Overview

Foundations for Freedom is an international NGO registered in Ukraine. It was initiated in 1993 as a programme of Initiatives of Change in the UK and works in Eastern Europe.

There is an interesting theory: when 10% of population change, the remaining 90% become different as well.  Should we wait until a leader changes things for the better or should we start with ourselves?

«Be the change you want to see in the world!» - Mahatma Gandhi.

Mission

Foundations for Freedom» aims to foster the development of truly free, democratic and just society, where people live in commitment to the values where freedom thrives, in particular honesty and personal responsibility.

Activities

Supporting the development of responsible leadership.

Enhancing social involvement of youth.

Initiating and supporting public dialogues.

Developing mutual understanding and cooperation between various ethnic and social groups.

Establishing honest and transparent relations between citizens and governmental structures.

Types of activity

Reconciliation projects, public dialogues, trust-building activities.

Offering access to international networks and experience exchange programmes.

Leading round-tables, forums and conferences.

Leading various training and educational programmes.

Contact

Foundations for Freedom is active in Ukraine, Latvia, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Romania and Serbia. The main office is situated in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

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NEWS

Vacancies Openings in Foundations for Freedom

International non-governmental organization Foundations for Freedom is gathering a team for positions of Treasurer, Project Coordinator, Training Coordinator and FUNDRAISERs on voluntary basis due to the reforms connected with decision-making and administration of the organization Read vacancies' description here>>

Ethical Leadership Seminars - new project of Foundations for Freedom

INGO Foundations for Freedom would like to inform you that last year has received a grant from the Bohdan Havrilyshyn Foundation (Ukraine) to prepare trainers and educational manual in order to run seminars on ethical leadership in the future. Read more>>

Healed Ukraine, or how to find understanding between East and West?

UIA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) soldiers: heroes or enemies? 9 May – Victory Day or Mourning Day? Was the Great Patriotic War indeed ‘patriotic’ for all Ukrainian territories? These answers are hard to answer even for an experienced historian because the cornerstone of this history is composed of prejudice and insults, which we have inherited through generations. If now the screenplay of a fratricidal war seems impossible in Ukraine, two generations ago every family suffered losses from such a war. So does a state with such controversial history have any chance to become one whole, or…? Read more>>

'Healing the Past' Dialogue in Zakarpattia, Ukraine

On 21-24 February 2013 'Ukrainian Action: Healing the Past' project team invites you to take part in the Dialogue Seminar 'Healing the Past', which will be taken on the far western part of Ukraine - on Zakarpattia (exact place to be defined soon). Deadline for applications is 9 February 2013. Read more>>

Catching the culture together + Video

Participants of the movement Foundations for Freedom, as a part of a multi-cultural team and multi-ethnic group from Romania, spent ten unforgettable days in the Romanian Hoteni. Read more& watch video>>

Change the world, starting with youself

Foundations for Freedom Visiting Course took place from 22 to 28 September 2012 in Baranivka, Ukraine. Tatiana Kalchenko, a participant, shares her experience. Read more>>

What I discovered during the 'Healing the Past' dialogue

From 6-9 September, a dialogue on the theme 'Healing the Past' took place on the shores of the Black Sea in Crimea. This part of present-day Ukraine includes many different cultures and ethnicities who have suffered historical injustices, including famine and forced ethnic re-locations during the Communist era. Read more>>

Visiting Course 'Make a Change! European Youth in Dialogue'

'Foundations for Freedom' (Ukraine) in partnership with 'Initiatives - Central and Eastern Europe' (Germany) invites young people between the ages of 18 and 25 to the international seminar 'Make a Change! European Youth in Dialogue'. This will be the second seminar of its kind, following last year's success. The Visiting Course will take place in Koktebel, Crimea (Ukraine) October 13-20. Read more>>

Foundations for Freedom Leaning Track in Caux, Switzerland on 02-08 August 2012

Have you heard about the “The Dynamics of Being a Change-maker” conference in Caux, Switzerland from the 02-08 August 2012?

