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Democratic Initiatives Fund

215 Live Views 1 In Crowd Democratic Initiatives Foundation has grown from the Ukrainian citizens movement –Narodny Rukh in 1992 to pursue the ideas of Rukh activists on developing Ukrainian independent state and governance, market economy and civil society.

Since then the… Democratic Initiatives Foundation has grown from the Ukrainian citizens movement –Narodny Rukh in 1992 to pursue the ideas of Rukh activists on developing Ukrainian independent state and governance, market economy and civil society.

Since then the Democratic Initiatives Foundation works with the mission to support Ukraine’s transition towards a fully functioning democracy, better governance, market economy and development of civil society in Ukraine.

DIF makes a significant contribution to Ukraine’s democratization and liberalization by:
• Identifying, formulating and proposing solutions to previously invisible societal problems
• encouraging an informed political process, a free press, and empirical political science;
• building the professionalism and knowledge of policy makers, civil society leaders, journalists, and academia in Ukraine;
• aiding the process of democratic integration by making Ukraine more understandable to the West and embracing Euro-Atlantic values. More