Challenge Fund: Local stakeholders appreciate progress in community planning training in Abmrolauri
In the middle of last year, efforts to strengthen the dialogue between community-based organizations and municipal actors in Georgia’s Abmrolauri and Tkibuli municipalities took off. The project of a Czech NGO NESEHNUTÍ, which won the Challenge Fund award in Spring 2020, aims to transfer a concept in which citizens can influence local development in their […]
🌍Earth Day in the last virgin forest of Europe
Internationally, 22 April is marked as the EARTH DAY.
While many of us still cannot travel, let us take you on an online visit to Sutjeska, the oldest and the biggest national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Czech Republic’s contribution to World Creativity and Innovation Day
The United Nations designated 21 April as World Creativity and Innovation Day to raise awareness of the role of creativity and innovation in all aspects of human development. Around the world, innovative approaches contribute to mitigating challenges such as poverty, hunger, environmental degradation. By expanding opportunities for everyone, they provide momentum for economic growth and […]
Community planning in Georgia: Involving the public in regional development in Abmrolauri and Tkibuli
According to the Georgian EU Country Roadmap for Engagement with Civil Society on the local level, the main obstacle to policy dialogue is the low level of autonomy of local authorities and the limited capacities of the local authority staff. Although dialogue mechanisms do exist on paper, in practice, they are often hampered by a […]
2020 for the CUP: The year of challenges and new opportunities
For international cooperation and development, the year 2020 proved to be challenging. With the COVID-19 pandemics, the workload and partnerships had to be switched to the online environment and new themes related mostly to COVID-19 response have emerged. Albeit filled with uncertainty, 2020 also gave space to new initiatives and innovations that have bridged the […]
Georgian aroma in the teapot: Challenge Fund tea production project in Guria
Petr Sič has been working on the tea production development project under the Challenge Fund component in Georgia since autumn 2020 and has cooperated with local families and small producers on enhancing their capacities and introducing them to new techniques of tea processing. Read more about a visit of Jonáš Háger, a Czech UNV to […]