As well as the usual plenaries and community groups, this conference will offer 'Foundations for Freedom' learning track from Eastern and Central Europe run by Anna Pozogina and Angela Starovoytova. It would give a brief overview and a taste of what F4F courses are about and how they are run. Alongside with F4F learning track there would be other tracks run by other successful programmes in IofC. Read more>>

Rajmohan Gandhi opens 'Week of Trust' in Ukraine

Professor Rajmohan Gandhi joined the official opening of 'Week of Trust' in Simferopol, Ukraine, via Skype on 28 May. Civil campaign 'Week of Trust' was organized by the Club for Young Leaders (CYL, Crimea) in partnership with the International NGO Foundations for Freedom and started in the Information Press-Center in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine.Read more>>

Dialogue for Foundations for Freedom

“Ukrainian Action: Healing the Past” project team runs a Dialogue Seminar for the Foundations for Freedom Teams that will take place on 17-20 May 2012 in Lviv region, Ukraine. "We are going to spend a few days in the safe space, inviting our past to come to the present through our memories, thoughts, views, personal stories, and life experiences. We will be ready to grieve and cry, as well as to rejoice, shine with life, be brave to face the future, ready to be honest and sincere with ourselves and the others, so that our past can now or some time later release us for peace, joy, and love. Read more>>

'Intergenerational approach to Europe: past, present and future'

Initiatives of Change-Lorraine (a branch of Initiatives of Change, France) in partnership with Foundations for Freedom (F4F, Ukraine) are pleased to invite you to a discovery visit to the heart of Europe to explore an 'Intergenerational approach to Europe: past, present and future’.The event is dedicated to the important date, 9 May 1950, when Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, indispensable to maintain peaceful relations.

Over the course of one week the group of young adults from different European countries in a constant dialogue between generations, will look at the Europe of yesterday and today. Together they will also be discovering their personal role and responsibility within this group, their organizations and countries in building Europe for tomorrow.. More information and technical details are available here>>.

East European youth leaders strengthen regional network

Youth leaders from around Eastern Europe met to strengthen their networks and plan for the future at the annual Regional Meeting of Foundations for Freedom (F4F) which took place in Baia Mare, Romania, 23-25 March. The full report by Angela Starovoitova read here>>.

Next Foundations for Freedom Regional Meeting will be held in Romania

INGO Foundations for Freedom would like to inform you about their annual Regional Meeting, which will take place 23-25, March, 2012. The Romanian Club for Young Leaders has expressed its readiness to host us in Baia Mare, Romania.

Regional meetings of Foundations for Freedom have always served as a space for us to meet, get to know about existing initiatives, to evaluate our common past, to look at the present and to think about the future of our network and organization. We are hoping to have this meeting in a style of creating a fruitful atmosphere of ‘searching for the future’. More information and technical details are availablehere>>.

Panchgani traveller’s notes

Evgeniya Koroleva and Nastya Sachko, both journalists by profession and members of ‘Club for Young Leaders’ from Crimea (Ukraine), have for a few months now been working as volunteers in Asia Plateau – International centre of Initiatives of Change in Panchgani, India. Their dream to get to Asia Plateau searching for answers on personal questions through new discoveries has had to overcome financial obstacles and a few months of what seemed to be hopeless visa procedure. Evgeniya Koroleva is sharing some of her traveller’s notes that still have the smell of Indian spices. Read more>>

Meeting with Vladimir Bukovsky: thinking about future of Ukraine and Russia

As a part of Healing the Past project Olha Hudz-Sakuma (Ukraine), Lena Kashkarova (Ukraine) and Diana Damsa (Romania) visited a representative of Soviet dissidents’ movement Vladimir Bukovsky in his house in Cambridge. The past and future of Ukraine and Russia, the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation in the present days society and the interaction between personal and civil responsibility are among the topics discussed with Vladimir Bukovsky. Read more>>

Positive outcomes from Farmers' Dialogue training in Rwanda

Thirty-one members of Farmers’ Dialogue from fourteen countries (East Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia) met in Kigali (Rwanda) in an informal and stimulating setting to consider the various missions of the programme and the team's commitments as a result of their missions. The training was led by the Ukrainian team of Foundations for Freedom. Read more>>

Building networks, living by values and anticipating change

When people change, the world changes. This was the idea behind the 10-day residential course – Inside change: creating foundations for action – that took place at Notre Dame University, Lebanon, from 6-15 May. Based on the format of the Foundations for Freedom Visiting Course and the Caux Interns Program, it was the first programme of its kind to be conducted in the MENA region by IofC. Read more >>