The Institute of Successful Communities (hereafter Institute) is a Ukrainian non-government, non-profit organization that was established on March 30, 2005.

What is our mission?

To assist successful communities development.

How we are achieving it?

• Developing leadership and professional skills of the community members through conduction of training, consultation and information events;
• Elaborating and implementing innovative teaching methodologies, programs and educational materials;
• Assisting in creation and development of professional networks of trainers and experts.

Whom we are focusing our work on?

In our work we are addressing those who are eager to bring positive and fundamental changes in their communities, namely:

• civil society organizations;
• initiative community members and their groups;
• community leaders;
• local authorities and government;
• business structures;
• international donor organizations.

What we are ready to propose?

1. Educational programmes:

2 days training sessions:

• Strategic Project Management;
• Project Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Financial Management for Non-financial Managers of Non-profit-making Organizations;
• Financial Management for the Accountants of Non-profit-making Organizations;
• Strategic Message Development;
• Effective Communication;
• Leaders Who Build Partnership Relationships;
• Building a Strong Team;
• Community Leadership Development;
• Strategies and Models of Community Development;
• Basics of Fundraising (Attraction of Resources for Non-governmental Organizations);
• Local Fundraising (Mobilization of Internal Community Resources);
• Proposal Writing;
• Basics of Advocacy.

Schools (the program consist of 3-4 training sessions and distant couching):

• Management School for Non-profits;
• Advocacy School for Community Leaders;
• Community Development and Resource Mobilization School;
• Community Leadership School;
• Effective Communications School.

2. Consultations and couching:

• Assistance in self-assessment of organizational development;
• Conduction of monitoring and assessment of program’s effectiveness;
• Optimization of financial system of non-profit-making organizations;  
• Development and consultations on advocacy campaigns;
• Development and consultations on community development programs;
• Development and consultations on fundraising campaigns;
• Individual couching on leadership;  
• Development of communication strategies.

3. Researches and informational services.

Why us?

Because we propose:

Who are our supporters?

• Institute for Sustainable Communities (USA);
• Ukraine Citizen Action Network;
• American Chamber of Commerce (USA);
• Internews Network (USA);
• Eurasia Foundation (USA);
• Capital Community Foundation (UK);
• Oxfam Novib (Netherlands);
• Every Child (UK);
• Swedish NGO Center for Development Cooperation Forum Syd (Sweden).

How to contact us?

By address:   

2nd  floor, Kyianivsky Provulok, 3-7, Kyiv, 04053, Ukraine

Telephone/fax:         

+ 38 044 272 03 26,  272 27 82,  272 35 64            

E-mail:

office@sci-ukraine.org

Through the web-site:

www.sci-ukraine.org

Director of Successful Community Institute

Larisa Tatarinova