International Renaissance Foundation • 2007 Annual Report

Partnership and Cooperation 
On  December  28,  2007,  IRF  signed  the  Memorandum  of  Cooperation  with  the  Ministry  of  Regional 
Development  and  Construction  of  Ukraine,  the  Council  of  Ministers  of  the  Autonomous  Republic  of 
Crimea,  and  the  Sudak  City  Council  Executive  Committee  on  creating  the  Regional  Center  for  the 
Development  of  Electronic  Government  in  the  Autonomous  Republic  of  Crimea.  This  is  the  regional 
representative  office  of  the  Ukrainian  Center  for  the  Development  of  E-Government,  which  is  to  be 
created under the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 2008.
Together with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 5th Convocation Committee on State Construction, 
Regional Policy and Local Government, a series of bills on creating and organizing the work of bodies 
of self-organization and increasing their role in local government and the process of administrative and 
territorial reform, were prepared and an expert analysis was conducted. 
In addition, contacts were made with the newly created Ministry of Housing and Communal Services 
of  Ukraine  and  a  series  of  working  meetings  were  held  with  the  leadership  of  the  Department  for 
Communication  between  the  Government  and  Public  at  the  Secretariat  of  the  Cabinet  of  Ministers 
of  Ukraine,  during  which  discussions  were  held  on  cooperating  to  ensure  broad  involvement  of 
representatives of the public in the development and public discussion of state policy. 

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Expenditures by Region of Ukraine:
Region
Projects 
Supported
All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Total 
Amount
Total for All-Ukrainian 
Projects
AR Crimea
3
-
$ 64,000
$ -
Vinnytsia Oblast
1
-
$ 14,000
$ -
Volyn Oblast
3
-
$ 25,000
$ -
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
3
-
$ 33,967
$ -
Donetsk Oblast
2
2
$ 10,935
$ 10,935
Zakarpattia Oblast
1
-
$ 8,500
$ -
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
3
-
$ 16,200
$ -
Kyiv
46
32
$ 842,319
$ 621,439
Kyiv Oblast
1
-
$ 6,000
$ -
Kirovohrad Oblast
2
-
$ 19,177
$ -
Luhansk Oblast
7
-
$ 77,650
$ -
Lviv Oblast
10
3
$ 80,400
$ 32,400
Mykolayiv Oblast
2
-
$ 27,998
$ -
Odesa Oblast 
3
1
$ 41,000
$ 16,000
Poltava Oblast
1
-
$ 5,000
$ -
Rivne Oblast
6
-
$ 61,300
$ -
Sevastopol
3
1
$ 114,000
$ 100,000
Sumy Oblast
2
-
$ 8,000
$ -
Ternopil Oblast
3
-
$ 31,000
$ -
Kharkiv Oblast
1
-
$ 8,000
$ -
Kherson Oblast
2
-
$ 23,500
$ -
Khmelnytsky Oblast
1
-
$ 8,000
$ -
Cherkasy Oblast
5
-
$ 41,000
$ -
Chernivtsi Oblast
3
-
$ 33,760
$ -
Chernihiv Oblast
2
-
$ 17,500
$ -
Total:
116
39
$ 1,618,206
$ 780,774

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Development of Local Institutions  
of Civil Society Self-Organization 
Number of Projects: 
8  
Total: 
$ 65,000 
Share of the Total Grant Amount:  0.97 %
Expenditures by Region of Ukraine:
Region
Projects 
Supported
All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Total 
Amount
Total for All-Ukrainian 
Projects
AR Crimea
1
-
$ 6,000
$ -
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
1
-
$ 10,000
$ -
Kirovohrad Oblast
1
-
$ 5,000
$ -
Luhansk Oblast
1
-
$ 10,000
$ -
Odesa Oblast
2
-
$ 25,000
$ -
Sevastopol
1
-
$ 6,000
$ -
Sumy Oblast
1
-
$ 3,000
$ -
Total:
8
-
$ 65,000
$ -
Projects Supported by the Program:
Grantee: 
Romny Town Public Organization “Social 
Partnership Center” (42009, Sumy Oblast, Romny, 
Shevchenko Blvd, 8/40, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Lyudmyla Yukhta 
Project Summary:
 Organizing a social services fair 
involving representatives of government, business, 
NGOs, etc. and an extensive informational campaign 
about the event. Improving the provision of social 
services by Romny NGOs in the Romny, Nedryhaylivsky 
and Lypovodolynsky raions. 
Total:
 $ 3,000 
Grantee: 
Odesa City Public Organization “Face to Face” 
(65014, Odesa, Marazliyivska St., 38,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Oleksandr Kucher 
Project Summary:
 Creating conditions for the further 
development of bodies of self-organization in the city 
of Odesa. Involving the public in local self-government 
by proving legal support for effective cooperation with 
local self-government bodies, improving the system 
for support to public self-organization bodies, and 
regulation of their activities.  
Total:
 $ 14,000 
CIVIL SOCIETY IMPACT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM 

