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Author: Elena Palivoda

Carrying out an evaluation of local youth work

The action aimed to evaluate a local youth work in the three South-Eastern regions (Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk) of Ukraine and determine youth in line with the state priorities as of May-November 2018. Also, the action addressed the problems, such as low quality of youth work management and low level of youth participation in the small Ukrainian communities. To achieve the above objectives, Valeria studied the Ukrainian and European Standards of youth work at the local level. Then, she contacted the regional Departments of Youth Policy and started to research the issue. Following this, she visited 8 Ukrainian towns (Including Mariupol, Melitopol, Zhovti Vody, Kramatorsk, Kamianske, Vasilievka, etc) and conducted focus groups in the field. Finally, she conducted an online survey of approximately 600 young people to define the qualitative trends and developed recommendations for the local authorities. In addition, Valeriia organized a roundtable to promote the survey results. 

The action produced an analytical digest: “Youth Work in the South-Eastern Part of Ukraine: Current Status and Prospects.” The study reviews the local conditions for youth participation and youth infrastructure and suggests successful practices of youth work in the target regions. The electronic and printed (150 copies) versions of the report were distributed among the local city halls, governmental divisions, and partner organizations. All in all, the analytical paper and roundtable event served as an instrument to raise awareness of the local government, media, and other stakeholders in terms of challenges and mitigation measures to increase youth participation in Ukraine.

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Moldova.org: Expoziție inedită de fotografii găsite într-o casă părăsită la nordul Moldovei

Fotografii făcute în anii ’50-’60 ai secolului trecut, găsite într-o casă părăsită din raionul Florești, vor fi expuse mâine, 6 iulie, la Muzeul de Artă al Moldovei. Lucrările au fost realizate de Zaharia Cușnir, un lucrător simplu al colhozului din Florești, care s-a adeverit a fi și pasionat de fotografie.

Zaharia Cușnir a fotografiat oamenii din raionul Florești și din cinci sate vecine, timp de zece ani.

Potrivit Nadejdei Cervinscaia, curatoarea expoziției, cele peste patru mii de fotografii artistice au fost găsite de către Victor Galușca, un tânăr regizor, într-o casă părăsită. Acestea erau înșirate pe jos, într-o stare satisfăcătoare. „Ele reprezintă o sursă de cercetare etnografică a portului popular, a caselor și a arhitecturii moldovenești din acei ani. De asemenea, este o mare resursă de cercetare socială și istorică, pentru că perioada ceea nu a fost simplă pentru oameni. Este vorba de rusificare și lucru în colhoz”, spune Nadejda.

 

Tânăra artistă menționează că Zaharia a reușit să capteze spiritele oamenilor, ceea ce gândesc și simt. „Vrem să facem o cercetare minuțioasă a fotografiilor, pentru că este important ca să regăsim oamenii din imagini. Ne dorim să reînviem interesul pentru fotografia de familie, de arhivă”, a declarat Nadejda, mărturisindu-ne că au găsit fiica fotografului.

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Vernisajul se numește „Revedere” și va fi deschis până la 26 august. Mai multe detalii pe pagina de facebook a evenimentului.

Expoziția a fost pregătită cu suportul Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship 2017.

Source: Moldova.org

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EN/COUNTERING STIGMA OF TERRORISM: THE CASE OF PANKISI Report is Available Online!

Ethnic Kists, residing in the Pankisi Gorge, constitute part of the overall Muslim population of Georgia. Pankisi Gorge is located in Kakheti region, Eastern Georgia. According to the census 2014, currently up to 6000 Kists live in the villages of the Pankisi Gorge. Since early 2000’s Pankisi Gorge is firmly associated with crime, terrorism and religious radicalism. Mariam idea was to investigate this issue, understand the roots of this perception and learn how the young Kists counter the stigma of terrorism,

Mariam Amashukeli: “Based on my study findings religious radicalization as such is not present in case of Muslim population (ethnic Kists/Chechens) residing in Pankisi Gorge. It should be emphasized that the harsh/reactive State policy towards the Gorge as well as lack of proficiency in case of majority of the national Media outlets, strongly contributed to shaping inaccurate public opinion about the Gorge which in turn led to labeling the Kist community as (potential) terrorist. Since a stigma of terrorism appeared to be the most important issue in case of the Pankisi population {…}, I decided to write the comprehensive research report unfolding the main challenges in regard to the Pankisi community”.

