Open Space Events: highlights 

Here is the list of Open Space meetings, facilitated by members of our team 

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Brainstorm & Learning Exchange Session

How can municipalities ensure resilience in responding to wartime challenges and maintain a strategic course over the next 12 months

Sponsor: Governance and Local Accountability (HOVERLA) ActivityFunding: USAIDParticipants: municipal servants, NGO representatives, community leaders, HOVERLA expertsLocation: KyivFacilitators: Tania Danyliv, Maryana Zaviyska, Taras TymchukDate: 23-25 July 2024

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Brainstorm & Learning Exchange Session

Development of a common vision of the public security system and & action planning

Sponsor: Association communities participatory developmentFunding: UNDPParticipants: police, NGO representatives, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, community leaders, municipal servants, youth representatives.Location: PoltavaFacilitator: Taras TymchukDate: 11-12 July 2024

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Brainstorm & Learning Exchange Session

Challenges and Issues in Regional Journalism: What Media Professionals Can Do to Foster a Tolerant Media Environment

Sponsor: Vinnytsia Press ClubFunding: IFES/USAID/UKAIDParticipants: Media professionals and creatorsLocation: VinnytsiaFacilitator: Yurii StepanetsDate: May 31- June 2 2024

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Participatory planning session

Myshkovo-Pohorilove Community Strategy 2024-2027: What New Processes, Measures, Initiatives, and Projects Will Help the Community Recover from the Negative Effects of the War and Become More Cohesive, Safe, and Attractive for Living and Business Development?

Sponsor: NGO Pivden (Mykolaiv) Funding: Legal Development Network / FCDOParticipants: Residents of various settlements that are part of the Mishkovo-Pohorilivska community, Educational managers, representatives of youth initiatives, CBA organisations and local businesses.Location: MykolaivFacilitator: Taras TymchukDate: January 18 -19 2024

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Stakeholders brainstorm session

How to Ensure a Child’s Right to a Family in Current Conditions: Challenges and Opportunities During the War and the Recovery of Ukraine

Sponsor: Everychild Partnership / Ministry of Social PolicyFunding: UNICEFParticipants: Social workers, educators, and policy designers.Location: KyivFacilitators: Taras Tymchuk, Maryana ZaviyskaDate: March 21, 2023 

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Brainstorm & Learning Exchange Session

Impact-investments in accelerative post-war Ukraine recovery: who, in what, how and why?

Sponsor: World of Communities Funding: World of Communities Participants: Urban planners, CSO managers, educators, investors, engineers, psychologists, military specialists, creators, media, local authorities, municipal managers, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists & thinkers.Location: LutskFacilitator: Taras TymchukDate: 2 April 2022 

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Stakeholders brainstorm session

Youth Cluster in My Community: How We Can Use Gamification, a Game-Based Approach, and SYAP Results to Engage Young People on a Large Scale in Community Development

Sponsor: NGO IPIDFunding: UNDP/EUParticipants: SYAP fellows, youth, activistsLocation: BerdianskFacilitator: Oleksandra Tselishcheva Date: September 10-11, 2021 

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Stakeholders brainstorm session

What Should a Comprehensive City Program for Civic and Professional Adult Education Include to Ensure Everyone Can Participate in the Community Life of Melitopol: Content, Professionals, Funding, and Stakeholders?

Sponsor: Adult Education Centre "The first" (Melitopol) Funding: UNDP/EUParticipants: Adult educators, CSO, activistsLocation: MelotopolFacilitator: Taras TymchukDate: September 17-18, 2020 

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Participative Community Meeting

What kind of projects and services could help to transform the library and house of culture into the vibrant public space of our community?

Funding: GIZParticipants: Community members, educators, media, local authorities, municipal managers, entrepreneurs, youth, NGOLocation: Petropavlivka, Dnipro regionFacilitator: Taras Tymchuk, Maryana ZaviyskaDate: 17 April 2019 

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Participative Community Meeting

What kind of projects and services could help to transform the library and house of culture into the vibrant public space of our community?

Funding: GIZParticipants: Community members, educators, media, local authorities, municipal managers, entrepreneurs, youth, NGOLocation: Dnipro regionFacilitator: Taras Tymchuk, Maryana ZaviyskaDate: 17 April 2019 

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Learning & networking exchange meeting

Congress of Culture: Key Achievements and Challenges in culture for the last 5 years: what and how to store and develop?

Funding: Ukrainian Catholic UniversityParticipants: Culture managers, thinkers, creators, educators, municipal managersLocation: LvivFacilitator: Taras Tymchuk, Maryana ZaviyskaDate: 13 October 2019