Meeting of the Local Solidarity Network

27/04/2023

Created in 2022, the Local Solidarity Network met on 30 March to discuss the question, ‘How can we support local actors in Ukraine more effectively?’.

Created in 2022, the Local Solidarity Network met on 30 March to discuss the question, ‘How can we support local actors in Ukraine more effectively?’

Speakers:

Olesky Ponikharovskyi, International Relations, Kharkiv City Council
Nathalie Chrin, Femmes Ukrainiennes en Europe
Adrien Licha, Secretariat Coordinator of the European Association for Local Democracy
Jacques Duplessy, Medical Aid Committee

Moderator: François Grünewald (Groupe URD)

After the presentations, the participants discussed a variety of operational questions, such as: What form should collaboration with ‘informal’ local actors take? How can partnerships be established with citizen-based movements? What operational challenges and issues at stake are involved?

The Local Solidarity Network is a discussion forum to promote the sharing of practices and initiatives related to aid localisation.

Groupe URD facilitates these informal meetings about 3 or 4 times a year; the network members propose the discussion topics.

Would you like to join this network? Contact the coordinator, Valérie Léon: vleon@urd.org