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UK programme assistance to Ukraine 2018-2019

A list of projects funded by the UK government in Ukraine in 2018-2019.

From:
British Embassy Kyiv
Published
26 September 2018
Last updated
20 November 2018 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Ukraine remains a significant priority with strategic importance for the long-term security, stability and prosperity of the European continent and for UK interests. Our support to Ukraine increased following the crisis in 2014, which saw Ukrainians demand reform and an end to corruption during the “Revolution of Dignity”. This was followed by Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and instigation of the ongoing conflict in east Ukraine.

In 2018/19, our assistance package builds on previous years’ support to help Ukraine create an accountable and prosperous state, with a government able to make essential reforms, building its resilience to external aggression and destabilisation and supported by a united international community. Our support includes a range of conflict management, peace-building and recovery programmes, alongside support to Ukraine’s reform and anti-corruption agendas, and provision of essential humanitarian aid to those most in need.

This assistance comes from the following programmes: the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF); the Good Governance Fund (GGF); the FCO’s Bilateral Programme Fund (BPF); DFID’s Humanitarian Fund; and British Council funding.

The budgets for each programme in 2018/19 are: CSSF £14m; GGF at least £11m; BPF £500k; DFID Humanitarian £8.7m; British Council £1m.

The package of support covers the following areas:

  • Governance and reform
  • Anti-corruption
  • Accountability and communications
  • Conflict, stability and security
  • Humanitarian
  • Human rights / Bilateral Programme Fund
  • Education and culture

Governance and reform

Ukraine’s successful reform and adherence to good governance is in the UK’s national interest. That is why the UK is supporting Ukraine’s efforts to build an accountable and prosperous state, with reformed government structures that improve the quality of services to citizens and businesses. A reformed and improved system of government in Ukraine will contribute to the long-term security, stability and prosperity of the European continent.

Amplifying the voices of citizens in policy making through public consultation

This project helps to increase direct communication between government and citizens through developing and rolling out a model for national public consultation that can be replicated and sustained. In the long term, more effective public consultation has the potential to transform the relationship between government and society in Ukraine by empowering citizens to contribute to policy development in a more structured way, and by encouraging a sense of shared responsibility, engagement and partnership. The project will build on recent work to develop a new draft law on Public Consultation.

Supporting Strategic and Reform-Focused Leadership in the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada)

This project supports the staff of the Speaker’s Office to develop the skills necessary for effective implementation of parliamentary reform, focusing on a number of important areas in which a more strategic, authoritative and influential Speaker’s Office has the potential to increase trust and significantly transform the accountability and efficiency of the Parliament.

Establishing an intellectual property court for Ukraine

Ukraine’s potential for innovation and creativity is significant. But intellectual property (IP) rights need to be enforced in order for innovation to yield positive results. Therefore, this project supports the establishment of a well-functioning IP Court for Ukraine to help ensure effective management and enforcement of intellectual property rights, improving the investment climate for key growth and social sectors. It is expected to be implemented in parallel with a complementary GGF project to help the institutionalisation of a dedicated IP Office in Ukraine.

  • Implementing organisation: IFES
  • Duration: August 2017 – March 2020
  • Fund: GGF

The ELECT project helps combat political corruption, strengthen Ukraine’s election administration, and inform civic engagement, including of vulnerable and minority groups. Since 2014, Ukraine has made significant progress towards meaningful electoral and political reforms. Yet continued support is necessary. The ELECT project is designed to buttress the country’s electoral processes and yield an effective, transparent, and participatory environment in preparation for important elections in 2019 and beyond.

Support to SME development in food value chain

This project helps unlock the EIB’s loan financing by building capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises as well as financial intermediaries to identify, design and assess investment opportunities. This will improve the productivity and efficiency of the agrarian food value chain in target countries. This assistance will be delivered through the EIB’s Eastern Partnership Technical Assistance Trust Fund.

Promoting women’s political participation

This project helps enhance women’s political participation and raises the visibility of female leaders while also increasing public awareness of gender inequality and gender stereotypes. Women who want to become politicians will benefit from leadership and campaign skills courses, delivered by specifically trained trainers.

Business Ombudsman Institution

The Business Ombudsman Institution (BOI) helps address corruption and unfair business practices by providing timely assistance in resolving complaints of mistreatment of businesses. Since its launch, it reports that it has successfully closed more than 2,000 investigations, and had a direct financial impact of more than EUR 350 million. The EBRD’s Ukraine Stabilisation and Sustainable Growth Multi-Donor Account has supported the BOI from its foundation.

