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The Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground (UCCG), established in 1994, works towards promoting restorative social transformation in Ukraine: away from post-Soviet alienation and disempowerment and towards a culture of democratic participation and cooperation. Informing all of UCCG's work is our vision of transforming the country by cultivating the Ukrainians' personal stake in their future. UCCG does this primarily by promoting the attitudes and skills necessary for Ukrainians to identify and solve their problems and conflicts in a peaceful and non-adversarial way.

In addition to the economic and legal havoc wrought by the disintegration of the centrally planned Soviet government, that state's collapse left Ukraine without a functioning civil society. Soviet control over people's actions was removed, but no individual capacity for cooperative problem solving or conflict resolution replaced it.

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Projects in Ukraine
1. Restorative Justice Initiative
2. Radio: Conflict Resolution Drama
3. Crimean Dialogue
4. Problem Solving Education Initiative
5. Conflict Resolution and Prevention Network


1. Restorative Justice Initiative
UUCCG has launched the Restorative Justice Initiative to develop and institutionalise the movement to reform the judicial sector in Ukraine. This pilot project is being supported by European Commission, British Embassy in Ukraine and the Institute for Sustainable Communities and has been financed for three years (2003-2005). [more]

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2. Radio: Conflict Resolution Drama
A conflict prevention radio drama for young adults in Crimea has been produced in 2002. Designed to model new ways of working together across social and ethnic lines the radio drama Nasha Ulitsa created in collaboration with the Youth and Children Theatre on Moskoltso, depicts the complexities of conflict centred around everyday pressures on young adults, including school, drugs, parents, relationships, friends, government and religion. [more]

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3. Crimean Dialogue
Economic, social and political instability are unfortunately still commonplace in the former Soviet Union. Search for Common Ground, Brussels and the Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground have cooperated with government, labor, the private sector, donor organizations, and other NGO's to improve community and ethnic relations in Crimea. [more]

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4. Problem Solving Education Initiative
Confidence, communication and cooperation are learned behaviours, not innate human capabilities. In this post-Soviet period of transition, we must teach the generation the skills they need to gain control over their own lives. In the process, we want to create a culture of cooperative problem solving -- not confrontation. [more]

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5. Conflict Resolution and Prevention Network
Ukrainian/Russian-language Web-based conflict resolution resource "Conflict Resolution Practice - from Competition to Cooperation" was developed and could be found on http://www.commonground.org.ua. This is not only a forum for specialists but also serves a wider audience interested in conflict resolution. [more]

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Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground
Pecherskiy uzviz 8, apt.7
Kyiv, 01023 Ukraine
Phone: +38 044 537 1007
Tel/Fax: +38 044 290 3918
E-mail: uccg@uccg.org.ua
Website in Ukranian and Russian: http://www.commonground.org.ua/