Just about everyone in Ukraine is battling corruption today: all the law enforcement agencies together with the activists, officials and MPs. Sometimes, though, such a large number of anti-corruption folks can get in the way

Without grassroots organization and political parties funded by membership dues, Ukrainians will find themselves disappointed once again by self-serving political leaders. Even worse, the country could face further degradation or loss of sovereignty

Despite the government’s assurances of “care”, thousands of people in wheelchairs, as they move around in Kyiv, have to clear numerous obstacles almost imperceptible to the eye but very real for wheels

Why civil activists in Ukraine face a new wave of repression

Ukraine is one out of 17 nations in transit along with Belarus, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Russia whose democracy score in 2013 declined, says the report of Freedom House “Nations in Transit 2013: Authoritarian Aggression and the Pressures of Austerity.”

Why philanthropy is not popular in Ukraine

“Up to 2,000 new charity organizations have been emerging annually in Ukraine lately,” says Anna Hulevska-Chernysh, Director of the Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum.

Ukraine’s public organizations are hampered by outdated legislation and red tape

The government struggles to hush NGOs that could spur society to protest

Involvement of the society into implementation of state’s policies is of a reason only in case, when the public opinion and opinion of independent experts are heard by the state. In Ukraine neither of the above mentioned is taken into account.