Mariam’s research project aimed at identifying the young Kists’ responses countering the stigma of terrorism and related issues such as the outflow of Pankisians to Syria, the spread of Salafism in the Gorge and the role of the State in maintaining peace and security in this region. Within her research Mariam collected the narratives of young Salafi as well as non-Salafi respondents and pubslished the report EN/COUNTERING STIGMA OF TERRORISM: THE CASE OF PANKISI.

Download Research Report EN/COUNTERING STIGMA OF TERRORISM: THE CASE OF PANKISI

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Photo report: Opening of ‘WeLead’ Young Women Leadership Club in Armavir city

Last week of June 30 it was the official opening of WeLead Young Women Leadership Club in Armavir city. In this event 24 young women participants and their 12 mentors took part in networking and active discussions about the role of women in society.

Անցյալ շաբաթ ` հունիսի 30-ին , ք. Արմավիրում տեղի ունեցավ «ԵԿԱԱ»-ի (երիտասարդ կանանց առաջնորդության ակումբի) պաշտոնական բացման արարողությունը: Բացմանը ներկա էին ծրագրի 24 երիտասարդ կին մասնակիցները և իրենց 12 կին մենթորները: Միջոցառումը տեղի ունեցավ ջերմ և ընկերական միջավայրում ` ճանաչողական զրույցներով և կանանց դերը հասարակության մեջ թեմայի շուրջ բուռն քննարկումներով:

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Raising awareness on EU visa free rules and opportunities for Georgia

The project aimed to raise awareness of the Georgian public on the EU-free movement in the EU/Schengen area and therefore, reduce the risks of the violation of the EU-Georgia visa regulations. To achieve the latter objective, Gogita conducted field research and interviews with local and international experts. Then, he prepared the Policy Brief on the EU-Georgia Visa-Free Movement and shared it with the relevant state institutions, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. In the final stage, he organized 10 interactive workshops across the country. The seminars were held in 8 Georgian cities and engaged the students, teachers, journalists, non-governmental organizations, etc. Finally, to share the findings of the policy paper to the international community, Gogita attended the Second Association Exchange Forum in Kyiv dedicated to Association Agreement implementation in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine and delivered a speech at the panel discussion on the topic of Post-Visa Free Agenda for Political Associations and Corporations on Justice, Freedom, and Security.

 The action raised awareness of the nearly 500 young people in the eight Georgian cities. Based on the desk research and interviews, Gogita developed a comprehensive Policy Brief –  EU-Georgia Visa-Free Movement – Achievements and Challenges. The document incorporates a complex analysis of Georgia’s visa-free movement in the European Union and suggests recommendations for the Georgian Government. Thus, the project produced 25,000 informative leaflets about the visa-free movement regulations. The leaflets were distributed to the public during the regional meetings and different communication campaigns organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and the host organization – Georgian Center for Strategy and Development (GCSD). All in all, the training, policy brief, informative leaflets and online campaign served as an instrument to raise policy discussions and improve policy coherence on the EU-Georgia’s visa-free issues.

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Developing the national potential in re-socialization of justice-involved children

The project aimed to research the best practices, methods, and tools to help delinquent children in re-socializing and provide guidelines to the involved stakeholders, including the teachers, psychologists, officers from the National Inspectorate of Probation, police officers and volunteers. To achieve the latter objective, Corneliu did comprehensive and interdisciplinary research of the most effective ways of re-socializing justice-involved children. To explore the best practices, Corneliu undertook three study visits in Romania, Czech Republic, and Germany. During these visits at the Buzias Educational Center, Czech Probationa and Mediation Service, IRZ, Bruke, Don Basco Youth Center, Youth Detention Centre in Dusseldorf, he held discussions with more than 40 field experts. The interviews and in-depth discussions played a crucial role in developing a final publication offering the best role-models targeted on the Moldovan Justice system.

The project produced a research publication introducing international practices on general incentives and mitigation measures of delinquent acts. The book is a guide for the policemen, probation officers, psychologists, pedagogues, and social workers to help juveniles involved in criminal activity. Corneliu published 800 copies of the book and distributed it among the education directorates, policemen, and probation officers across the country. Thus, the guidelines were also shared with the Youth Centers in Chisinau and Social Assistants from Chisinau and Criuleni. Overall, he covered six Moldovan cities, including Chisinau, Balti, Cahul, Gagauzia, Criuleni, Hîncești.

Research paper ‘Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Guidelines (in Russian)’:

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Photo Exhibition “GAZE”, July 6 – August 26, 2018 / National Museum of Fine Arts in Chisinau, Moldova

Photo Exhibition “GAZE”

“Only the man is always changing,
over the world forever raging”

“GAZE” is the exhibition of a photo archive, that will take place on July 6 – August 26, 2018 at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Chisinau, Moldova. The exhibition curator, Nadejda Cervinscaia, was empowered by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship 2017. “GAZE” exhibition foresees to unveil and to mirror the interior world of a visitor, so the onlooker can rethink the essence of life and detach from the modern chaos.

