights and enhancing youth civic engagement.
• Democratization: Thematic priorities in the area include citizen participation in decision-making at the local level and in the process of forming and using the funds of the local budgets; supporting local initiatives, mechanisms of local democracy, public control and government accountability; creating innovative e-tools for stimulating citizen engagement; advancing the reform agenda at the subnational level; engaging in the implementation of the National Strategy for Facilitation of Civil Society Development at the subnational levels, and others.  
• Human rights: Thematic priorities in the area include monitoring Ukraine’s human rights commitments under international treaty bodies and lobbying for the approval and implementation of the respective national strategies and policies; human rights awareness and education, documentation of the human rights violations related with the armed conflict in certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts; supporting integration of the human-rights-based approach in the everyday work of the civil society organisations; and monitoring the progress of reforms from the human rights perspective.
• Youth civic engagement: Thematic priorities in the area include specialized training for the youth workers on enhancing youth civic activism; youth initiatives in the area of democratization and human rights; youth social innovation; and engaging young people in volunteering for civil society organisations at the national and subnational levels.

Announcements

• Results of the call for proposals “Civic engagement of young men and women at subnational level”
• Results of the "Civil Society Response to the Violations of Human Rights of Vulnerable Groups of Women and Men during COVID-19 Outbreak in Ukraine" grant competition
• Call for participation in the competition "Civil Society Response to the Violations of Human Rights of Vulnerable Groups of Women and Men during COVID-19 Outbreak in Ukraine”
• Call for proposals “Civic engagement of young men and women at subnational level”
• Call for participation in the competition “Comprehensive response of the CSO Hubs Network to the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine”
• Call for Proposals “Strengthening Capacities of CSO Hubs Network Members to Support The Youth Workers Civic Initiatives”  
• Grant Award “Promoting democracy and fostering participatory and result-driven dialogue between civil society organizations and government bodies in Ukraine"| July 31, 2019
• Grant Award “Promoting democracy and fostering participatory and result-driven dialogue between civil society organizations and government bodies in Ukraine"| September 13, 2019
• Grant Award “Strengthening Capacities of CSO Hubs Network Members to Support The Youth Worker Civic Initiatives"| September 26, 2019

Partners:

• the widest possible range of civil society actors,
• the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers,
• the Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on State Building, Local Governance, Regional and Urban Development,
• the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of Ukraine,
• the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, and
• other relevant actors.