On March 2 – 4, 2020, the representatives of the Centre of Public Initiatives “Ideas for Change” along with the independent civil society organizations from Ukraine, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, and France participated at the meeting of the open international platform CivilM+, held in Kyiv. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the results of the implemented projects, to design an action plan for the future, to root common values and vision, and to meet new members of the platform. In recent months, such organizations as Caritas Ukraine, FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights, peace organization PAX from the Netherlands have joined the platform.
In total, CivilM+ unites 19 organizations and three independent experts. Within the CivilM+ network, they inform their governments and communities about the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, implement projects in the spheres of peacebuilding, transitional justice, dialogue, and human rights, contribute to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Donbas.