Webinar about the Grant Competition on Advocacy Support to Strengthen the Role and Impact of Civil Society

Looking for new opportunities for your CSO? On April 1, from 14:00 to 15:00, we invite you to a webinar about the grant competition on Advocacy Support to Strengthen the Role and Impact of Civil Society.

Location: ISAR Ednannia’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

 During the webinar, you will learn about:
• Competition’s priorities and its thematic lots.
• Key requirements and conditions.
• Application deadlines and evaluation criteria.
Plus, you will get answers to all your questions.

The competition is conducted as part of the Norwegian-Swedish Askold and Dir Fund, administered by ISAR Ednannia and funded by Norway and Sweden. This is a unique opportunity to secure funding for advocacy projects that strengthen civil society's impact in Ukraine.

Who is this webinar for?
For CSOs seeking systemic changes in society and ready to apply new approaches to advocacy.

Competition details.

Join us and learn how to make your application successful!

Online Webinar on Youth Exchange Programmes. How to Apply?

The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, with the support of the Norwegian-Swedish Askold and Dir Foundation, administered by ISAR Ednannia and funded by Norway and Sweden, invites you to an online webinar dedicated to the 2025 Ukrainian-Polish and Ukrainian-Lithuanian Youth Exchange Programmes. The webinar will take place at the Civil Society Home.

Date: March 31
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Where: ISAR Ednannia's Facebook and YouTube pages

Link to the event.

Why should you join?

- Digital application process – for the second year, the competition is fully online.
- AI in action! For the first time, applications will be automatically checked for compliance, common mistakes, and content quality — with personalized improvement tips. This is a groundbreaking innovation for youth-focused competitions.

During the webinar, you will learn:

🔹 How do you submit an application using the digital platform?
🔹 What are the new priorities for 2025?
🔹 How does the AI assistant work, and how can it support you?

Speaker: Liliia Shkyra, Deputy Head of the Youth Policy Department at the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine

Don’t miss this opportunity! This is your chance to get firsthand insights into the new format and explore exciting international opportunities for youth.

Public Presentation of the Providing Financial Support as Small Grants for Social Services to Families with Children and Children and/or Early Intervention Services in Ukraine Project

On Thursday, March 27, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, a Public Presentation of the Providing Financial Support as Small Grants for Social Services to Families with Children and Children and/or Early Intervention Services in Ukraine Project will occur.

During the event, you will learn about:

• The reform of the social service system, with a special focus on the role of civil society organizations (CSOs).
• Details on how to apply for the grant competition to provide social services.
• Application requirements and guidelines, including registration in the official social service provider registry.

Speakers:

• Oksana Zholnovych, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine.
• Andrew Ockenden, Development Director, British Embassy in Ukraine (TBC).
• Jean Choi, Head of the Child Protection Section, UNICEF.

The event will be held offline in Kyiv and online via Zoom (registration required). Additionally, it will be live-streamed on ISAR Ednannia’s YouTube and Facebook pages and the Social Protection Fund for Persons with Disabilities Facebook page.

We invite representatives of regional and local authorities, social service providers, especially from CSOs and charitable foundations, as well as those who are already providing social services or plan to do so.

For offline participation, 80 participants will be selected based on pre-registration, with priority given to CSOs and charitable foundations that provide or plan to provide services in Kyiv and the Kyiv oblast. Register for the event. Registration deadline: March 25, 12:00 PM.

Selected participants will receive event details via email the day after registration’s deadline. Please ensure that the email address provided in your registration form is correct. For offline participants, travel expenses will be reimbursed, except for first-class and luxury-class train tickets.

For participants from the following oblasts involved in the Project – Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernivtsi – separate training sessions and offline meetings will be organized to explain the application process for the Project.

The project is being implemented by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolution No. 40, dated January 17, 2025, On the Implementation of a Joint Project with UNICEF Regarding the Provision of Financial Assistance in the Form of Small Grants for Social Services for Families with Children and/or Early Intervention Services. 

This event has been funded by the UK Government under the Social Protection for Inclusion, Resilience, Innovation, and Transformation (SPIRIT) project, implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, the Fund for Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities, and UNICEF Ukraine, with administration by ISAR Ednannia.