Support to the EU Advisory Mission

  • Implementing organisation: EU Advisory Mission
  • Duration: April 2018 – March 2019
  • Fund: CSSF

This project provides UK advisors in security sector reform to the EUAM, including on policing, judicial reform, public order and prosecutions. The EUAM in Ukraine assists the Ukrainian authorities toward sustainable reform of the civilian security sector through strategic advice and practical support for specific reform measures, based on EU standards and international principles of good governance and human rights.

Promoting political Inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) People in Ukraine

This project works to advance equality in Ukraine by helping to increase the diversity and inclusiveness of Ukrainian politics and society. It supports LGBTI communities through Ukrainian civil society organizations (CSOs) by conducting public information campaigns in three oblasts: Kharkiv (CSO Sphere), Kherson (Gender Z), Zaporizhya (Inaya); and by training activists and conducting research on attitudes towards LGBTI people. This is complemented by a twin project funded by SIDA that covers Lviv, Odesa and Kyiv.

Health Reform Support

  • Implementing organisation: Deloitte
  • Duration: September 2018 – March 2021
  • Fund: GGF

This project provides comprehensive and flexible support to the central components of Ukraine’s healthcare reforms. Over the next 3 years it will be supporting the Ministry of Health and health reform bodies to improve health sector governance, implement new health care financing, strengthen the health sector workforce, and enhance transparency and accountability. The project is co-funded with USAID.

Managed Fund – Governance and Economic Reform projects

  • Implementing organisation: PwC Ukraine
  • Duration: Ongoing
  • Fund: GGF

The Managed Fund is a flexible and responsive mechanism to provide technical assistance to the Ukrainian Government for reform priorities. Governance and economic reform projects under the Managed Fund in 2018/19 include:

  • capacity building at key financial institutions including the National Bank of Ukraine and the National Securities and Stock Market Commission
  • supporting improvements to the business environment including tax, intellectual property and innovation sectors
  • support to the transformation of the Pension Fund of Ukraine
  • measures to spur growth of exports including the establishment of an Export Promotion Office
  • better energy reform dialogue through the Parliamentary Fuel and Energy Committee

Anti-corruption

Ukraine currently faces two battles. One is with the Kremlin, which has violated Ukraine’s territorial integrity and seeks to destabilise the country. The second battle is against corruption that drains the public purse and erodes public trust. An open, transparent and accountable Ukraine is in the UK’s interests and those of our European allies. That is why the UK supports Ukraine’s efforts to eradicate corruption, including through enabling better public procurement, availability of Open Data and provision of eServices.

Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services (TAPAS)

  • Implementing organisation: Eurasia Foundation
  • Duration: December 2017 – November 2020
  • Fund: GGF

This project supports Ukrainian citizens and the Government of Ukraine in reducing or eliminating corruption in key public administration services through greater use of Open Data, supporting transparent public procurement development (e-Procurement), and development and implementation of e-Services. The UK is providing co-funding to the project with USAID.

Support to National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) with implementation of a human resource management (HRM) strategy

  • Implementing organisation: PwC, IDF, individual subcontractors
  • Duration: April 2018 – September 2018
  • Fund: GGF

This project supports the NABU with implementing human resource management (HRM) practices. The project is focused on embedding key modern HRM practices into NABU’s day-to-day work, engaging line managers in strategic people management and further enhancing of internal capacity of NABU personnel on HRM matters.

Support to National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) with implementation of an information security management system (ISMS) strategy

  • Implementing organisation: PwC, IDF, IT Engineering, individual subcontractors
  • Duration: March 2018 – August 2018
  • Fund: GGF

This project supports the NABU with enhancing information security (IS) practices, capacity building of IS personnel and raising awareness among NABU’s employees on IS matters.

Capacity building of Ukrainian law enforcement against cross border crime

  • Implementing organisation: Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs supported by other UK law enforcement bodies
  • Duration: June 2018 - March 2019
  • Fund: CSSF

This project provides training in effective search skills using UK experience, as well as improving capability in developing investigations and effective inter-agency cooperation. The project contributes to a more effective response to corruption and organised crime. And it aims, over the long term, to have a positive impact on Ukraine’s socio-economic situation.

