COVID19: Civil Society Resilience and Sustainability
Project Description
Specific Objective
- To provide emergency support to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) whose activities have been heavily damaged by the pandemic.
- To enhance the CSOs’ digitalisation, strategic and operational capacities to continue assisting their beneficiaries.
- To empower CSOs and independent media to fight disinformation.
- 26 CSOs will be provided with emergency grants, which is financial aid to sustain running costs (e.g., salaries, office rent).
- 200 CSOs’ representatives will receive psychosocial and legal support, as many reported of having felt more under-stress during the pandemic.
- 26 CSOs will be assigned with a digitalization grant to improve their online work (e.g. equipment, consultancy to use new technologies).
- 21 CSOs will learn how to conduct effective risk assessments, contingency plans, or how to effectively cope with a very different future working environment.
- 6 Ukrainian CSOs will be able to boost coordination and cooperation across different regions of the country.
- 5 Ukrainian policy experts and think tanks will receive support for analytical and policy-oriented projects to assess short and long-term consequences of the pandemic.
- 32 among independent media and CSOs will be supported to debunk false information.
- 25 among CSOs and Media will organize media campaigns, advocacy and awareness raising activities aiming at countering disinformation on health risks and government actions.
- In Ukraine, 6 CSOs will be funded to monitoring government’s actions, oversighting public procurement, investments in the health sector and economic aid.
Expected Results
- To equip CSOs with the necessary digital technology, structured organisational and strategic capacity to continue supporting their beneficiaries, protecting vulnerable communities and advocating for policies to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.
- To help CSOs and media to counter disinformation and fake news, and promote access to reliable information on the pandemic and its impact on communities through awareness raising and advocacy.
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