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“Preventing, Fighting, Acting” – almost a thousand of delegates gather to discuss anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine

Kyiv, 16 November 2015 – The largest anti-corruption conference in Ukraine welcomes its 900+ guests to discuss most pertinent aspects of Ukraine's "second front" – the fight against corruption.

Call to civil society organizations to apply for funding

The United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding for projects to advance and support democracy. Project proposals may be submitted on-line between 15 November 2015 and 31 December 2015 at www.un.org/democracyfund. You can find guidelines, FAQs and lessons learned from previous rounds at http://www.un.org/democracyfund/application-materials.

The Ombudsperson's Regional Coordinator helps an immigrant single mother restore her rights

Kyiv, 9 November 2015 – The Regional Coordinator of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) took prompt measures to address race-based discrimination against an immigrant woman and helped restore her right to social security.

Preparing civic monitors to make public information access easier

Kyiv, 6 November 2015 – A 2-day workshop on access to public information, organized by the Media Law Institute with the support of UNDP Ukraine, brought together civic activists from all over Ukraine to increase their capacity for making government information available to the public.

Reload of Ukraine’s National Strategy for Developing Civil Society

Kyiv, 6 November 2015 – The national conference "Civil Society and State: Strategy for Cooperation and Development 2016-2020" brought together representatives of the government and civil society to discuss the revised National Strategy for Developing Civil Society over the next four years.

Moving forward to endorse parliamentary openness in Ukraine

Kyiv, 29 October 2015 – The coordination meeting on Ukraine's joining the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness was held by Ukrainian MPs and civil society experts with the support of UNDP Ukraine.