Law enforcement training and capacity-building

  • Implementing organisation: UK Law Enforcement bodies and partner organisations
  • Duration: April 2018 - March 2019
  • Fund: CSSF

This project supports Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies by strengthening their investigative capacity, including in the areas of corruption, economic crime and child sexual exploitation. This includes thematic training and access to best international practices, with a particular emphasis on UK experience. The project contributes to a more effective response to corruption and organised crime, thus strengthening key rule of law institutions.

Support to Ukrainian healthcare reform through eHealth initiative

This project helps to develop key components of the e-Health system in order to prevent fraud and data falsification and ensure information security. It works in detail on a new fraud detection mechanism, two-factor authentication and system penetration testing. The e-Health system is central to the implementation of Ukraine’s health reforms, removing opportunities for corruption in health financing and contributing to more effective healthcare.

Supporting anti-corruption laws and institutions

  • Implementing organisation: World Bank
  • Duration: September 2017 – April 2019
  • Fund: GGF

This project provides technical assistance to Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions, including the NABU, and enhances effective use of asset declarations in support of anti-corruption efforts. The project continues to support NGO and media monitoring of asset declarations and conflicts of interest. The project also has flexibility to respond to anti-corruption opportunities as they arise, including in implementation of the High Anti-Corruption Court for Ukraine.

Supporting capacity building of Ukrainian law enforcement

  • Implementing organisation: UK Law Enforcement bodies and the OSCE
  • Duration: 1 April 2017-31 March 2018
  • Fund: CSSF

This project supports Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies by strengthening their investigative capacity, including in the areas of corruption, economic crime and IT-facilitated human trafficking. This includes thematic training and access to best international practices, with a particular emphasis on UK experience. The project contributes to a more effective response to corruption and organised crime and aims, over the long term, to have a positive impact on Ukraine’s socio-economic situation.

Support to National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) with development of a human resource management (HRM) strategy

  • Implementing organisation: PwC
  • Duration: August 2017 – February 2018
  • Fund: GGF

This project supports the NABU with the development of a modern human resource management strategy and capacity building, including recruitment and induction management, human resources administration and staff compliance, setting goals and objectives, staff motivation, learning, development, evaluation and retention.

Support to NABU with development of an information security management system (ISMS) strategy

  • Implementing organisation: PwC
  • Duration: August 2017 – March 2018
  • Fund: GGF

This project supports the NABU with enhancing information security (IS) practices according to domestic legal and regulatory requirements and leading international practices in the IS area, as well as capacity building of NABU personnel on IS matters.

Accountability and communications

Ukraine’s media and information space is doubly distorted due to oligarchic control of the main channels and steady influx of disinformation and propaganda, originating from Russia. Our accountability and communications project portfolio focuses on countering the destabilising effects of propaganda; ensuring the Government of Ukraine is better equipped to effectively communicate its reform agenda; building the capacity of independent media outlets in Ukraine to hold power accountable and enable more informed and active citizens.

Donbas calling: developing radio broadcasting for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions

  • Implementing organisation: Hromadske Radio
  • Duration: March 2017 – June 2018
  • Fund: CSSF

This project supports the civic broadcaster, Hromadske Radio, to provide unbiased, factual reporting and news to the east of Ukraine (including the conflict affected areas) where access to independent media is limited and Russian disinformation is readily available. It aims to support peace-building efforts by helping establish an independent media space for people in the region to engage with decision makers and civil society.

StopFake – using fact checking to tackle and debunk propaganda

  • Implementing organisation: StopFake
  • Duration: March 2017 – March 2018
  • Fund: CSSF

This project supports the NGO StopFake.org in its fact-checking, debunking and information verification work that aims to tackle the negative effects of disinformation and propaganda about Ukraine (within Ukraine and around the world).

Ukrainian government strategic communications capacity building

This work consists of two projects to help build the strategic communications capability of the Government of Ukraine, including via embedded experts within the Cabinet of Ministers and a UK advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The focus of this work is on planning, coordination and evaluation of communications outputs, countering Russian disinformation and improving Ukraine’s communication of its reform agenda.

Learn to discern – piloting media literacy learning in secondary schools

  • Implementing organisation: IREX
  • Duration: October 2017 – December 2018
  • Fund: GGF

This project is piloting the teaching of IREX’S proven Learn to Discern (L2D) approach to media literacy in Ukrainian secondary schools. It helps empower Ukrainian youth to better discern fact from fiction in the information space and to make informed decisions as to which information they consume, share and produce – decisions that are critical to democratic governance. The UK is co-funding the project alongside the US Embassy in Kyiv.

