An overview of the products and services that Civic Center Forum NGO offers in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

1. CIVIC CENTER FORUM (as of September, 2014)
We analyse public information to make it more accessible…
Web-page: http://www.ccforumvin.org/
Email: forumccvin@gmail.com, sofiiamelnyk@gmail.com
Tel.: +38 097 796 17 54, +38 0432 56 01 53
Address: Kosmonavtiv, 30, office 302, Vinnytsia 21021
ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES:
- Monitoring and analysis of the activities of governmental institutions and offices of self-government
- Policy-analysis at the local and regional levels
- Development of policies at the local and regional levels
- Analysis of election programs and charters of political parties
- Analysis of election programs of candidates to the councils of all levels
- Observation of voting at the polls
- Sociological research
- Application of information technologies for distribution of information among the target audience
- Rural community development
PRODUCTS/ACTIVITY RESULTS:
- Sociodemographic reference book on Vinnytsia city voters
- Analysis of the election programs of political parties and candidates running for the Verkhnovna Rada in 2012
- Social video promoting participation of women in politics
- In conjunction with other regional NGOs analysis of the regional program “Development of Civil Society in Vinnytsia Oblast”
- Conducting analysis of the access of citizens to medical services and financing of hospitals in Vinnytsia region
- Developing a public database that would determine connections of regional NGOs with political parties, top civil servants, media and deputies of Vinnytsia Oblast Council
- Planning to conduct trainings for students, journalists, NGO activists from six regions of Ukraine to determine the differences and similarities Плануємо тренінги для студентів, журналістів, громадських активістів шести регіонів України для визначення об’єднуючих пунктів та отримання навичок протидії ненависті та ворожнечі.
Mission: to facilitate development of a democratic society in the framework of sustainable development and implementation of scientific and technological innovations. Areas of activity: democracy and civil society, sustainable development, scientific and technological innovations.
LATEST GRANTS:
- 2014. «United for Development and Peace!», Embassy of the United States in Ukraine. Organizing seminars for the formation of interregional cooperation and understanding between the students, civil society activists and journalists in the following oblasts: Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Chernivstsi, Kharkiv, Lugansk, Donetsk.
- 2014. «Activation and Enhancement of civil society of Vinnytsia oblast in the Internet”, Embassy of the United States in Ukraine. Development of a database that detects the linkage of NGOs to political parties, media, deputies, public servants of Vinnytsia oblast; analysis of the civil society needs.
- 2014 р. Facilitation of cooperation of NGOs with the executives in Vinnytsia oblast via digital technologies. Embassy of the United States in Ukraine.
- 2013. «Center for Traditional Wedding and Ceremonial Song” . Chief Department of Economics in Vinnnytsia oblast. Facilitated the renovation of a village culture center and purchase of musical equipment.
- 2012р. “The Right of Women to Politics”. Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine. Analysis of the programs of political parties and majoritarian candidates running in Vinnytsia oblast, development of a statistical reference book “Vinnytsia Has Voted” and development of a social video that aims to increase the number of women in politics.