Artur is an environmental lawyer and the head of the environmental NGO EcoRight. In 2018 he served as the director of the Mining and Environmental Inspection of Armenia. For his project, “Armenian Mining Strategy: A Practice of Learnable Corruption”, he will investigate the non-transparent and wrongful practices of international financial institutions and local authorities involved in the mining sector that work against the public interest and democratic values.
Nataliia is a lawyer focused on support and development of civil society organizations with the Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law. For her project, “Volunteers and Non-profit Cooperation, the Czech Republic’s experience for Ukraine”, Nataliia will study the best practices in the Czech Republic and other countries for collecting and systematising data about volunteers and the organisations that engage them in order to inform state assistance programmes and better support the development of volunteer movements.
Iryna is a writer, teacher, and head of the resource centre at the Institute of Analysis and Advocacy. Iryna’s project, “Social Networks Will Remember This War”, is a collection of texts posted on social media after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The personal stories of Ukrainians shared on social media show the full spectrum of the horrors of the war. Iryna will translate the stories into English and publish them in international media.