Dnipropetrovsk ‘makes’ positive change network
In December, the program called ‘Network Of Positive Change Centers’ is
launched in Dnipropetrovsk. The Tamarisk program is intended for
non-governmental and charitable organizations from Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia,
Kirovohrad, Poltava and Kharkiv oblasts.
The program is focused on establishing a network of the centers that
will support local initiatives aimed at community development and
implementation of positive social change in their cities and villages.
The program includes such events as training on mobilizing the
community: how to create the conditions for a constructive dialogue between
different areas and sectors, how to organize the process of developing the
project team, establishing cooperation based on common values, an online course
developing social projects and the forum of networks of positive change centers
for the experience exchange and best practices presentation. Source: http://tamarisk.org.ua
Disabled artists are showing
real love to art and life
On Nov.22, the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv opened an
exhibition of paintings by people with disabilities; unusual artists create
their works with the help of mouth and even legs. The event is timed to the
10th anniversary of the Ukrainian public organization National Academy of Art With
Disabilities and the International Day of Disabled Persons in 2012. The
exhibition is aimed at drawing public attention to the life and work of the
disabled, praising the courage and love to life and finding the ways to support
the disabled artists in future. The exhibition runs until Dec. 9.
Source http://news.zn.ua
Journalists abroad are focused on creating positive
image of Ukraine
Ukrainian-speaking journalists, living or working abroad, created the Association
of Ukrainian Foreign Media that coordinates and supports foreign media while covering
events and reflecting real life in Ukraine.
On Taras Chernega, chief editor of the Ukrainian News in Kazakhstan, the
international community said the newly-created body will provide systematical cover
of socio-political and cultural situation in Ukraine and, thereby, create a
positive image of the country.
Source http://regionews.sm.ua/node/6445
Ukraine is first in Eastern
Europe testing mobile application on consumer protection
The Peace
Corps volunteers William Toerpe and Logan Brennan, living in Melitopol of Zaporizhia Oblast) are
developing a mobile smart phone application that would allow local residents to
publicly report hazardous issues to the local government (such as unsafe
black-market consumer goods and infrastructure problems, like potholes and
broken streetlights). Features of this application would include the ability to
upload photos of the dangerous issue, create a location place marker, vote and
prioritize concerns/complaints, see where complaints are located on the city map,
and comment. Local authorities of Melitopol are open to this idea implementation
and want to participate. After the app beta testing in Melitopol and Zaporizhia
the guys are planning to propose the mobile smartphone app to other cities of
Ukraine.
Toerpe said
the application would be the first of its kind to incorporate a consumer
protection aspect and the first of its kind in Eastern Europe. More about the application idea can be read here: http://innovationchallenge.peacecorps.gov/
Frankfurt is going to learn more about Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr authorities got a chance to present investment attraction and
export potential of the oblast in Frankfurt. As for now, the oblast has already
worked with investors from 47 countries; more than 400 enterprises are
functioning with foreign capital. Alexander Nikityuk, head deputy of Zhytomyr Oblast
administration, said the investment potential of the region has not been fully explored.
He thinks investors may be interested in building, woodworking, engineering,
rehabilitation of small hydropower plants, agriculture, organic farming etc.
Source: http://ruporzt.com.ua/
Kyiv resident Zhanna Kobylinska initiated
the Ukrainian public movement called Open Ukraine in Positive, which can be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/145106042272163/.“Good News Ukraine”
items can be sent to her at [email protected]. Kobylinska has also worked as public
relations manager for the www.ukrainecityguide.com Internet portal.