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Grantee: 
Svitlovodsk Town Association “Prosvita” (27500, 
Kirovohrad Oblast, Svitlovodsk, Kotovskoho St., 9,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Svitlana Shumska 
Project Summary:
 Informing the population about 
principles and goals of the work of public self-
organization bodies; developing drafts of local 
regulatory and legal acts and lobbying for their 
approval; creating a consultation center on 
development of public self-organization bodies; 
publication of a manual on the creation and activities 
of public self-organization bodies; coverage of project 
implementation in the mass media; organizing a 
concluding roundtable.
Total:
 $ 5,000 
Grantee: 
Public Council of Children and Youth 
Organizations (96100, AR Crimea, Dzhankoy,  
R. Luxembourg St., 16-h,  
tel. [phone], 32-955)
Project Manager:
 Lyudmyla Tuvysheva 
Project Summary:
 Increasing the effectiveness of existing 
and creating new collective forms of participation of 
residents of village communities in the Dzhankoy raion 
in the management of local development by creating a 
resource center for public organizations and public self-
organization bodies that provides consultative, legal, 
informational, methodical, organizational and technical 
assistance. 
Total:
 $ 6,000 
Grantee: 
Non-Profit Organization “Association for the 
Sustainable Development of Sevastopol “Aura”  
(99006, Sevastopol, Kosaryeva St., 7, Apt. 102 (PO Box 17), 
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Oleksandr Semenov 
Project Summary:
 Creating conditions for the initiation, 
creation, coordination and implementation of public 
initiatives by equipping the Public Center for Local Self-
Government in the Haharin raion in Sevastopol and 
involving socially active citizens, bodies of public self-
organization, NGOs, representatives of government and 
business in the development of coordinated joint action 
plans on securing the functioning of the Center with the 
goal of improving the life of the territorial community. 
Total:
 $ 6,000 
Grantee: 
Luhansk Regional Branch of the Ukrainian Student 
Union “Luhansk Oblast Student Brotherhood “SB” 
(91040, Luhansk, 50 Rokiv Zhovtnya Quarters, 22/40, 
tel. [phone]).
Project Manager:
 Oleksiy Kormiletsky 
Project Summary:
 Increasing the effectiveness of 
management of local development of bodies of public 
self-organization in the Luhansk oblast by providing 
activists with practical skills for influencing the activities 
of local self-government bodies and introducing into 
practice the new regulatory act "On Groups of Public 
Control" in the city of Luhansk. 
Total:
 $ 10,000 
Grantee: 
Charitable Organization “Dniprovsk Association 
for Development of Regions " (Dnipropetrovsk, Kirova 
Ave, 107-h, Office 119, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Olena Kharchenko 
Project Summary:
 Developing, approving and introducing 
the raion program "Introducing mechanisms for 
intensifying and involving public structures and 
public self-organization bodies in the preparation, 
implementation and control of local programs and 
development of village communities in the Sofiyivsky 
raion” through comprehensive consultative, educational 
and information work with state authorities and local 
self-government bodies, public and state structures in 
the Sofiyivsky raion in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast. 
Total:
 $ 10,000 
Grantee: 
Odesa Public Institute of Social Technologies 
(65023, Odesa, Soborna Sq., 10/11,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Andriy Krupnyk 
Project Summary:
 Developing and introducing 
mechanisms of public control over the condition of 
areas around buildings and territories for public use by 
creating the Institute of Public Inspectors in the Odesa 
oblast. 
Total:
 $ 11,000 

