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Description: The Kyiv Cyclists’ Association (AVK) is a non-profit, non-partisan member organization that works to strengthen the voice of current and potential cyclists and to promote cycling as a sustainable, safe, and fun mode of urban transportation. AVK works mostly in Kyiv but actively cooperates with NGOs, cycling activists, and city councils in other Ukrainian cities, as well as cycling advocates in wider Europe. Its main areas of work are: advocacy in Kyiv (regarding street reconstructions, maintenance of existing cycling infrastructure, development of cycling plans for Kyiv districts, ect); advocacy at the national level (revision of cycling-related legislation, capacity-building in city councils and local NGOs on cycling, sharing knowledge and best practices for infrastructure development and promotion of cycling); building public enthusiasm for urban cycling (Bike Mentor Program, annual cycling-friendly employer award, bicycle rides and events in Kyiv and other cities).
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Group: Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia
Creator: Kyiv Cyclists' Association (AVK)
Publisher: Kyiv Cyclists' Association (AVK)
Language: Ukrainian , English
Coverage: Ukraine
Tag: Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Environmental advocacy, Transport
Description: International Charitable Organization "Information Center" Green Dossier " operates on the principles of legality, humanity, common interests and equal rights of participants, openness, voluntary and government, not with a view to profit. "Green Dossier" occupies a unique position: a bridge between environmental NGOs, businesses, public institutions and the media - for creative cooperation and achieve positive change.
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Subject: European union, Green economy, Climate change
Group: Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia
Creator: Green Dossier
Publisher: Green Dossier
Language: Ukrainian , English , French
Coverage: Ukraine, International
Tag: Corporate accountability, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Environmental media, Environmental management, Sustainable development
Description: In 1990 a group of young mothers with university education were concerned about the effects of the Chernobyl disaster on public health and united to protect the interests of their children. Since 1991 the group has been known as Kiev City NGO MAMA-86 Kyiv. Today the organization consists of 17 regional centers in Kyiv, Kyiv region, Donetsk region Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Lutsk, Mykolayiv, beautiful ancient city of Chernihiv Region, New Kahovka Kherson region, Poltava, Sumy, Sumy, Tatarbunary Odessa region, Ternopil, Feodosia, Kharkov, Khmelnitsky and Yaremcha Ivano- Frankivsk region. The central office is located in the city of Kyiv. The purpose of MAMA-86 is to promote greening policies and practices in Ukraine in order to transition the country to sustainable development - that is, development that does not harm current generations and leaves a positive legacy. The mission of our organization is strengthening the role of mothers in education and society in the process of decision-making to improve the living standards of citizens.
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Subject: Environmental policy, Children, Women
Group: Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia
Creator: MAMA-86
Publisher: MAMA-86
Language: Ukrainian , English
Coverage: Ukraine
Tag: Environmental policy, Youth & students, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Women's issues, Water supply, Environmental education
Description: Ukrainian Youth Climate Association (UMKA) implements projects to unleash the potential of young activists as community leaders, "green" professionals, and future officials. In the fall of 2012 UMKA partners enlisted the support of more than 500 people from all over Ukraine. UMKA initiated independent teams in Kiev, Lviv, and Rivne that together and separately implemented more than 20 practical projects and campaigns on climate change. Ukrainian Youth Climate Association is a dynamic platform for development and interaction of sustainability change agents. We facilitate multi-stakeholder cooperation on pressing environmental issues and create opportunities for youth from across the country to kick-start their own sustainability projects. Working with like-minded partners we learn and share best practices to create a better Ukraine. Our aim for 2015 is create a critical mass of youth to tackle global environmental change and strengthen the social-ecological relationship. Our instruments are our projects: Take and make (or wake and bake) is a campaign of practical eco-interventions: start a project to make your city better, people – happier, and planet safer. Web-site: http://take-and-make.org.ua/; PowerShift Educational and Practical Forum, which aims to shift power to communities and implement practical projects for climate mitigation and adaptation. Web-site: http://powershift.org.ua/#!/; Sustainable lifestyles: a pathway to a healthy planet and low-carbon lifestyle for Ukrainians. The first wave was introduced in 2013; Sustainable livelihoods: We work with educational institutions, communities, and companies to create best practices for sustainability–-helping to create tool-libraries, eco-lofts etc.
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Subject: Ukraine, Climate, Conservation
Group: Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia
Creator: Ukrainian Youth Climate Association
Publisher: Ukrainian Youth Climate Association
Language: Ukrainian , English
Coverage: Ukraine
Tag: Networking and coordinating, Corporate accountability, Youth & students, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Energy conservation, Climate change mitigation
Description: Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine (EEMU) a voluntary NGO, created to promote energy efficient principles among member municipalities. Our focus is transforming local economies into sustainable communities. We build relationships with key stakeholders on a local level to help communities achieve energy security, preserve the environment, improve local quality of life and continue along the path of sustainable development. Our awareness raising campaigns, informational support, seminars, workshops, consulting sessions, and projects are meant to improve the efficiency of energy consumption and lower energy bills; improve the quality of energy services and create a forecast for energy demand; increase investment in municipal energy efficiency projects and related infrastructure, and pioneer new financing methods; develop more effective institutional frameworks within local communities and implement efficient approaches to managing energy consumption, supply and production; and partake in national policy making pertaining to the implementation of European initiatives for energy security, sustainable development and environmental protection.
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Subject: Energy Efficiency, Climate, Ukraine
Group: Russia, East Europe, and Eurasia
Creator: Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine
Publisher: Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine
Language: Ukrainian , English
Coverage: Ukraine
Tag: Environmental policy, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Environmental education, Energy conservation
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