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GDSI Expands its Expertise in the Eastern Partnership Region

GDSI is delighted to announce that we have been awarded for the contract “Regional Technical Assistance to Build Civil Society Capacities” (2021-2024). This project will contribute to strengthening and promoting the role of civil society in reforms and democratic changes in the Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. It aims …

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Four Years in Four Minutes – Looking back on our Success in the Eastern Partnership Region

GDSI’s Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility – Regional Actions project has come to an end. The project began in 2017 and has since embarked on a remarkable journey of success and achievement in a constantly evolving context.  Funded by the EU, its aims were to support civil society in its quest for better polices and …

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The GDSI Podcast – What is Civil Society?

Welcome to the The GDSI Podcast where we bring you the latest insights from our leading experts. In our episode on Civil Society, Monica Bucurenciu and Tanja Hafner Ademi, team leaders of our EU funded Civil Society projects the ‘Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility’ and ‘The Tacso Project’ take on the challenge to define civil …

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Reassess & Reboot – Civil Society’s Quest for Better Reforms in the Eastern Partnership

The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility will conclude it’s project with one final Conference in celebration of Civil Society. For the past four years, the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility has supported civil society organisations and activists in six countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to engage in projects and reforms to benefit …

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How a Belarusian youth organisation has now been in existence for 25 years by changing its leaders every year

by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). Non-formal education is something not spoken about at Belarusian schools; however, there are some NGOs, which are busy building young boys and girls’ personal capacities and promoting their participation. The Youth Education Centre Fialta NGO became one of them back in 1995. Quite …

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