Исследования | Center for Political Analysis “Observatory of Democracy”

Electoral system reform: possible effects for Kharkiv region

In 2019 the next parliamentary election will be held in Ukraine, but the question of which electoral system would be chosen is still debatable. At the same time the electoral formula alongside with voters’ preferences determines the final result. For […]

Formation of civic competence: we should not lose one more generation

The adoption of the new Law of Ukraine “On Education” has given the start to the reform of the education system. The key idea of the school reform is that the school should give the knowledge and form the competencies […]

Flowers and praise – these are not rights: how March 8 builds on gender stereotypes

Certainly, the gender situation in Ukraine is not as critical as, for example, in theocratic Iran, where women are sent to prison for taking the hijab off in a public place. Or as in Saudi Arabia, which has recently announced […]

Chronicles of decentralization in Kharkiv region: seasonal review (December 2017-February 2018)

The fourth seasonal review closes the annual cycle of the dynamics of decentralization analysis in the Kharkiv region. Last winter has provided a lot of information for the research, and the new material of the Center for Political Analysis “Observatory […]

The future of civic education in Ukraine – the transition to the relevant European model

Ukraine has chosen the course for European integration, but unlike the Eastern European and Baltic states, Ukraine has not implemented a system of civic education aimed at the perceiving of the values and senses of the European political culture, and […]

Public broadcasting in Ukraine: a model and tasks for the information direction of reintegration

The solution of the key reintegration tasks is closely related to the development of the public media as a tool for mass civic education. The existing content of national TV channels does not contribute to the solution of the occupied […]

Values is a key to political modernization in Ukraine

The role that values are being placed in the political process is fundamental and, at the same time, undeservedly marginal. First of all, we are talking about the fact that despite the intensive development of the so-called “cognitive direction” in […]

Reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories: information component

The increasing role of information in modern society’s life has not only led to the justification of the media’s role as a “fourth power”, and today – even as the “first power”. Informational technologies have provided new tools of war […]

Civic education for the front-line regions within reintegration tasks of temporarily occupied territories

Reintegration cannot be limited only to de-occupation and the return of temporarily occupied territories back under Ukrainian authorities’ control. The guarantee of the effectiveness of the process is the unification of citizens on the basis of a single system of […]

Dynamics of decentralization in Poltava region

According to the results of an expert survey conducted by The Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in November 2017, the respondents mentioned decentralization as an example of the successful reform most often (in the second place – the start of […]