📥 Access the report in English: https://t.co/CeaFyBtMTQ
📸 Pictured: Anna and Igor at the Berlin conference.
What’s your take on the resilience of democracy during war? Join the conversation! 💬
📊 @IsichkoAnna, deputy director of CEDEM, and Igor Rozkladai, deputy director of CEDEM, authored the "Civil Society" and "Media" chapters of the report, titled "Ukrainian Democratic Institutions During the Wartime" (2024 Interim assessment).
Later, CEDEM also joined a roundtable in Kyiv: "Ukraine’s Democratic Institutions During War: Is Resilience Enough?"
The discussions emphasized the vital roles of civil society and independent media in sustaining democracy under extreme pressure.
Some #facts about the #history of #Ukraine and Russia for those who skipped classes at school.
Send it to your friends abroad. And trust facts, not dictators.
It is essential to strengthen a dialogue between public authorities and civil society if you wish to win. @IDFI (Institute for Development of Freedom of Information)
On February 9, CEDEM participated in the Good Governance Forum 2024 in #Georgia. During discussion ‘Civil Society Engagement in Reforms: Transparency and Trust’ Anna Isichko spoke on the pivotal role of civil society involvement in the reform process in Ukraine.#GGForum2024
“On the one hand, tobacco companies position themselves as good partners of Ukraine, investors in its economy, in recovery, but, on the other hand, the same tobacco companies earn money in Russia and pay huge taxes to the budget of the Russian Federation,” Hlib Kolesov, CEDEM.
While some multinational corporations left Russia following the full-scale invasion in 2022, many stayed behind. 45 foreign companies that stayed in Russia according to @kse_ua are listed as sponsors of war. https://t.co/xqjSdv6S49 #stoptobacco2023#stoptobacco#notobacco#CEDEM
Japan Tobacco International (JTI), another “big four” cigarette maker is also one of the biggest multinationals still active in Russia and Ukraine, and was also listed as a sponsor of war in August 2023.
CEDEM together with @Isar_Ednannia, @UCIPR and @ccl_ua represented Ukrainian CSOs and contributed to the elaboration of the vision and strategy of further development of civil society in the EAP region.
@opengovpart, @EszterHartay
On October 10-12, CEDEM @IsichkoAnna participated in ‘CSO Environment in EAP Region in 2028’ Future Research Conference, Tbilisi, #Georgia. Thank you ECNL and CSO Meter activity for this great opportunity to meet and strengthen international cooperation of #CSOs.
The Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law hereby presents its annual report for 2022. In 2022, we actively worked in the following areas:
📝Rule of Law Division
📝Independent Media
📝Civil Society
Read report here: https://t.co/YPBRiVFjr4
27-28 June CEDEM participated in workshop “UNPACKING THE TECH-SECURITY DRIVES; PROTECTING CIVIC SPACE” by @enablingNGOlaw in the Netherlands.
Experts discussed fintech, biometric surveillance,its influence on CSOs and activists,elaborated next steps for Global NPO Coalition #ECNL
The Forum issued its recommendations for all stakeholders (INGOs, Ukrainian NGOs, Government, Business): https://t.co/6WVcNmpHdV. #CEDEM participated in preparing this paper and worked in the area of Rule of Law. #SGSukraine
On June 4-8, CEDEM participated in the Ukraine Civil Society Forum ‘Rights, Return, and Reintegration: Dealing with Displacement and De-occupation’, Salzburg🇦🇹. Over 50 leaders of Ukrainian and international CSOs participated in this event. #SGSukraine
Participants discussed the role of civil society in responding to the ongoing war, especially in the sphere of rule of law. CEDEM provided its position about the vital role of Ukrainian civil society.