On August 5-7, 2025, a Community of Practice was held in Kyiv as part of the program to support women’s and feminist organizations, implemented in partnership with OXFAM and ActionAid. This event was the final one within the cooperation during the work of the project, implemented by the CSO “Democracy Development Center” jointly with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine “Environmental Security with a Gender Perspective”, funded by OXFAM. Maria Dmytrieva, a gender expert and program director of the CSO ” Democracy Development Center “, participated in the Community of Practice. українською
That format was chosen as a space for a live exchange of experiences, presentation of practical solutions, mutual support and joint learning:
• discussion of challenges and solutions in the work of the organizations;
• thematic discussions and exchange of experiences;
• presentations of participants’ cases;
• horizontal learning and networking.
Thus, the organizers provided more space for a live exchange of experiences, presentations of practical solutions, and a joint search for answers to the challenges that CSO leaders, activists, and teams face in their work.
In particular, the discussion focused on ways to improve service quality, internal standardization of services, measuring its effectiveness, the future of women’s organizations, and the importance of flexible funding.
As it was earlier reported, the CSO “Democracy Development Center” is implemented the project in cooperation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine with funding from the international association OXFAM.
The project involved consultants and trainers on environmental and social policy issues to develop proposals for the National Plan “Women. Peace. Security”.
OXFAM is an international association of 21 organizations working in 81 countries around the world to solve the problems of poverty and injustice.