In order to involve local CSOs in building transparency and accountability in Ukrainian cities included in the ranking, TI Ukraine held a subgrant competition and is currently ready to announce the winners.
Aim of the competition: to increase the transparency level of municipality by at least 20 points in comparison with the situation in the transparency ranking as of June 2017 (ranking and methodology available at transparentcities.in.ua/en).
Geography of the competition: Cities included in the TransparentCities rating, available at the following link: https://transparentcities.in.ua/rating/.
The winners of the subgrants competition are the organizations which received the highest scores:
Unity and Development, Nikopol
Centre for the Civic Initiatives TIRA, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
The Power of the Community of the city Kamianske, Kamianske
The Public Television of the Svitlovodsk, Svitlovodsk
Kremenchuk Anti-Corruption Center, Kremenchuk
Crisis Media-Center Siverskyi Donets, Sievierodonetsk
Civic Control Platform, Pokrov
Development of Democracy and Women Initiatives DIYA, Bakhmut
Community Fund “Knowledge and Justice”, Lysychansk
Khmelnytskyi Initiative, Khmelnytskyi
Center for Civic Activities “Result”, Vinnytsia
Center for Media Investigations “Prozoro”, Kropyvnytskyi
Evaluation and selection of project proposals were based on the principles of collegiality and transparency. The decisions were made by the members of the special commission.
The Project Evaluation Criteria:
Correspondence of the project to the objective, tasks and priorities of the competition
Creative approach to the project implementation
Feasibility of the project, clear plan of project implementation, indication of the expected results
Sustainability of the project results
Communication aspect of the project, directing its results to a wide range of public
Involvement of partners
Correspondence of the budget to the declared activity
Overall, 33 organizations from the 25 cities participated in the competition, namely:
“Avtomaidan Vinnychyna”,Vinnytsia
Agency for Urban Initiatives, Chernihiv
Association OSN Sumshchyna, Sumy
Association of Political Sciences, Kropyvnytskyi
“Rule of Law”, Starokostiantyniv
The Ukrainian PLH Network, Lviv; Lviv
NGO “If Not You Then Who,” Kramatorsk
NGO MBTs Budget, Bila Tserkva
NGO Nikopoltsi, Nikopol
Public Television of Svitlovodsk, Svitlovodsk
Women’s Anti-Corruption Movement, Khmelnytskyi,
Institute of Information Law, Lviv
Institute of Reforms and Innovations, Dnipro
Irpin Development Agency, Irpin
Unity and Development, Nikopol
Kremenchuk Anti-Corruption Center, Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk Information and Educational Center, Kremenchuk
Crisis Media-Center Siverskyi Donets, Sievierodonetsk
New Society, Chernivtsi
Civic Control Platform, Pokrov
Ternopil Business Committee, Ternopil
Development of Democracy and Women Initiatives DIYA, Bakhmut
The Power of the Community of the City Kamianske, Kamianske
“Eastern Guard,” Lysychansk
“For the Sake of Life,” Marhanets
Community Fund “Knowledge and Justice”, Lysychansk
“Fund of Good Deeds”, Izium
“Khmelnytskyi Initiative,” Khmelnytskyi
Center for Civic Monitoring and Investigation, Lviv
Center for Civic Activities “Result”, Vinnytsia
Center for Civic Initiatives Tavriia, Melitopol
Centre for Civic Initiatives TIRA, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Center for Media Investigations “Prozoro”, Kropyvnytskyi
Center “Civitas”, Rivne
Chernihiv Educational Initiative Center “European Club”, Chernihiv
The competition is a part of the project Building Transparency in Ukrainian Cities, financed by the UNDEF.