Capacity building support to Ukraine’s Public Broadcaster

  • Implementing organisation: BBC Media Action
  • Duration: March 2017 – March 2020
  • Fund: GGF

This project improves the effectiveness of the Ukrainian Public Broadcaster (UA:PBC), including its delivery of a digital multiplatform Newsroom. This will help UA:PBC fulfil its reform agenda and create a permanent basis for publically owned quality, objective, and unbiased news content in Ukraine.

Capacity building support to Hromadske TV

  • Implementing organisation: PwC, BBC Media Action
  • Duration: May 2018 – March 2019
  • Fund: GGF

This project provides consultation and mentoring to Hromadske TV’s management and their news and programme departments in order to help them generate impartial and accurate news and information for Ukrainians. The project helps Hromadske TV address its newsroom strategy and organisation. This includes editorial standards, programme design, and presentation and reporting standards. The project also works on building capacity in non-news programming with a view to attracting audiences to the channel.

Conflict, stability and security

The east of Ukraine is suffering from a conflict manufactured by Russia, which has resulted in the deaths of over 10,000 people, over 1.5m people being displaced from their homes and roughly 8% of Ukraine’s territory being controlled by Russian-backed separatists and the Kremlin. The UK is a key partner of Ukraine, committed to supporting the Ukrainian government and its people during this ongoing conflict in the east. We are helping Ukraine to defend itself, and we are funding a range of conflict management and peace-building projects to help the most vulnerable people affected by the conflict.

Military capacity building

Operation ORBITAL was launched in February 2015 in response to a request from the Ukrainian government to provide guidance and training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). Our training is defensive in nature, conducted away from the conflict in the east and is focused on skills for which the Ukrainians have sought our assistance. These include medical, logistics, ground sign awareness and general infantry skills.

  • Implementing organisation: British Council
  • Duration: April 2018 – March 2019
  • Fund: CSSF

This project provides support to MTOT in relation to peace-building, conflict resolution, humanitarian assistance and the transition to socio-economic recovery in the east of Ukraine. Support includes assistance for the development of legislation, policies and practices in accordance with international standards; establishment of a Master’s programme in Conflict Management; and peace-building and social cohesion activities in the east of Ukraine as part of the implementation of the State Programme on Renovation and Peace-building.

Support to Ukraine’s defence reform agenda

The UK’s Special Defence Advisor and team provide high-level bilateral advice and assistance to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the General Staff of Ukraine, and National Security and Defence Council on defence and security reform and good governance. The team work closely with a broad range of international stakeholders, including NATO, the bilateral advisory community, Transparency International and the UK Defence Academy to deliver a range of projects to support reform in areas such as defence planning, procurement, logistics and crisis management, and anti-corruption. Funding also continues UK support to multi-national (NATO) efforts in Ukraine.

Addressing social consequences of the conflict in Donbas and illegal annexation of Crimea with support to Ukrainian government bodies and local civil society

This project continues to support institutions and organisations with a mandate to build the capacity of Ukrainian government bodies and civil society organizations (CSOs). The project focuses on four key areas: advocacy and support to legislative initiatives; support to the Government of Ukraine’s decentralisation process on government services for Internally Displaced People (IDP) and conflict affected populations; national and local inclusive decision-making involving conflict affected citizens; and, implementation of integration programmes.

Humanitarian mine action in east Ukraine

  • Implementing organisation: The HALO Trust
  • Duration: April 2018 – March 2019
  • Fund: CSSF

The UK continues to fund demining and provide mine risk education in the parts of eastern Ukraine affected by the military conflict. Demining is directly aimed at saving people’s lives from the large scale contamination by land and anti-personnel mines, improvised explosive devices and explosive remnants of war. In clearing land, demining also releases affected land back to local communities, supporting their socio-economic recovery.

This project works to reduce human rights violations by strengthening the field presence of human rights monitors in areas controlled by armed separatist groups and also areas under Ukraine’s control, along the contact line in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It helps document and share information about the human rights situation and fosters partnerships between citizens and the government in addressing conflict issues.

