The Ukrainian Independent Center for Political Studies (UNICPS) invites civil society organizations that seek to strengthen trust, participation, and democratic processes in their communities to cooperate.
We are looking for 5 regional partners to work together to help 15 communities develop and implement a territorial community charter and community-level public participation tools.
Who can become a partner? Public organizations that are located and take care of the implementation of participatory practices in Kharkiv, Odessa, Zaporizhia, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions (one organization per region).
You can read the full terms and conditions of the competition and fill out the application form at the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftmoiden72zX-oqxSQvcGbuKXbIB5pKVLunNsWB1jdop0uEg/viewform
Application deadline: December 18, 2025.
Announcement of selection results: until January 18, 2026.
The cooperation will take place within the framework of the project "Strengthening local democracy and inclusive participation of residents in the process of making government decisions at the level of communities and regions of the South and East of Ukraine", which is implemented by the UCIPR with the support of the MATRA program of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine.