The world should not forget what is happening in Ukraine. We’re proud to see the documentary film Songs of Slow Burning Earth, supported through our Film Programme, shining at the One World International Human Rights Film Festival, receiving the International...
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Czech President Petr Pavel received supporters of Ukraine
Photo: Zuzana Bönisch. Source: Office of the President of the Czech Republic. On 24 February 2025, the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, received long-term supporters of Ukraine at Prague Castle. Along with other civil society representatives, our...
#SilencedVoices: Campaign with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, as in the Soviet era, thousands of innocent people suffer for their views and beliefs. Political prisoners are not a thing of the past. The methods of repression and oppression used by the Soviet Union and its communist satellites throughout its existence are...
Film screening & discussion: Returned children of Ukraine
On 12 February 2025, we organised a screening of “Hearing Them Out: Returned Children of Ukraine”. Directed by Tetiana Khodakivska and supported by the Prague Civil Society Centre, this short film documents the stories of 72 rescued children and reveals, in their own...
Activists documenting war crimes and journalists from Ukraine visit Prague
Our partners, Ukrainian journalists and activists documenting Russia’s war crimes, visited Prague for two events with students and the public at the close of 2022. In late November, the Prague Civil Society Centre and Charles University’s Department of East European Studies held a discussion with those leading the effort to document war crimes in Ukraine.
Open Democracy: How Ukrainians are looking to the future
Unbroken – the name of Lviv’s new medical Rehabilitation Centre is a sign of defiance. With shiny new wards for robotic prostheses, physical rehabilitation and trauma therapy, sports facilities and a giant white “walkbot” for amputated patients, it stands as a flagship of hope for thousands of Ukrainians mutilated by Russia’s devastating war.
An ideathon for Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction
In partnership with the International Renaissance Foundation, we are now accepting applications for Unlock Ukraine, an ideathon for civil society engaged in Ukraine’s reconstruction. Imagine buildings destroyed by shells being rebuilt with ramps for inclusive access. Imagine developers respecting green spaces in the reconstruction process. Imagine sustainable, livable communities rising from the rubble.
Strengthening Ukraine’s voice in the EU
An open call for grants to Ukrainian civic organisations and initiatives to support them in building partnerships with other European counterparts. We want to give Ukrainian organisations an opportunity to establish partnerships in other European countries, strengthen new solidarity networks that popped up in response to the full-blown invasion, and foster more long-term exchange between Ukrainian organisations and key partners in other European countries.
Ukraine truth defenders fund
The Prague Civil Society Centre has started a special fund with a goal to raise €5 million in support of independent media and civil society.
How we’re supporting Ukraine, and why more is needed
In the first 30 days of the Kremlin’s abhorrent war in Ukraine, we have mobilised more than half a million euros in support for Ukrainian civil society, independent media and Russian anti-war campaigns. The needs are huge, and so too must be our response.