USAID RADA: Next Generation Program's Activities. March-April 2023

Despite the ongoing russian aggression on Ukraine, the USAID Rada: Next Generation Program moves forward with its activities to help Ukraine’s Parliament become a modernized institution. Our main objectives:

1. Improve participation by constituents in legislative processes, including better and more frequent engagement between MPs and their constituents, specifically individuals, civil society, and business associations.
2. Strengthen Ukraine’s Parliament analytical and oversight capacity and processes strengthened and enhanced to ensure an end-to-end legislative process.
3. Enhance the digital and communication capacities of Ukraine's Parliament.

These are our key activities for the March-April 2023.

Program's events

On March 29, the Program presented the results of the conducted Legislative Quality Index of the 8th session of the 9th convocation of Ukraine's Parliament and discussed it with MPs, experts and the International Parliamentary Union at the International Parliamentary Technical Assistance Coordination Meeting. See more

More than 6,000 students in the Lviv region took part in parliamentary lessons and talked to a member of Ukraine's Parliament! The Education Center of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine continues online lessons on parliamentary education in Ukrainian regions. See more

On March 15, USAID RADA: Next Generation program organized a meeting of communication team leaders of the British and Ukrainian parliaments to adopt best practices and discuss contemporary challenges for parliamentary communications. See more

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The program developed a guide on the best European practices of Cooperation and Consultation between National Parliaments and Governments in the Legislative Cycle. See more

RANG develops innovative models and practices for Members of Ukraine's Parliament. In 2022, the USAID RADA: Next Generation Program initiated the Peer-to-Peer Support in Constituencies Project to build strong partnerships between Ukrainian MPs and members of other parliaments in order to address challenges brought by russia’s invasion of Ukraine. See more

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These materials are made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. The materials were published as part of the USAID RADA: Next Generation Program, which is a five-year initiative (2021-2026) implemented by the NGO "Internews-Ukraine".