 

REDISCOVER, RETHINK, CONTEMPLATE, COMPREHEND, FEEL.
“GAZE” means repeating the alphabet of human feelings.

Accidentally found, the photographs blown by winds, but caressed by so many winters, summers and miracles, behold the spirit of past, the one of ’50-’60.
“[…]
Only man is always changing,
Over the world forever ranging;
We each do our place retain,
As we were, so we remain;
[…]”

The negative films were awaiting being discovered up until 2016. They are the creation of Zaharia Cușnir (1912-1993), firstly a teacher, then a kolkhoz worker, but in the rest of his time, he was a photographer with a special artistic sense. Zaharia left almost 4000 moments captured on the negative films. These moments breath faces, happinesses, aspirations, thoughts of the people on the Răut river in Moldova.

“Only man is always changing,
Over the world forever ranging;”
wrote M. Eminescu, so a human is always changing, or maybe not…?

The exhibition “GAZE” is a retrospective of times’, people’s and land’s metamorphosis. The portraits are gazing the visitor stubbornly enough to reveal the reality from the past. That is to say, “GAZE” aims to draw a parallel between the visitor and life moments caught by the camera of Zaharia. So, be prepared to rediscover of yourself in the ranging world, encounter the small kid or the sensible and mature person from the soul’s depth, feel the emotions connected to different life phases, this is the consistency of the exhibition within the small hall of the Museum.

“GAZE” includes 36 B&W photographs, which are the windows into the past that englobe both a historical period, and the truth of the people. Will you meet them for the first time, or maybe you already know them? The exhibition space proposes an immersive experience of time and human relationship. Moreover, the documentary “Who loves but leaves” (marked with 3 film prizes: Cronograf 2017, SimFest Târgu Mureș 2017 și Docuart București 2017) made by the film
director Victor Galușca will encompass the personal experience of the viewer.

The media and audience are very much encouraged to support the exhibition by visiting it and spreading the word through social media. Check out the facebook page and use the hashtag #RVDR_ZahariaCusnir.

For any inquiries about the exhibition, please, contact Nadejda Cervinscaia, the curator of “GAZE” Exhibition, [email protected]/ +37379792346, +39 349 173 2614 or Victor Galușca – film director, +37379318650.

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Improvement of the Ukrainian Academy of Paediatrics accountability and link to its target groups by supporting care givers of the children with chronic diseases via Parent’s Initiative Social Accelerator

The project aimed to create and launch a Parents’ Initiatives Social Accelerator (PISA) – a training model to trigger and facilitate collaborative involvement of families with their professional counterparts (pediatricians and family doctors). To achieve the latter objective, Antin created a communication/collaborative platform for the parents of children with chronic diseases and their doctors. The interactive training and meetings were tailored to build mutual understanding among mothers and fathers with different initiatives selected for the project.

The action equipped target groups with relevant information and tools to build organizational and communication strategies; Also, the project raised public awareness about the medical and rehabilitation methods. Overall, the engaged adults advanced their access to medical services provided by health care professionals. Thus, the parents became more aware of the behavioral change specifics and learned how to adhere to therapies and modify behavioral risk factors of their children.

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National Research on e-Petitions

The action aimed to identify the effectiveness of the newly-emerged (2015) e-petition instruments in Ukraine. To do so, Anya conducted the first national fact-based e-petition research in 393 cities of Ukraine. The data was collected through electronic applications requesting public information from the local authorities. To assess the level of public dialogue between the citizens and the local authorities, the survey measured various indicators, including the number of submitted, reviewed, supported, and implemented e-petitions. To follow the standards of representativeness, the research covered the big, small, and medium-sized cities, regional cities, and regional centers. In the final stage of the action, Anya developed a list of recommendations and submitted them to the local authorities. To discuss the project deliverables with a broader audience, she presented the survey results at the Forum Practice of e-democracy, held in Kyiv on December 7, 2018.

The project produced bilingual national-wide research on e-petitions in Ukraine. First of all, the document explored the advantages and disadvantages of electronic governance and citizens’ engagement in local policy-making. Thus, the study improved public dialogue between the civil society and the government, as the local authorities agreed to cooperate and follow the shared recommendations. Also, the survey raised awareness of respective public institutions as the publication was shared with the Government of Ukraine, including the Ministry of Justice.

Research paper ‘e-Petitions in Ukraine: the National Study’:

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