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Public Monitoring of Activities  
of Government Authorities
Number of Projects: 
7  
Total: 
$ 86,400 
Share of the Total Grant Amount:  1.30 %
Expenditures by Region of Ukraine:
Region
Projects 
Supported
All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Total 
Amount
Total for All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Donetsk Oblast
1
1
$ 10,000
$ 10,000
Kyiv
3
3
$ 47,000
$ 47,000
Lviv Oblast
2
2
$ 21,400
$ 21,400
Kharkiv Oblast
1
-
$ 8,000
$ -
Total:
7
6
$ 86,400
$ 78,400
Projects Supported by the Program:
Grantee: 
All-Ukrainian Charitable Organization “Ukrainian 
Association of Philanthropists” (04209, Kyiv, Obolonsky 
Ave., 37-V, Office 9, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Serhiy Bortkevych 
Project Summary:
 Supporting the successful 
implementation of state policy aimed at solving the 
pressing problem of tuberculosis infection in Ukraine by 
creating a mechanism for public control of the fulfillment 
of the National Program on Fighting Tuberculosis for 
2007-2011 via ongoing monitoring of the activities of 
central government bodies in implementing the Program 
in 2007. 
Total:
 $ 17,000 
Grantee: 
Civil Society Institute (01103, Kyiv, Druzhby 
Narodiv Blvd, 22, Office 21,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Volodymyr Artemenko 
Project Summary:
 Ongoing monitoring of the activities 
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and executive 
authorities related to the creation of state policy on the 
development of local self-government and NGOs in 
Ukraine. 
Total:
 $ 15,000 
Grantee: 
Donetsk City Public Organization “Еko Donbas” 
(83100, Donetsk, Naberezhna St., 127/52,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Yuriy Ozersky 
Project Summary:
 Creating and supporting permanent 
monitoring groups with the aim of monitoring of the 
activities of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of 
Ukraine and providing control over the solution of urgent 
environmental protection problems.
Total:
 $ 10,000 
Grantee: 
Western Ukrainian Media Center “New 
Journalism” (79007, Lviv, Hrebinka St., 5, Office 1,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Ihor Markov 
Project Summary:
 Involving the public in control over the 
activities of state authorities in preparation for the Euro-
2012 championships in Ukraine by organizing public 
hearings, monitoring the activities of state authorities in 
this field and publicizing the results via mass-media. 
Total:
 $ 7,000 
CIVIL SOCIETY IMPACT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM 

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Grantee: 
“Ukrainian Center for Museum Development” 
NGO (04070, Kyiv, 22-А, Borychiv Tik St.,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Oleksiy Kopytko 
Project Summary:
 Involving specialists in monument 
preservation in the analysis of objects listed in draft 
law №3179 from February 15, 2007, as well as those 
monuments that didn’t make it on the list; detecting and 
preventing cultural and historical heritage objects from 
coming under forms of ownership that are incompatible 
with the interests of the state.
Total:
 $ 15,000 
Grantee: 
Kharkiv City Public Organization of Invalids 
“Creavyta” (61009, Kharkiv, Volynska St., 18,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Olena Shynhariova 
Project Summary:
 Developing and introducing a 
mechanism for continuous public monitoring of the 
activities of the Department for City Construction, 
Architecture and Land Relations and state control over 
standards of accessibility to public buildings during all 
stages of construction or reconstruction. Increasing the 
level of accessibility of public infrastructure in the city 
of Kharkiv. Establishing cooperation between public 
organizations of people with physical limitations to 
ensure continuous public monitoring. 
Total:
 $ 8,000 
Grantee: 
Center for Legal and Political Research “SIM” 
(79000, Lviv, Main Post Office, PO Box 10666)
Project Manager:
 Yaryna Yasynevych 
Project Summary:
 Increasing the effectiveness of policy on 
protecting and developing the national cultural heritage 
by approbating a mechanism for systemic monitoring 
of the activities of the State Service for the Protection 
of the Cultural Heritage of Ukraine and ensuring the 
openness and transparency of monument preservation 
policy in Ukraine. 
Total:
 $ 14,400 

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Community and Local Government:  
Dialogue and Accountability
Number of Projects: 
26  
Total: 
$ 270,000 
Share of the Total Grant Amount:  4.05 %
Expenditures by Region of Ukraine:
Region
Projects 
Supported
All-Ukrainian 
Projects
Total 
Amount
Total for All-Ukrainian 
Projects
AR Crimea
1
-
$ 8,000
$ -
Vinnytsia Oblast
1
-
$ 14,000
$ -
Volyn Oblast
2
-
$ 21,000
$ -
Zakarpattia Oblast
1
-
$ 8,500
$ -
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
1
-
$ 5,000
$ -
Kyiv
3
1
$ 57,000
$ 35,000
Luhansk Oblast
2
-
$ 25,000
$ -
Lviv Oblast
4
-
$ 33,500
$ -
Odesa Oblast
1
1
$ 16,000
$ 16,000
Poltava Oblast
1
-
$ 5,000
$ -
Sevastopol
1
-
$ 8,000
$ -
Sumy Oblast
1
-
$ 5,000
$ -
Ternopil Oblast
1
-
$ 15,000
$ -
Cherkasy Oblast
4
-
$ 29,000
$ -
Chernivtsi Oblast
1
-
$ 10,000
$ -
Chernihiv Oblast
1
-
$ 10,000
$ -
Total:
26
2
$ 270,000
$ 51,000
Projects Supported by the Program:
Grantee: 
“Ideal Country” NGO (01034, Kyiv, a/c 109,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Taras Kuzmov 
Project Summary:
 Overcoming the low capacity of 
Ukrainians to participate in the discussion of problems 
of state, legal and personnel policy in various fields. As 
part of the project, training materials were developed 
and 8 trainings were held for experts and active users 
of the “Ideal Country” resources, a campaign was 
conducted to promote the “Ideal Country” products 
(concepts, policy proposals, draft laws, draft bylaws and 
local regulatory acts); support was provided for opinion 
polls and online discussions (in specialized forums) on 
the most important social problems. 
Total:
 $ 35,000 
CIVIL SOCIETY IMPACT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM 

