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As Ukraine’s democratic standards continue to deteriorate, Ukrainian civil society is in need of external support to ensure that it remains vibrant and diverse. International donors may help make the NGO sector sustainable by reaching out to grass-roots initiatives as well as by providing institutional funding to established and growing organizations. Such are the key conclusions of the present report which was prepared jointly by the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw and the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation on the basis of interviews with leaders of non-governmental organizations in five cities of Ukraine. The report offers a number of evidence-based recommendations, which include lowering application barriers, offering staff training and coaching and increasing transparency in beneficiaries' internal management. Such changes are essential for international assistance to be an effective tool for making the Ukrainian civil society a strong and lasting foundation of Ukrainian democratic culture. Read more Expert opinion Юлія Ільчук аналітик фонду "Демократичні ініціативи" імені Ілька Кучеріва Олексій Сидорчук аналітик фонду "Демократичні ініціативи" ім. Ілька Кучеріва Марія Золкіна аналітик фонду "Демократичні ініціативи" імені Ілька Кучеріва Андрій Когут член керівного комітету Української національної платформи Форуму громадянського суспільства Східного партнерства Ірина Бекешкіна директор фонду "Демократичні ініціативи" ім.Ілька Кучеріва Вікторія Сюмар директор Інституту масової інформації Тарас Фініков президент Міжнародного фонду досліджень освітньої політики Валентина Теличенко юрист Михайло Міщенко заступник директора соціологічної служби Центру імені Разумкова Андрій Зоткін старший науковий співробітник Інституту соціології НАН України Олена Злобіна завідувач відділу соціальної психології Інституту соціології НАН України Євген Головаха заступник директора Інституту соціології НАН України Євген Головаха Олександр Сушко директор Інституту Євро-Атлантичного співробітництва Олександр Вишняк завідувач відділу соціально-політичних процесів Інституту соціології НАН України Микола Шульга заступник директора Інституту соціології НАН України Ольга Айвазовська координатор Громадської мережі ОПОРА, Павло Полянський. голова правління ГО «Центр освітнього моніторингу» ак вважає голова правління ГО «Центр освітнього моніторингу» Павло Полянський, Володимир Ковтунець, експерт альянсу «Програма сприяння зовнішньому тестуванню в Україні (USETI) Ігор Лікарчук директор Центру тестових технологій моніторингу якості освіти Наталя Бойко старший науковий співробітник Інституту соціології НАН України Максим Паращевін старший науковий співробітник Інституту соціології НАН України 13 June 2012 Policy papers The impact of semi-presidentialism on democratic consolidation: cases of Poland and Ukraine The paper was written in the framework of the Ilko Kucheriv Democracy Fellowship Programme carried out by PASOS (Policy Association for and Open Society) in conjunction with the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation (DIF, Ukraine) and the Institute of Public Affairs (ISP, Poland) with the financial support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The author was hosted by ISP for the five-week period during February-March 2012 and was mentored by IPA director Jacek Kucharczyk. Read more 11 June 2012 Events IKDIF Director: Ilko Kucheriv refused $1 million bribe Ilko Kucheriv, the founder of the Ukrainian think tank that now bears his name, once refused a million-dollar bribe to falsify exit-polling results, according to the think tank’s director. Iryna Bekeshkina, executive director of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in Kyiv, recalled the episode during an interview in Kyiv. The backdrop for the bribe offer was the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, and IKDIF was one of several groups involved in conducting exit polls. Read more 19 December 2011 Events Ukrainian experts discussed the possibilities and advantages of Europeanization, international experts provided the examples of its work in their countries What does Europeanization mean and why is it good for Ukraine? These questions were discussed during the Expert Toloka "Arguments for Europeanization: Information for Ukrainian", dedicated to the EU-Ukraine summit. Experts brought forward the qualitative arguments on the fruits of Europeanization and introduced the survey results of its impact on different social spheres. They were also trying to explain diplomatic terms of "Copenhagen criteria" in words of one syllable, making them understandable for mainstream people. Read more 6 September 2011 Mass media How Ukrainian society changed in 20 years Twenty years after independence, Ukraine is a society torn apart by the huge gap between the rich and the poor, a byproduct of the greed and selfishness fostered by the wild capitalism of the 1990s. Read more 18 March 2011 Mass media Ukraine - Backsliding on Democracy The Ukrainian president and his Party of Regions have initiated an alarming process of democratic reversals and controversial 'reforms' in the past year that are fomenting internal protest and alienating Kiev from critical European counterparts. Read more 21 April 2010 Mass media Ukrainians crave new political forces, and the call will be answered We have to start closing the gap between all aspects of lives of the Ukrainians and the European standards. In particular, we need to create a better system of parliament representation, and ease the conditions for arrival to parliament of new political forces. Read more 16 January 2010 Mass media Test of society’s maturity To say that elections held in Ukraine are civilized and European-style would be an exaggeration. But as the unforgettable Mikhail Gorbachev said “the process is in full swing”. The democratic anarchy in our elections ends on the day that the people express their will when campaign headquarters try to achieve their goal of exerting influence on the voting process. Read more 15 January 2010 Mass media KyivPost: Of planned exit polls, which are trusted? There will be at least six exit polls conducted during Ukraine’s Jan. 17 presidential election, but don’t expect all of them to accurately predict or uphold the fairness of the outcome, as they do in more experienced democracies. Read more 5 June 2006 Books Ukraine’s Place in NATO: A survey of expert opinion Ukraine's Place in NATO: Expert Survey Results is a 252 page publication is divided into six parts. The first is an Introduction of the NATO expert opinion survey from DIF Director Ilko Kucheriv. This is followed by a Summary of the sixty-nine sets of responses gathered from a field of domestic and international experts. A full List of experts is provided as are their individual Responses to each of the five major questions posed in the survey. Read more 17 May 2005 Books Ukrainian Society 1994–2004: Sociological Monitoring This publication presents comparative data from eleven national public opinion polls conducted between 1994 and 2004 by the Institute of Sociology (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) with the assistance of the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Socis Center for Social and Political Research. The publication tracks the changes that have occurred in public opinion concerning a variety of social issues in Ukraine. This publication is intended for scholars, journalists, public policy professionals and others interested in the social changes occurring in Ukraine. Read more Previous entries 1 2 Following records Announcement Прес-конференція «Вибори-2012: рейтинги, мотивація вибору, завдання громадськості» відбудеться у четвер 14 червня 2012 року з 14.20 до 15.20 у приміщенні Укрінформу Focus on Ukraine 6 August 2012 Pre-elections party lists: surprises and expectations Sociologist's view Elections 2012 in Ukraine: Challenges for Democracy Partners news Спостерігачі ОПОРИ фіксують незадовільний стан роботи Єдиної державної електронної бази з питань освіти - ОПОРА Рада Європи радить журналістам поважати приватне життя політиків - ТЕЛЕКРИТИКА Вуличне опитування показало більшу підтримку опозиційних партій - ЦЕНТР РАЗУМКОВА ЄВРО-2012 – А СУДДІ ХТО? - КМІС Fund "Democratic Initiatives" All Rights Reserved, 1993 - 2012 Developed by: VIS-A-VIS