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.