Institute for democracy and development politA

1. Institute for Democracy
and Development "PolitA"

2. Contents
About us..............................................................3
Local experts......................................................4
Programs experts...............................................5
Realized projects................................................6
Actual projects...................................................10

3. Objectives
Goals
• Analyzing of Ukraine internal policy and
international political processes
• Monitoring of the democratic development level
in Ukraine
• Modeling of the Ukraine development strategies
• Forming the proposals for optimisation and
increasing effectivnes of state work
• Forming the political culture through educational
programs and communications between civil
society and study
About Us
• Development of active communication projects between the
civil society, state and municipal institutions
• Conducting of the training programs to raise educational level
in such fields as democratic development, vaues, good
governance and municipal management
• Supervision and assistance in the organization of democratic
elections in Ukraine
• Analysis and clever adaptation of other countries good
experience in the field of administration managment and work
of non-profit organizations
• Control over the allocation of public finances and assets of
international organizations in projects of Ukraine
• Analysis of legislation and laws development that promote civil
society development and rule of law
• Establishing a strategic partnership with reputable international
organizations, foundations and experts in the development of
joint educational projects and strategic planning
• Promotion of European integration processes in Ukraine
• Formation of values and classic ideological currents
• Research in the field of political science
• Implementation of the programs that focused on legislation
analising and its adaptation to European standards
• Development of active civil society;
• Formation of values and development of
classical iddeological trends;
• Activation of communication between state and
NGO institutions;
• Analysis of the political situation and strategy
planning.

4. Local Experts
Name Vectors of work and specialization Position assigned
Kateryna Odarchenko • Social engineering
• Political consulting
• Planning and management of political and social projects
• PR (public relations), GR(government relations),
• PA (public affairs)
Political tchnologist
Maxim Zapletniyk • Analysis of political processes
• Comunicational technology of the Internet
• Programs for enhancing youth
Historian, civil activist.
Dmitriy Klimenko International cooperation on the field of the democracy and civil society development
Strategic planning of foreign economic activity
Analysis of economic and political processes
Lawyer specialized in Taxation
Specialist in managment of international
activities
Anna Ivanushkina • Electoral sociological research
• Strategic social research tvi modeling
• Organization of think tank
• Organization of think tanks
Sociologist, social activist
Dmitriy Ilchenko Drafting legal acts
Legal support for political projects
Legal analyst
Lawyer, attorney
Mariya Golub Journalism and Investigative Journalism
Media Planning
Development information projects
International cooperation
Journalist, social activist
Kateryna Romaniuk Journalism and correspondence
PR
Working with the media in social projects
Journalist, social activist
Alisa Vinogradova Psychology
Imidzhmeyking
Multivektoral study of political prosses
Psichologist, writter

5. Programs Experts
Name Area of expertise
Dmytro Vydrin Director of the European Institute of Integration and Development. Member of the Presidium of the Political Council of the Party of Free
Democrats. Ukrainian politician, political analyst and political strategist. PhD
Vitaliy Portnikov Ukrainian journalist and writer, observer in "SVOBODA" radio, author of analytical materials
Georgiy Pocheptsov PhD, Professor and former Head of Information Policy of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine,
Honoured Journalist of Ukraine. Lectured at universities оф Russia, USA, Germany and Austria. Author of numerous books on
communication technologies
Olga Larina PR-consultant. Image-maker. SMM-expert.
Managing Partner CashFlowClub. Author and moderator of the course” Practical PR"
Valeriy Bebyk PhD in Political science, Professor, Vice-Rector of the University "Ukraine", head of the working group on Social Communications Public
Humanitarian Council under the President of Ukraine, Head of the Ukrainian Association of Political Science
Denys Bohush Ukrainian political strategist, an expert on anti-crisis campaign. President of the Centre of Manipulation Technology (since 2001), Vice-
President of Ukrainian PR-League, the official representative of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) in Ukraine, a
member of the World Council of IPRA (2006-2008), president of the PR-agency “Bohush Communications”
Dmytro Potiekhin Political analyst, helped Iranian, Egyptian and many other activists, provided training in non-violent resistance in Turkey, Iran and other
countries. Trained in Budapest and Stanford, worked as a political analyst at the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine and Moldova. In 2004 he
developed and coordinated campaign of non-party civil rights of voters in Ukraine
Olena Sibiryakova Programme Manager in Foundation for Good Politics. Founder and managing partner of the group of companies "ROST”
Expert in the field of social communications and mass media. PhD work topic: "Ideology as a problem."
Member «CIPR» - Professional Association of European PR-specialists in communication education.
Member of "Ukrainian Club" Aspen"
Artem Bidenko President of SA Political Communications,
co-owner of the holding RuBi Consulting, Head of Outdoor Advertising Association of Ukraine
Mykola Volgov Political Consultant, Trainer, Chief Editor Portal «politconsultant.org»
Mykyta Vasylenko
Professor at the Institute of Journalism Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Author, expert on media and their mass usage
during the election campaigns. Political party developer
Oleksii Voronenko Political scientist, Political analyst
Volodymyr Bezrukov Associate Professor of General and Molecular Genetics, Biological faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Realized
projects of ecological thinking, projects to protect nature, expert in experiments projects

