The "Grassroots Institute" has officially launched a new project entitled "Path to Justice: Practical Support for War-Affected Persons in Documenting Damage and Accessing the Register of Damage for Ukraine."
The Grassroots Institute (TGI) Ukraine has initiated preparatory activities for a new programme aimed at promoting agroecology and climate-resilient farming systems across the Ukrainian Carpathians. Building on its ongoing work in biodiversity conservation, pollinator protection, sustainable rural livelihoods, and participatory natural resource management, the Institute is laying the groundwork for a series of small- to medium-scale agroecological interventions that will be implemented in Rakhiv, Tyachiv, and Khust raions of Zakarpattia Oblast, and Verkhovyna raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. These mountain landscapes are among Ukraine's most important reservoirs of agrobiodiversity, traditional farming knowledge, and ecosystem services, making them ideal locations for demonstrating nature-positive agricultural practices.
The Grassroots Institute (TGI) Ukraine has significantly expanded its Field Action & Advocacy, Training & Capacity Building, and Research & Studies functions to strengthen pollinator conservation, sustainable beekeeping, community resilience, and documentation of the rich cultural and ecological heritage of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Since 2024, these integrated initiatives have brought together universities, expert beekeepers, local communities, researchers, youth, and territorial hromadas to promote biodiversity conservation while preserving traditional knowledge and strengthening local governance for sustainable rural development.
Since 2024, The Grassroots Institute (TGI) Ukraine has substantially expanded its advocacy and field programmes to strengthen local self-governance, participatory democracy, and sustainable natural resource management across Zakarpattia, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts. Working with hromadas, civil society organizations, universities, local governments, producer groups, and development partners, TGI Ukraine has promoted decentralized, evidence-based and community-led governance that supports Ukraine's recovery, European integration, and long-term environmental sustainability.
Environmental Education is one of the most effective tools for fostering a responsible attitude among young people toward natural resources, climate change, and sustainable development. With this goal in mind, the "Grassroots Institute" continues to implement its educational programme, "EcoExperts", aimed at promoting modern environmental knowledge among school students across the Zakarpattia region.
Supporting children who have been most affected by the consequences of the war remains one of the key priorities of the “Grassroots Institute”. We firmly believe that helping a child means not only providing essential supplies but also offering care, solidarity, and hope for Ukraine’s future.
The Grassroots Institute has supported and participated in the Carpathian Rural Expeditions, facilitated by Dr. Pavlo Leno, and coordinated by Faculty of History and International Relations at Uzhhorod National University. The Carpathian Ethnographic Expedition was undertaken for 3 months (May to July 2025). According to the working curriculum, orders of the Rector and agreements on practice bases, summer ethnographic expeditions were organized in the Dubrynych-Maly Bereznyi, Bilky and Batiovo territorial hromadas of the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine. During the expeditions, the youth participants visited 15 settlements: Smerekove, Bukivtsovo, Chornoholova, Mircha, Bilky, Imstychovo, Velykyi Rakovets, Lukovo, Batiovo, Serne, Hornhlab, Batrad, Danylivka, Barkasovo, Bakosh, Svoboda.
The implementation of the project “The Community Charter as an Instrument of Real Democracy” is ongoing in Zakarpattia region. The initiative is aimed at strengthening local self-government, developing democratic participation mechanisms, and fostering modern approaches to interaction between communities and local authorities.
The Carpathian Human Rights Agency “Vested”, in partnership with the Grassroots Institute, the Faculty of Law of Uzhhorod National University, and the Research Institute for Fundamental and Applied Studies of European Territorial Cooperation, is launching a new project!
In March, the fifth civic workshop “Environmental Protection” took place in the city of Vynohradiv. The event was implemented within the framework of the international project EUPHORIA, in partnership with the “Carpathian Human Rights Agency ‘Vested’” and the “Grassroots Institute”. For our organization, participation in such initiatives is an important part of our ongoing work in the field of environmental education, youth support, civic engagement, and the promotion of responsible attitudes toward the environment.
