NGOs and Youth policy in Ukraine

Youth organizations in Ukraine

Governmental organization

(public social

service forchildren and

youth)NGO

Governmental youth organization

Net of social service for children and youth (79 centers in Ukraine);

Social hostels (18);

Centers of social-psychologist help (23);

Centers for people who infected by AID (7);

Centers of social-psychologist rehabilitation children and youth with physiology restriction (15).

NGOs Organize, nurture and educate youth in the spirit

invoked by the ideals harmonious development of person;

Forming patriotic values as well as sound individuality;

Promote positive, healthy lifestyle;

Improving mental and physic health and avoiding drugs;

Education ,training and mobility.

The most prominent clients of NGOs

32%

20%19%

15%

14%

youth members of NGOchildren studentspopulation as a whole

Protecting interests

Educational activities

Information dissemination

Provision of social services

Analysis and research

Charity

Providing legal aid

Providing policy recomendation

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

NGOS ACTIVITY

Regional differences in representing sectors

• Most of NGOs work with children and youth on civil-education projects

• Only a small number solve social problems

Eastern region

• Large number of NGOs work in politics, legislation, state –building, human rights

• reason: more technical assistance is available, better opportunities to influence third-sector development

Central Ukraine

• Mostly represented by NGOs seeking to solve social problems

• It can be explained by the historical role, which NGOs have played in the region

Western region

Sources of funding NGOs in Ukraine

businessorgans of executive powerphysical personother NGOscharity and donors

Sources of funding NGOs in post-soviet country

Sources

members contribu-tons

donors

sponsor's sources international fundsstates sources sources of political

organizationincome from self-service

other incomes

Sources of funding NGOs in Poland

member contributions; donations; incomes from self-sacrifice; interests; incomes from capital; incomes from property.

There is a concomitant increase in the growth rate of associations for youth. But The Democratic Initiatives Foundation opinion polls show that third-sector membership in Ukraine remained constant: in 1994, 82% stated they not members of any civic, political, youth organization and in 2000, 83%. Because Ukrainian citizens are not fully aware of the third sector’s role in a civil society they are reluctant to participate in the non-government, and voluntary structures.

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