Purpose of the competition: Development and support of public initiatives in Kherson, Kharkiv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Rivne, Volyn oblasts of Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Terms of the competition: Applications are accepted exclusively from public organizations legalized under the legislation of Ukraine that operate in the above-named administrative territory.

Priority will be given to projects aimed at:  activation of local communities in rural settlements and district centers through solving the most urgent and specific social problems of community residents (improvement of territories around and inside buildings, arrangement of children's playgrounds), environmental problems (collection and removal of household waste from rural areas, forest, water bodies, etc.) by conducting various direct action measures by local public structures and informal groups;  Active involvement and motivation of citizens, representatives of local self-government to participate in volunteer initiatives and lobbying for the adoption of new, implementation or change of decisions of authorities on current issues of local community life.  Development of youth initiatives

Projects will not be considered: • from private individuals, political and non-legalized organizations; • supported by other sponsors; • whose budget exceeds 500 US dollars.

All projects must be implemented within 3 months from September 10 to December 10. Applications are accepted until August 1, 2009 inclusive.

The grant application must be submitted in 5 copies in Ukrainian according to the attached form. Applications received after August 1, 2009 will not be considered.

Please send applications to: Coordination Grants Competition 6 Mykhaila Kotsiubynskoho St., office 8 Kyiv, 01030 n.lavrynenko@cym.org Contacts: Nelia Lavrynenko – program coordinator n.lavrynenko@cym.org

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VOMGO "Association of Young Reformers" has been a member of the All-Ukrainian network "Public Initiatives of Ukraine" since April 2009.