6. Realized projects
2009-2010
• 2009 – 2010 Fair Election Information Campaign. An action group implements the training
project establishing their affiliates among the students and optimizing awareness building efforts in
HEIs and in student quarters. Making student mobile teams. Fair Election Information
Campaign, training young election committee members, and writing committee member memos.
• Since 2009 Training for international cooperation, experts have taken part in the AEGEE
(Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de Europe, the European Students’ Forum), one
of the largest European organizations aimed at activating the international cooperation with the
youth, and implementing young leader joint training projects.
• Since 2010 Monitoring and advising for good youth policy. The activities of the International
Fraternity of Students and Organizations are directed at initiating legislation in youth policy and
reviewing CIS model laws.
• Since 2009 Program for effective project manegment, dealing with a charity organization
Youth Development and Support Fund aimed at providing for implementation of youth projects as
enhanced by ambitious business doers. Expert involvement in training programs and policy design
of public awareness of efficient charity and percentage philanthropy, and volunteer training in fund
raising and project management.
• As from 2010 Activation of Ukrainian youth, working on the Generation 2020.UA, educating
young leaders and securing the implementation of civil society, education, etc. projects.
• 2010 Monitoring of electoral disposition. Arranging for surveys of the youth’s electoral
disposition, involving volunteers and professional sociologists to evaluate the outcome. Ukraine
has a problem of young students’ voting turnouts, so the project was started strategically. Having
learnt a young voter’s motivations by conducting focus groups, we made a newsletter of the
importance of participating in the election process. Undertakings and flashmobs.
• In 2010 Increasing voter activity. A major voter bribery problem emerged. It was at that time
that the team of the Institute of Democracy and Development started implementing efforts to form
value priorities of the voters. The primary objective is to develop negative attitude to «Gifts» from
candidates, and to vote based on the public and political activities history. With this in view,
reporters made four «waves» of information campaign to disseminate papers and newsletters
among district citizens. This resulted in a candidate involved in “bribery” losing the vote in the
district.
Training for international cooperation
Generation 2020.

7. Realized projects
2011
• 2011 Anti corruption program, implementing measures as part of HEI anti-corruption effort
and launching a district hotline to report HEI corruptions. Protest actions against educational false
reform. Implementing public awareness efforts within a Proty svavillia vlady (Against Authorities’
Arbitrariness) long-term project among Kyiv youth. Arranging for the Popular Court, involving the
young to the Party, forming a bank of the youth’s ideas to improve the students’ living standards.
• Starting 2011 Training program for youth. Dealing with a project by the Ministry of Education
and Science of Ukraine to train schoolchildren for international mental contests. Training program
to form leadership skills.
• Since 2011 Education program for young leaders. Dealing with Batkivshchina moloda (Young
Motherland) All-Ukrainian public youth organization, a member of the YEPP international youth
entity (Youth of the European People’s Party). Providing for training for the youth of the Party
(such as young leader school, democracy basics school, or party construction school). More than
70 people are certified. As many as 12 speakers are involved. 32 people were engaged in the
Party’s affiliates and established grassroots organizations of the Party, becoming MPs’ assistants.
• Since 2011 Developing for european values. Implementing the Council of Europe project,
Youth in action, education programs and trainings for the young to make grant and intra-community
citizenship programs. Sharing experience with the community of nations. Expert
involvement in the European Values training program, customizing the program for Ukraine, and
holding one round table and two workshops.
• 2011 Trainings for women's NGO in Kiev. implementing a training program in the information
campaign for Kyiv women’s non-governmental organizations in advocating family values and
volunteer involvement methodology.
Education program for young leaders

8. Realized projects
2012
• 2012 Monitoring and training of quality if public policy. Institute of democracy and
development made electronic contact system software for the Party supporters and for
their involvement in public and policy initiatives. The project favors transparence in intra-party
competition and meritocratic structural building. Permanent local leaders’
cooperation activated on-site implementation of initiatives by 34%.
• 2012 Program of protection of clean environment and human rights. Advocating
campaign to hold a Kyiv region local referendum. This resulted in public information of the
power of referendum and making an action group, holding a referendum and prohibiting to
construct an environment-damaging project. Initiative supported by 86% of the district’s
citizens.
• 2012 Monitoring of "Green programs". Surveys and a round table update the «green
program» in Ukraine in association with German partners and Ukrainian experts. 10
experts involved. There has been a legislation review and Germany-Ukraine partnership
recommendations. Because the market was monopolized by finance and industry
groups, no further practical development came out.
• 2012 Advising of co-working with Parliament, experts were involved in the
Parliamentary Committee for European Integration, and co-drafting laws with an MP.
• 2012 Modeling and training "Parliamentary work". Experts involved in the Verkhovna
Rada of Ukraine Performance Modeling Steering Committee, and drafting model laws
related to the Youth. The First Job initiative. The project involves young people and
experts, MPs and research and development officials. The final stage was a two-day
Kyiv Congress and law adoptions.
• 2012 Training political culture and professional political management. Customizing
policy education training programs (University of Washington, University of Michigan,
and the Stanford University) as per Ukrainian listener. Involving experts to teaching as
part of non-governmental organization partnership programs. Over 30 national and local
non-governmental organizations.
Training"Parliamentary work"

