Our initiatives

Collecting and meeting the humanitarian needs of frontline and de-occupied settlements through the development of humanitarian response routes

Sumy, Chernigiv, Kharkiv oblasts

Conducting a study on the status of land reform in Ukraine. Analysis of the state of landowners' rights

National level

Promoting the Social Integration of Internally Displaced Persons in Their Communities of Residence

Kamianka-Buzka community (Lviv region), Kolomyia community (Ivano-Frankivsk region), Khmilnytskyi community (Vinnytsia region).

Support for operations and emergency response under martial law

22 organisations in 15 regions of Ukraine (as of 2022-2023)

"Support civil society organizations and develop their capacity to stabilize and adapt (re-train as needed) work to wartime conditions"

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Support for operations and emergency response under martial law

22 organisations in 15 regions of Ukraine (as of 2022-2023)

Formation of an international network of local organisations and initiatives to promote ideas of access to justice and advocacy

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Strengthening the role and capacity of civil society organizations in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in improving the quality of social, security and legal services to the population with a focus on human rights (using the Local Human Rights Index tool)

Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts

Supporting the introduction, at both local and central levels, of a culture of applying an approach to strategic management decision-making in the area of ensuring effective access to justice based on the results of research on the real legal needs of people

Oleshyn (Khmelnytskyi Oblast) Khmilnyk (Vinnytsia Oblast) Shyroke (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) Kreminna (Luhansk Oblast) Berezanka (Mykolaiv Oblast) Voznesensk (Mykolaiv Oblast) Uzyn (Kyiv Oblast) Chervona Sloboda (Cherkasy Oblast)

Strengthening the capacity of local governments to implement measures to protect socially vulnerable groups in the context of the COVID-19 acute respiratory disease pandemic through monitoring using the Local Human Rights Index tool and implementing the training component

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Supporting the introduction, at both local and central levels, of a culture of applying an approach to strategic management decision-making in the area of ensuring effective access to justice based on the results of research on the real legal needs of people

Oleshyn (Khmelnytskyi region) Khmilnyk (Vinnytsia region) Shyroke (Zaporizhzhia region) Kreminna (Luhansk region) Berezanka (Mykolaiv region) Voznesensk (Mykolaiv region) Uzyn (Kyiv region) Chervona Sloboda (Cherkasy region)

Obtaining objective data on the legal needs and problems of informally employed persons, developing recommendations for overcoming these problems for further planning of an advocacy campaign aimed at solving the problems of informal employment in Ukrainian society

National level

Supporting the organizational development of LDN member organizations through the implementation of the Strategy at the local level

23 organisations in 15 regions of Ukraine (as of 2019-2021)

Strengthening the Financial Viability of Ukrainian CSOs through the Creation, Testing and Promotion of Unique Services to Strengthen Financial Capacity

23 organizations in 15 oblasts of Ukraine (as of 2019-2020)

Increasing the capacity of local partner organizations for their work within the framework of monitoring the provision of justice and security services according to the methodologies of the Local Human Rights Index (LHRI) at the local and regional levels with the application of social rights of different population groups through the development and implementation of training programs that include: Basic knowledge and skills for the effective application of the LHRI methodology, Peculiarities of working with local self-government bodies and local state authorities, Adaptation of the LHRI methodology to the local context

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Introducing a culture of applying an approach to strategic management decisions in the field of ensuring effective access to justice, which is based on taking into account the results of research into the real legal needs of people

Oleshyn (Khmelnytskyi Oblast) Khmilnyk (Vinnytsia Oblast) Shyroke (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) Kreminna (Luhansk Oblast)

Improving people's access to justice, administrative and social services, legal aid services and alternative dispute resolution

Kyiv oblast

Strategic planning of the Public Union "Legal Development Network"

23 organizations in 15 oblasts of Ukraine (as of 2019-2020)

Reducing the level of social tension and conflict caused by the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ukraine by providing timely and convenient legal assistance to all who need it

National level

Development of the Legal Development Network, Strategic Planning, Improving Network Interaction Mechanisms, Developing the Institute for Regional Coordination, and Monitoring the Work of Network Offices

Vinnytsia, Volyn, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Luhansk, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk regions