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Grantee: 
Coalition of Public Youth Organizations of the 
Cherkasy Oblast “Young Cherkashchyna” (18000, 
Cherkasy, Khreshchatyk St., 187, Office 11,  
tel. [phone], 76-04-07) 
Project Manager:
 Viktoria Feofilova 
Project Summary:
 Increasing the transparency of youth 
policy in the Cherkasy oblast by monitoring the actions 
of the oblast government in the field of youth policy by 
youth NGOs and the media, and developing analytical 
materials. Increasing public awareness of the work of 
the oblast government in the field of youth policy and 
work of youth NGOs in the oblast, and expanding the 
positive experience to other lines of activities of the 
oblast government. 
Total:
 $ 4,000 
Grantee: 
Cherkasy Oblast Charitable Foundation “Parity” 
(18000, Cherkasy, Lazareva St., 6, Offices 424, 329,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Serhiy Honchar 
Project Summary:
 Monitoring the implementation by 
the Ministry of Internal Affairs Department in the city 
of Cherkasy of the Law of Ukraine № 2899-IV “On 
Measures for Preventing and Reducing Tobacco Use 
and its Harmful Effect on Health” and “Program for 
Ensuring Law and Order in the Cherkasy Oblast in 2007-
2010” with regard to charging fines for smoking in public 
places and selling tobacco products from hand to hand. 
Developing and introducing mechanisms for public 
influence over the police with the goal of making them 
fulfill their duties. 
Total:
 $ 5,000 
Grantee: 
Public Youth Organization “Foundation of Regional 
Initiatives” (88000, Zakarpattia Oblast, Uzhhorod, Ivana 
Franka St., 56, Apt. 18, tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Volodymyr Feskov 
Project Summary:
 Fostering democratic transformation 
on the local level by developing and implementing 
instruments for participation of the youth in the work 
of the local government in the city of Uzhhorod 
and monitoring local government policy in terms of 
respecting the rights and taking into consideration the 
interests of the city’s youth. 
Total:
 $ 8,500 
Grantee: 
“Social Movement of Social Initiatives of 
Participants of Combat, Army Veterans and Law 
Enforcement Officers in the City of Sevastopol” NGO 
(99007, Sevastopol, Mykola Muzyky St., 52,  
tel. [phone], 45-21-22)
Project Manager:
 Vitaliy Melnyk 
Project Summary:
 Creating a system of public awareness, 
introducing instruments for representing and defending 
the individual and group rights and interests of members 
of the community in Sevastopol, public monitoring 
of local government tourism activities, lobbying for 
the creation of an advisory council, starting a broad 
discussion on the state of the tourism and conducting 
an informational campaign.  
Total:
 $ 8,000 
Grantee: 
Social Service of Ukraine, Poltava Branch  
(36020, Poltava, Soborny Maidan St., 15,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Hanna Kiyashchenko 
Project Summary:
 Creating an understandable, accessible 
and transparent system for provision of services by 
departments of the executive committee of the Poltava 
city council by introducing “Service Charts” that will 
contain information about services provided by four 
departments of the Poltava city council (documents, 
permits, contracts, benefits, etc.), that will be printing as 
well as placed on the city council’s website. 
Total:
 $ 5,000 
Grantee: 
Public Legal Assistance Center “Public Defender” 
(Kyiv, Saksahanskoho St., 44е,  
tel. [phone])
Project Manager:
 Alla Mukshymenko 
Project Summary:
 Ensuring transparency in the work of 
the Kyiv city government by conducting a public expert 
analysis of draft decisions by the Kyiv city council on 
socioeconomic and cultural development programs, the 
city budget, reports on program and budget execution, 
development of administrative and social and cultural 
construction. 
Total:
 $ 12,000 

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Grantee: 
Zvenyhorodka Raion Public Organization “Romayi 
Katuna” (20200, Cherkasy Oblast, Zvenyhorodka, 
Bulvarna St., 3, tel. [phone])