Building a community of dialogue: Enhancing dialogue and trust among Ukrainians, and between Ukrainians and the state

This project strengthens the ability conflict affected communities to have the tools to address underlying drivers of conflict. Activities include: enabling greater cooperation between community dialogue facilitators; improving their practice through reflection and learning; and, improving the policy and social environment for dialogue techniques to be employed.

UK contribution to OSCE Special Monitoring Mission

This project supports the OSCE SMM by providing high quality observers and HQ staff to monitor the implementation of the Minsk Agreements. The SMM is the first of its kind to carry out such a forward leaning mission in a fully active conflict zone. The UK is currently the second largest seconding nation with around 60 secondees.

Countering conflict in Ukraine through dialogue and facilitated engagement at the local, national and inter-state level

HD has been working in Ukraine since December 2013 and has established a number of dialogue initiatives aimed at introducing comparative international expertise and creative ideas into the official dialogue process, and preventing further polarisation between the conflict parties and their respective constituencies. HD’s activities seek to build understanding and reduce tensions by facilitating dialogue in search of a political solution to end the conflict and ongoing related concerns, such as such as the ecological threat.

Humanitarian

The ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine continues to have a devastating effect on millions of people living on both sides of the line of contact. There are an estimated 3.4 million people affected by the conflict requiring urgent humanitarian assistance. As a distinct UK source of support in Ukraine, DFID humanitarian funding through its partners is delivering humanitarian assistance targeted to reach the most vulnerable people. It is helping communities access essential goods and services including food, water and shelter, as well as psychosocial support to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and those affected by the trauma of conflict.

Multi-year response to humanitarian and early recovery needs in conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine – ICRC

ICRC interventions cover crucial sectors of the rehabilitation of water, sanitation and health infrastructure, the provision of medical materials, emergency food, cash assistance and household supplies for people most affected by conflict. In addition, they cover visits to places of detention, tracing of those missing and the reunification of families separated by war. As guardians of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC also undertakes dissemination of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) to all parties of the conflict in Ukraine.

Multi-year response to humanitarian and early recovery needs in conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine – DRC

  • Implementing organisation: Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
  • Duration: August 2017 – March 2019
  • Fund: DFID humanitarian

DFID funding for DRC focuses on its work in the livelihoods sector in government controlled areas of eastern Ukraine. DRC provides grants and training to individuals affected by conflict so they can start small businesses to have basic, self-sustainable incomes and lessen reliance on government or international support. DRC also provides legal assistance to its beneficiaries and the broader population displaced by conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Multi-year response to humanitarian and early recovery needs in conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine – PIN

  • Implementing organisation: People in Need (PIN)
  • Duration: August 2017 - March 2019
  • Fund: DFID humanitarian

PIN is operational in non-government controlled Luhansk and government-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine. It conducts emergency and longer-term water and sanitation and housing repairs, provides training and grants for conflict-affected people so they can establish small businesses, rehabilitates community centres and conducts programmes to provide psycho-social support for children.

Integrated response to end gender-based violence against vulnerable women and adolescent girls in Ukraine

UNFPA and its national implementing partners work in close cooperation with government authorities to conduct activities to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. UNFPA has increased awareness and improved the response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) beginning in conflict-affected parts of eastern Ukraine but gradually extended nationwide. This is being done through legislative advocacy and education campaigns, mobile psycho-social support teams directly supporting victims of domestic violence, operation of women’s shelters and a national hotline providing referral services. For details of project activities funded by DFID specifically, please see this page

Human rights / Bilateral Programme Fund (BPF)

Bilateral Programme Fund (BPF) in Ukraine

  • Duration: April 2018 – March 2019
  • Fund: BPF

The UK supports human rights globally not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because a safer, more prosperous world is in the UK’s national interest. In Ukraine, we support human rights through the Bilateral Programme Fund (BPF). BPF work includes increasing equality and promoting tolerance, in particular for the LGBT community and for people with disabilities, and strengthening human rights monitoring in Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. The BPF in Ukraine also focuses on supporting decentralisation reform, which is vital to ensuring capable local government and active communities committed to furthering democracy. For further information, please open this leaflet Bilateral Programme projects in Ukraine 2018-19 (ODT, 45.8 KB).