9. Realized projects
2013
• 2013 Monitoring of gender quotes and training for women , investigation into the issue of gender
quotas in party structures. Cooperation with the Zhinky Batkivshchyny («Women of the Batkivshina»).
Learning women’s motivations in the affiliates’ performance, and activity level in municipal and national
authorities.
• 2013 Advising of democracy party building. Expert involvement in forming the Syla lyudei («Force of
the People») democratic political power.
• 2013 Educational program for effective political menegmpment. A training program was started on
the Social Engineering School, education programs on policy management, social management, PR,
and analysis to create many experts in democratic election process in Ukraine. 45 people certified so far,
and 15 involved in ongoing projects.
• 2013 Advising of social project, science advising. The school of teaching to use innovative media in
social and public projects. Teaching the Group in concealed marketing, and knowledge intake in a
Ukrainian channel joint project of the DNK – portret natsii («DNA – Portrait of the Nation»). 15 non-governmental
organization officials were trained.
• 2013 Training for scholars of government , a jointly implemented project with the Liha interniv
(«League of Interns»), an exchange program in legislative and executive governments. 8 lectures teaching
on election campaign management and social projects. 5 student teams each including 5 people have
submitted their final project and have been certified and now using their knowledge in their performance.
Presentetion of "Syla Lydei"
"League of Interns", presentetion of
certificates.
Social Engineering School

10. Actual Projects
projects in progress
Title – Forming Democratic Values and Political
Culture of the Youth
Type – Social
Goal – Training efficient parliamentary candidates
among politically active young people
Description and Problematic – Sociology shows that
young people aged 18 to 35 have significantly
declined their support of governmental institutions.
Political activity is rather low as well. The youth is
not motivated to be involved in political parties due
to their closed nature and behind-the-scene division
of powers. This is confirmed by reducing the number
of young people in party establishments after district
councils were dissolved in Kyiv. Social lifts are no
longer accessible in political structures.
The Project success may be measured for short and
long-term indicators:
Project success short-term indicator is that deputies
involve trainees to party affiliates and social projects.
When 25% of activists are involved who have been
trained within two months after being trained in the
quality for activities like that, the Project may be
deemed successful for that indicator
Terms of Implementation – 3 months
Title – Democratic Changes via Social Activity
Type – Trainings
Goal – Raising the level of political culture for
young people (aged 18 to 30)
Description and Problematic – According to a
Rating agency's sociology, the level of young
people’s political and public activity is low in
Ukraine. Youth do not exactly understand the
electoral system and the difference between
ideological currents, and is skeptic about politics as
a scope of activity, and the majority sees election
institution as having been discredited. The side of
the young people who anyway strive for changes
misses a stranglehold of today’s situation and is
hardly aware of opportunities of non-governmental
organizations and advocacy campaigns, etc. The
young people are naturally more active in
municipalities than in nationwide processes. The
impact of democratizing the election process and
communication between civic society and
government authorities is a crucial element of the
democratic process.
Terms of Implementation – 1 month
Title – Gender Transformations within the Political
Framework of Ukraine
Type – Advisors / Monitoring & Evaluation
Goal –Gender transformation in the political structures of
Ukraine and representative authorities. A long-term
success indicator is that women establish women’s
organizations within Ukraine’s political parties and
actively lobby for gender policy law, or women’s
percentage is increased in political parties’ policymaking
bodies and in municipal and national authorities after
2014-2015 elections. Activity may be tracked based on
communications at an Internet platform to be created.
Description and Problematic – Gender policy issue
has been of interest in Ukraine since 1995. As from
then, the milestone has been the adoption of the Law
of Ukraine «On Provision for Equal Rights and
Opportunities to Men and Women» in 2005. Moreover,
the national gender tool embedded in that law fails to
carry out its direct missions of achieving gender
priorities. The Program is now being coordinated by
the Social Policy Ministry, and there are a number of
programs that the international funds support and non-governmental
organizations of Ukraine coordinate.
Having cooperated for long time with political parties
and reviewed their affiliates’ structure, I should say the
structures’ and elective bodies’ percentage of women
and men is no more than 14 percent being 3 to 4%
normally (as compared to the European Union
standards of 30%), and that very situation is something
that complicates the women’s upward mobility to
elective positions and their implementation of own
initiatives, and establishing gender equality in
representative bodies.
Terms of Implementation – 6 months

11. Contacts
Institute for Democracy and
Development "PolitA"
Ukraine, Kyiv, Loboratorniy provolok, 6,
01133
+38 (044) 2279420
politaorg@gmail.com
www.polita.org