The USAID "Democratic Governance in Eastern Ukraine" project in partnership with the NGO GoLOCAL announces a new training course "Grant Funding for Community Projects - Development and Implementation". International organizations, foreign governments, and large foreign companies are contributing to the defense of Ukraine and its further...
Youths! GoLocal invite you to become digital ambassadors and contribute to the development of digital literacy in Ukraine in the frames of the DRIVE project. The aim of the DRIVE project is together with digital ambassadors to help digitally vulnerable groups take the full benefit from...
The research was conducted by a consortium: NGO GoLOCAL in partnership with the public organization "Center for Development of Creative Economy" together with the public organization CMD-Ukraine within the grant from the global philanthropic organization Luminate. The main research methods: In today's world, creativity is a key...
GoLOCAL launches a new project, "Sharing best business practices in decarbonization to implement the Green Deal". The European Green Deal (EGD) is the most ambitious climate and environment protection program launched by the EU to transform Europe into the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The...
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The event was organized by the NGO GoLOCAL and the Luhansk State Medical University as part of the project "Support to Ukrainian Displaced Universities as a result of the Conflict in Ukraine and Crimea." Oleksandr Gudzenko, Acting Rector of the Luhansk State University, in his opening...
GoLOCAL and Luhansk University launched a pilot telemedicine project. The pilot includes 5 hospitals in Troitske, Bulokurakinsk, Novopskovsk, Novoaidar, and Bilovodsk, all of which have special equipment installed to connect the telemedicine center at the Luhansk Medical University. The Telemedicine Center was located at the Department...
Although 2020 was difficult for everyone, it became a year of new horizons and achievements for GoLOCAL! In 2020, the organization has doubled. We also significantly expanded our base of donors and partners and received more than $1,300,000 in grant funding from USAID, GIZ, Luminate, the...
GoLOCAL and USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine (CEP) present new initiative How to increase the economic viability of a business, achieve new competitive level and not to stay behind modern technological progress? The rapid development of IT industry, digitalization of the economy and accelerating global competition...
GoLOCAL has received a new status - an American EDCertificate. It confirms that our organization is a reliable partner and has been reviewed for compliance with the requirements for charitable organizations in the United States. The certification was carried out by NGOsource. The NGOsource is dedicated...
With the support of GoLOCAL NGO, the Lugansk State Medical University opened a Technology and Innovation Support Center as part of their university network. The Center was opened within the framework of the grant program of the U.S. Government aimed at helping Ukrainian universities displaced by...
Half a million dollars for Ukrainian education: exactly this amount GoLOCAL has raised in grants over 2019. All the past year has been spent for us under the sign of educational projects. Among them were: Two schools for small and medium-sized businesses: the first one in...
With support of GoLOCAL NGO, the Lugansk State Medical University was able to purchase four licenses of the SPSS statistical program, which is the world leader in statistic field. The licenses were purchased within the framework of the USAID governmental grant program, aimed at helping Ukrainian...
Our experts have updated the most up-to-date information on grants and credit programs currently operating in Ukraine. You can view and download Business Opportunity Digest`2020 here* In this document you will find key info about each program: description, terms of participation, budget limitations and deadlines –...
On December 23-24, 2019, the Donetsk National Medical University (Kramatorsk) hosted a co-working session on “Establishing Relations between the Student Scientific Societies of the Medical colleges”, which was attended by students of Lugansk State Medical University. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange experience...
We have great Christmas news! As part of a project “Supporting Ukrainian displaced universities”, funded by the US embassy, we already started the procurement process for Lugansk State Medical University. So this 2020 year students will start with brand new: - Equipment for the University Publishing Center: large...
We are in a hurry to tell you another great news! 🤘 GoLocal has become a member of the One Planet network Sustainable Public Procurement Program's Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committee (MAC). FYI: One Planet Sustainable Public Procurement Program (SPP) The One Planet Network Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) programme...
We are glad to announce that our public organization GoLOCAL become the first Ukrainian organization to become a member of Sustainable development solutions network - a global network dedicated to finding sustainable development solutions! 🚀 The Network is part of the United Nations and aims to...
As part of the US Government's Public Diplomacy Grant Program - Supporting Ukrainian displaced universities - our NGO has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the relocated Lugansk State Medical University. In October our organization won a grant, which support programs assisting Ukrainian universities that have...
On November 7-8 GoLOCAL experts with the support of the project «Energy Efficiency in Communities II» implemented by GIZ Ukraine on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ) conducted a two-day training for energy managers from all over Ukraine. The...