Education and culture

The cultural sector in Ukraine has seen huge growth in its vitality and activity since the 2014 “Revolution of Dignity”, yet its potential remains largely untapped with limited access for creative businesses to public funds, private investment and international networks. Ukraine’s education system is also undergoing changes after the Revolution, including reforms to tackle corruption in schools, boost academic integrity, and increase teacher development and university autonomy. The UK is funding, via the British Council, cultural and educational projects to help address these issues. The British Council utilises the UK’s experience and resources to bring about constructive collaboration, capacity building and increasing public support and understanding in the cultural and educational sectors.

Teacher development

  • Implementing organisation: British Council Ukraine in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, pedagogical universities, in-service teacher training institutes, schools, Global Office, Goethe Institut, Institut Francais and Cambridge English.
  • Duration: 2014 to March 2019
  • Fund: British Council Ukraine

The British Council is supporting the Education Ministry’s New Ukrainian School reform. This includes developing a new curriculum for student English teachers at pedagogical universities and a new Professional Development Framework for teachers. British Council-trained trainers are working with teacher training institutes in every oblast to ensure that 17,000 English teachers are prepared to implement the reforms, including the introduction of learning English from Grade 1 and developing 21st Century skills in children.

English for universities

This project focuses on improving the standards of English language teaching in 32 universities across Ukraine. Activities include training teachers of English for Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes and English as a Medium of Instruction and developing new English for Specific Purposes syllabi for students of different specialisms. The project has recently published extensive research to initiate a policy dialogue on the role of English in higher education.

Unlimited Ukraine

  • Implementing organisation: British Council Ukraine in partnership with Uvimkneni Performing Arts Association and Candoco International Dance Company
  • Duration: March 2017 – February 2019
  • Fund: British Council

As part of an Eastern Partnership regional project, the British Council supports artistic collaboration between British and Ukrainian professional dancers, a Ukrainian choreographer and artists with disabilities who have previously not had the chance to work in inclusive settings. The aim of the project is to support the inclusion of disabled people in the creative economy, challenge social attitudes to disability, develop new audiences for inclusive performances and change their perception of disability arts.

Cultural skills Ukraine

  • Implementing organisation: British Council Ukraine in partnership with different UK and Ukrainian cultural organisations
  • Duration: April 2015 – March 2019
  • Fund: British Council

The British Council’s flagship capacity-building programme across all main cultural sectors in Ukraine focuses on the development of technical and business skills of local cultural operators, through programmes that enhance their internationalisation and their links with UK partners. Programmes are run in theatre, music, publishing, film and the visual arts. They are conducted in partnership with leading UK cultural institutions (Liverpool Biennial, Young Vic Theatre, Rockethouse, BFI, etc).

Creative Enterprise Ukraine

  • Implementing organisation: British Council Ukraine, in partnership with Nesta (UK) and PwC and PPV Knowledge Networks (Ukraine)
  • Duration: September 2015 – March 2019
  • Fund: CSSF and British Council Ukraine

This project is part of a global business skills development programme for emerging creative entrepreneurs, developed by the UK innovations agency Nesta and the British Council. Since 2015, more than 300 emerging creative entrepreneurs from all over Ukraine benefit from the programme. Training is held in eight cities (Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odessa, Dnipro, Poltava, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk), hosted in creative hubs or organisations supporting local creative industries. The programme’s alumni are now forming active networks.

Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme

  • Implementing organisation: British Council, in partnership with the UK Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
  • Duration: November 2015 – March 2019
  • Fund: British Council Ukraine

This project is assisting reform in Ukraine’s higher education sector through the development on effective leadership in 40 universities across the country. Participating institutions learn how to implement innovative change within their institutions and get the chance to visit UK universities to share mutual experience. A national cohort of trained specialists, ready to implement innovative changes in their universities, is being created to take the programme forward over the long-term.

Active Citizens Ukraine

  • Implementing organisation: British Council Ukraine in partnership with 68 NGOs and youth organisations across Ukraine
  • Duration: November 2014 – March 2019
  • Fund: British Council

The Active Citizens programme facilitates social change by training and enabling individuals and groups to engage with and influence their communities. It works with young people across all of Ukraine, including those affected by the conflict in the east, to develop behaviours and skills that promote intercultural dialogue and support social cohesion and conflict resolution. Forty thousand active citizens have been trained so far, delivering more than 800 social action projects.

English for civil servants

This project works to build the capacity of Government institutions involved in implementation of the reform agenda, by providing English language training to civil servants. The project enables officials to better communicate in English and thus represent Ukraine more effectively on the international stage as well as accessing international advice and best practice.

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