The Future of Return: Towards Long-Term Solutions for Ukrainians Abroad and in Ukraine

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Back view of a woman in a beanie and denim jacket waiting on a train platform in the Netherlands, representing the return journey of Ukrainians from the EU.

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Survey for Ukrainian returnees. Help spread the word

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง? Take the survey!

Apr 14, 2025
Civil Society Hub session with facilitator and attendees in discussion.

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Civil Society Hub: Session on local governance and advocacy

This week, we hosted an ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘๐€โ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ฎ๐›, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ.

Apr 9, 2025
Speakers on stage at the Cafe Kyiv conference in Berlin.

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Pryvit from Cafe Kyiv conference in Berlin!

Maria Shaidrova joined the Cafรฉ Kyiv conference in Berlin as a panelist in the session โ€œ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž.โ€

Mar 20, 2025
Participants at the Alliance to Action Conference on human capital investment.

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Investing in Human Capital: Key Takeaways from the Alliance to Action Conference

On February 19, experts, policymakers, and organizations came together for the "Alliance to Action: International Skills Alliance for Ukraine in Practice" conference, co-organized by OPORA Foundation and the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken.

Feb 19, 2025
Representative of OPORA Foundation speaking with another attendee at the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine, in a networking setting.

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OPORA Foundation at the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine

On January 30, OPORA Foundationโ€™s CEO Maria Shaidrova participated in the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine, held in Kyiv. An important aspect of the event was the showcase of successful and innovative initiatives, including OPORA Foundationโ€™s Empatia Program.

Jan 30, 2025
Group of participants standing and engaging in discussion during the Civil Society Hubโ€™s Expert Pool Session on Fundraising, in a collaborative meeting room setting.

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Civil Society Hub: Expert Pool Session on Fundraising

On Friday, January 24th, as part of the ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ฎ๐› project, the OPORA Foundation organized an impactful ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , aimed at strengthening the capacity of grass-roots organizations supporting Ukrainian communities in the Netherlands.

Jan 24, 2025
Close-up of participants collaborating during the Expert Pool Session on Fundraising for Ukrainian communities, with hands pointing at financial charts and documents.

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Expert pool session on fundraising for ukrainian communities

On january 24, the OPORA Foundation, as part of the Civil Society Hub project, held an expert pool session on fundraising to empower grassroots organizations supporting Ukrainian communities in The Netherlands.

Jan 24, 2025
Group photo of Ukrainian local community leaders in the Netherlands, seated and standing together indoors during a leadership strengthening event.

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Strengthening Ukrainian local community leaders in the Netherlands

This week in Utrecht, we held the first meeting of the Civil Society Hub project with representatives from 12 dedicated organizations. This marks the beginning of a 10-month journey aimed at empowering local leaders within the Ukrainian community network in the Netherlands.

Dec 1, 2024
Three people collaborating over maps and documents during OPORA Foundationโ€™s initiative to address water challenges in Klesiv, Ukraine.

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Tackling Klesivโ€™s water challenges: OPORAโ€™s collaborative initiative

During the Panorama Ukraine: Resilient Energy Production Workshop in Rotterdam, OPORA researchers joined forces with experts from PosadMaxwan and Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners to lead a needs prioritization session for representatives of Klesiv Municipality in Ukraine.โฃ

Nov 26, 2024
Logo of the Civil Society Hub initiative featuring a blue semicircle and bold black text on a white background.

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We announce the launch of our new initiative โ€“ Civil Society Hub!

We created this program to strengthen grassroots initiatives through OPORAโ€™s Civil Society Hubs, which foster cooperation, knowledge-sharing, and training for better integration and community building.

Aug 20, 2024

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Back view of a woman in a beanie and denim jacket waiting on a train platform in the Netherlands, representing the return journey of Ukrainians from the EU.

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General

Survey for Ukrainian returnees. Help spread the word

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง? Take the survey!

Apr 14, 2025
Civil Society Hub session with facilitator and attendees in discussion.

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Civil Society Hub: Session on local governance and advocacy

This week, we hosted an ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘๐€โ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ฎ๐›, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ.

Apr 9, 2025
Speakers on stage at the Cafe Kyiv conference in Berlin.

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Pryvit from Cafe Kyiv conference in Berlin!

Maria Shaidrova joined the Cafรฉ Kyiv conference in Berlin as a panelist in the session โ€œ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž.โ€

Mar 20, 2025
Participants at the Alliance to Action Conference on human capital investment.

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General

Investing in Human Capital: Key Takeaways from the Alliance to Action Conference

On February 19, experts, policymakers, and organizations came together for the "Alliance to Action: International Skills Alliance for Ukraine in Practice" conference, co-organized by OPORA Foundation and the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken.

Feb 19, 2025
Representative of OPORA Foundation speaking with another attendee at the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine, in a networking setting.

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OPORA Foundation at the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine

On January 30, OPORA Foundationโ€™s CEO Maria Shaidrova participated in the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine, held in Kyiv. An important aspect of the event was the showcase of successful and innovative initiatives, including OPORA Foundationโ€™s Empatia Program.

Jan 30, 2025
Group of participants standing and engaging in discussion during the Civil Society Hubโ€™s Expert Pool Session on Fundraising, in a collaborative meeting room setting.

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Civil Society Hub: Expert Pool Session on Fundraising

On Friday, January 24th, as part of the ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ฎ๐› project, the OPORA Foundation organized an impactful ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , aimed at strengthening the capacity of grass-roots organizations supporting Ukrainian communities in the Netherlands.