The new edition of Public Procurement Law will allow purchasers to improve the quality and efficiency of procurement through life-cycle pricing principles and non-price criteria, as well as taking improving the potential health and environmental impacts in Ukrainian society. This new Law is also a part...
The times when entrepreneurs were hiding their success stories and experiences from each other, fearing competition, have gone a while ago. Today's business is open to collaboration, sharing thoughts, plans and ideas. Building a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem is what progressive Ukrainian businessmen are focusing their...
On June 11, main stakeholders of the educational field representing government authorities, donors and public sector met at OsvitoriaHub to sum up the results of cooperation, build new partnerships and set up the priorities for further development and reform of the educational sector. The event, organized...
In early April the project "Non-Price Criteria for Public Procurement" that GoLOCAL, along with a team of experts, was working on for the last 6 months, won the EU Association Lab's "The Greatest Impact" nomination. About the project Public procurement in Ukraine is a huge market nowadays:...
More than 80 representatives of international companies, businesses, grant funds, embassies, and the government took part in the meeting held by GoLOCAL and UNIT.City. Our primary goal was to bring together as many experts as possible to discuss the challenges facing the Ukrainian innovation ecosystem, learn...
26 students of the SME School in Zhytomyr, including 13 ATO veterans and internally displaced persons, received Certificates of successful course completion. The educational project "School of Small and Medium Enterprise in Zhytomyr”, initiated by the NGO GoLOCAL and the International Renaissance Foundation and supported by...
NGO GoLocal, SE ProZorro, and all-Ukrainian NGO “Living Planet” signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The document underlines, in particular, the further mutual work of the parties on popularisation and implementation of non-price criteria in public procurement. According to the Memorandum, the parties continue to lay down...
The educational project “SME School in Zhytomyr” organized the field motivation trip for its participants to visit two Ukrainian enterprises which are a good example of efficiently-run companies. The first destination was the “Oberbeton” plant - the leading producer of precast custom concrete whos production fully...
The “Transferring experience with green public procurement in Slovakia to Ukraine” project kicks into high gear. The online course, created by Ukrainian and Slovak experts to teach civil servants the sustainable procurement concept is now available on ProZorro web platform. Since today anyone can pass the...
December 17, the School of Small and Medium Enterprises will open its doors for those who have planned to start their own business for a long time, but did not know where to start, as well as those who are looking for tips that will...
The project “Transferring experience with GPP in Slovakia to Ukraine” comes to an end: the organizers and the project participants have met to share the final results and achievements during the final conference held on September 25. The representatives of the key stakeholders who made this...
Kindergarten №32 in Bila Tserkva is just one of the few in the city that was fully modified into an energy efficient. 39 windows, 4 glass-stained windows and entrance zone were replaced in a building. So no more worries about freezing in winter for kids...
Let us share with you our new achievements! GoLocal has become part of a team that has been selected to go through the EU Association Lab Incubation Program. This program was created by the Government Office for the Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration together...
On July 2, "The First International Cultural Grants Fair" was held in Kyiv. The event was organized by the National Bureau of the EU program «Creative Europe» in Ukraine with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. The purpose of this fair was to create an...
Bila Tserkva city became a partner of the USAID Project “Municipal Energy Reform Project in Ukraine”. The Project will support the city in the development of the long-term plans of heat distribution network development, including optimization and integration of the district heating networks, as well...
A number of European countries have used the Green Public Procurement principle for many years to strengthen a sustainable economy and build a new, economical and efficient "circular" economy. We have prepared for you some examples of countries that have begun applying GPP and now benefit...
The first group of civil servants, who have completed the theoretical part of the educational online course on GPP, is ready to put new skills and knowledge to use. Three lecture modules are finished, now it’s time for practice. On July 6, a practical workshop will...
Did you know that motor transport belongs to the largest and the most harmful sources of air pollution - up to 70%? Engines emit a significant amount of carbon oxides, carbohydrate compounds, nitrogen oxides, lead compounds and other toxic and carcinogenic substances. The older the...
The popularity of electric cars is growing every day around the world nowadays. It is nice to realize that the number of electric cars purchased in Ukraine is also growing. Unconditional leaders in the development of electric powertrain are the United States and the largest countries...
As the world population increases and economies rely progressively more on outside resources to meet their demand for energy, water, and food among others, communities are under enormous pressure to find these resources and accommodate waste and emissions. Within the current linear production and consumption economic...