Jan 24, 2025
Close-up of participants collaborating during the Expert Pool Session on Fundraising for Ukrainian communities, with hands pointing at financial charts and documents.

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General

Expert pool session on fundraising for ukrainian communities

On january 24, the OPORA Foundation, as part of the Civil Society Hub project, held an expert pool session on fundraising to empower grassroots organizations supporting Ukrainian communities in The Netherlands.

Jan 24, 2025
Group photo of Ukrainian local community leaders in the Netherlands, seated and standing together indoors during a leadership strengthening event.

Research

General

Strengthening Ukrainian local community leaders in the Netherlands

This week in Utrecht, we held the first meeting of the Civil Society Hub project with representatives from 12 dedicated organizations. This marks the beginning of a 10-month journey aimed at empowering local leaders within the Ukrainian community network in the Netherlands.

Dec 1, 2024
Three people collaborating over maps and documents during OPORA Foundationโ€™s initiative to address water challenges in Klesiv, Ukraine.

Research

General

Tackling Klesivโ€™s water challenges: OPORAโ€™s collaborative initiative

During the Panorama Ukraine: Resilient Energy Production Workshop in Rotterdam, OPORA researchers joined forces with experts from PosadMaxwan and Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners to lead a needs prioritization session for representatives of Klesiv Municipality in Ukraine.โฃ

Nov 26, 2024
Logo of the Civil Society Hub initiative featuring a blue semicircle and bold black text on a white background.

Research

General

We announce the launch of our new initiative โ€“ Civil Society Hub!

We created this program to strengthen grassroots initiatives through OPORAโ€™s Civil Society Hubs, which foster cooperation, knowledge-sharing, and training for better integration and community building.

Aug 20, 2024

News

Highlights

Empatia

Research

Articles

People of OPORA

General

General

Back view of a woman in a beanie and denim jacket waiting on a train platform in the Netherlands, representing the return journey of Ukrainians from the EU.

Research

General

Survey for Ukrainian returnees. Help spread the word

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง? Take the survey!

Apr 14, 2025
Civil Society Hub session with facilitator and attendees in discussion.

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General

Civil Society Hub: Session on local governance and advocacy

This week, we hosted an ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐๐Ž๐‘๐€โ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ฎ๐›, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ.

Apr 9, 2025
Speakers on stage at the Cafe Kyiv conference in Berlin.

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General

Pryvit from Cafe Kyiv conference in Berlin!

Maria Shaidrova joined the Cafรฉ Kyiv conference in Berlin as a panelist in the session โ€œ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž.โ€

Mar 20, 2025
Participants at the Alliance to Action Conference on human capital investment.

Research

General

Investing in Human Capital: Key Takeaways from the Alliance to Action Conference

On February 19, experts, policymakers, and organizations came together for the "Alliance to Action: International Skills Alliance for Ukraine in Practice" conference, co-organized by OPORA Foundation and the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken.

Feb 19, 2025
Representative of OPORA Foundation speaking with another attendee at the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine, in a networking setting.

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OPORA Foundation at the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine

On January 30, OPORA Foundationโ€™s CEO Maria Shaidrova participated in the 2nd Coordination Meeting of the Skills Alliance for Ukraine, held in Kyiv. An important aspect of the event was the showcase of successful and innovative initiatives, including OPORA Foundationโ€™s Empatia Program.

Jan 30, 2025
Group of participants standing and engaging in discussion during the Civil Society Hubโ€™s Expert Pool Session on Fundraising, in a collaborative meeting room setting.

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Civil Society Hub: Expert Pool Session on Fundraising

On Friday, January 24th, as part of the ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ฎ๐› project, the OPORA Foundation organized an impactful ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , aimed at strengthening the capacity of grass-roots organizations supporting Ukrainian communities in the Netherlands.

Jan 24, 2025
Close-up of participants collaborating during the Expert Pool Session on Fundraising for Ukrainian communities, with hands pointing at financial charts and documents.

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Expert pool session on fundraising for ukrainian communities

On january 24, the OPORA Foundation, as part of the Civil Society Hub project, held an expert pool session on fundraising to empower grassroots organizations supporting Ukrainian communities in The Netherlands.

Jan 24, 2025
Group photo of Ukrainian local community leaders in the Netherlands, seated and standing together indoors during a leadership strengthening event.

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Strengthening Ukrainian local community leaders in the Netherlands

This week in Utrecht, we held the first meeting of the Civil Society Hub project with representatives from 12 dedicated organizations. This marks the beginning of a 10-month journey aimed at empowering local leaders within the Ukrainian community network in the Netherlands.

Dec 1, 2024
Three people collaborating over maps and documents during OPORA Foundationโ€™s initiative to address water challenges in Klesiv, Ukraine.

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Tackling Klesivโ€™s water challenges: OPORAโ€™s collaborative initiative

During the Panorama Ukraine: Resilient Energy Production Workshop in Rotterdam, OPORA researchers joined forces with experts from PosadMaxwan and Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners to lead a needs prioritization session for representatives of Klesiv Municipality in Ukraine.โฃ

Nov 26, 2024
Logo of the Civil Society Hub initiative featuring a blue semicircle and bold black text on a white background.

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We announce the launch of our new initiative โ€“ Civil Society Hub!

We created this program to strengthen grassroots initiatives through OPORAโ€™s Civil Society Hubs, which foster cooperation, knowledge-sharing, and training for better integration and community building.

Aug 20, 2024

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