Institute for democracy and development POLITA

Institute for democracy and development POLITA

1. Knowledge is the key to development Institute for democracy and development “PolitA” Think tank

2. In today's turbulent global climate, Institute for Democracy and Development “ PolitA ” formulates strategic solutions and ideas, provides independent analysis, and shapes solutions to support independent and democratic leadership around the world. Empowering the next generation of leaders and equipping them with the right knowledge and skills for the future of governance or civil society development. Mission

3. We build bridges th r ough Knowledge for democracy and development Vision

4. •We bring together more than 30 experts from around the world to form independent analyses and strategies, our global thinkers conduct research and formulate solutions in economic policy, peace, and international issues. Our current focus is on the United States, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. We work for sustainable peace, economic growth, and development. For the sake of spreading the values of democracy, protection of human rights, and equal opportunities in the economy of the world. Our tools

5. Kateryna Odarchenko Kateryna Odarchenko - political strategist, partner of SIC group consulting company. Kateryna has nine years of experience in democracy building and democracy campaign management. She is the author of 500+ publications about transparent public administration, campaign management, good governance, and civil society development. She is also the author of the "Election Game" handbook for politicians in Eastern Europe and Central Asia for democracy institution building and control of elections. Kateryna initiated several bills in Ukraine about democratic elections, women's rights, and stronger institutions. Kateryna also initiated projects with the European Parliament for the implementation of EU laws in Ukrainian legislature. She organized 12 experience exchange programs for EU professionals and public administrators in the USA, the EU Institutions, UAE, and Israel. She has more than five years of experience in cooperation with Ukrainian and Easter Europe press, often writes for American think tanks, and participates in media communication. Married, lives with three kids in Maryland.  http://linkedin.com/in/katerynaodarchenko https://www.facebook.com/katerina.odarchenko Board members

6. Kendall Coffey Mr. Coffey is a former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida (1993-1996); and served as Chair, Southern District Conference, Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission (April 2009 – January 2017). He is annually recognized as one of Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, Florida “Super Lawyer,” and South Florida Legal Guide’s “Top Lawyers”, recognized by the National Law Journal as one of its Lawyers of the Year for 2000, as Member of Gore Legal Team. He concentrates on complex litigation at trial and appellate levels, in state and federal court. A frequent teacher and guest lecturer, he has been Guest Legal Analyst providing legal commentary for international networks: CNN International, Telemundo, Univision, Canadian Broadcasting Company; national networks: CNBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX, MSNBC and NBC; and local television: ABC-10, CBS-4, América TeVe , Telemundo-51, Univision-23, TeleMiami . As a teacher, Mr. Coffey is adjunct faculty member for University of Miami School of Law, Florida Constitutional Law (2008 – present), Florida International University (Administrative Law 2011), and Trial Advocacy Program (1991 – 1993); and a Lecturer in trial skills and substantive law for The Florida Bar, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Dade County Bar Association, University of Miami School of Law, Professional Education Systems, Inc., National Business Institute, Inc. and CLE International, Inc. Board members

7. Den Tolmor   Den Tolmor  is a Moldova-born American film producer, director, and writer, whose work includes feature films, television series, and documentaries. Tolmor is best known for producing  Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom , a 2015 documentary film about the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine in the winter of 2013 and 2014, which earned him an Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking category in 2016. Narrated by Helen Mirren, the film was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival where it premiered in 2017 and was acquired by HBO. Tolmor produced  Francesco , a 2020 documentary film about Pope Francis that tells the story of hope inside the darkness of our times.  Righetto , Tolmor's most recent feature film, entered pre-production in Italy in 2020. Board members

8. Our board brings together international leaders from the U.S. and around the world, people who are committed to democracy and prosperity and who have the knowledge and skills to shape the work of research, formulation, strategy, and solutions in international affairs, politics, and economics. Each of the board members has 10 to 30 years of experience in academia, public administration, economics, or law. Our advisors

9. Our history and work for 9 years in Ukraine and Eastern Europe region

10. polita.org.ua 500 + articles 50 + research 10 + countries programs 500 000 audience 1000 + media activities 15000 + participants in our programs 2 books We have been working for 9 years

11. Our history Kateryna Odarchenko and other researchers established the Institute for Democracy and Development in Kyiv, Ukraine, nine years ago. During that time, the Institute has formulated solutions for Ukraine's domestic politics and democracy development, mentored over 5,000 program participants, written over 30 strategy papers, conducted over 200 events with decision-makers, and written over 500 press releases. The Institute has also been active in education and democracy development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It has worked extensively with research groups in Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, and other countries of the Region. Actively studied and formed the strategy of confrontation against Russian disinformation and influence in the region. After the outbreak of war, our board decided to open its activities in the United States. Focusing on influence and communication with decision-makers in the U.S. Providing analytics and solutions much needed during the war with Russia and the growing influence of China, the growing influence of authoritarian regimes (Iran and China).

12. Public discussions and trainings

13. Publishing and demonstrating educational work

14. International work

15. Solutions for local communities

16. Dialogue with legislators

17. Media work

18. International experience exchange programs and global networking

19. Support women and creating opportunities

20. Working with the European Parliament

21. International dialogue

22. Standing for democracy and emergency help

23. Our short report of 2022 Please download report here https://www.slideshare.net/KaterynaOdarchenko1/institute-for-democracy-and-development-polita-report-engpdf 300 + participants of programs 42 articles, materials, research 2 full reports 8 events and discussion 2 conferences and international meetings 12 + international meetings 25 + meetings with legislators 20 000 + main audience 20 + media projects and links to research 3 countries in focus 6 countries media coverage

24. 2023 we plan on registering nonprofit in the USA

25. KPI and plan for 2023 30 + authors and researchers 50 + articles, materials, research 3 + full reports 12 + events and discussion 3 + conferences and international meetings 10 + international meetings 300 + participants of programs 50+ meetings with legislators 50 000 + main audience 30 + media projects and links to research 6 + countries in focus

26. USA without Russian disinformation

27. Our main projects for 2023 Fighting Russian disinformation in the USA and research on the roots of disinformation and fake news  We plan to collect Russian disinformation campaign facts in the United States and understand its roots and tools. We will also search for room of disinformation which Russia started in Ukraine and EU countries and is bringing to the US. It is extremely important to have such research to create mechanisms to fight this actions of Putin and create a shield. To prevent future influence on the next presidential elections, we will use our team of searchers from Eastern European and Central Asia to understand specific themes and American research to add their perspectives and present them to American society. Share these materials with the government, media, and other think tanks. Our team will be effective because all experts have 5 + years of work in communication in FSU countries and do analysis in their native languages, Russian and English. It can help prevent Russian influence in the next elections in 2024 in the USA.

28. Focus on Ukraine 2023

29. Series of seminars with Ukrainian and international experts about the current situation in Ukraine - it helps Western allies to know more about the direct situation for design-making projects. Next year we are planning a number of seminars and research Damages to the economy and methods of compensation. Development model which will work  Humanitarian catastrophe and ways to effective distribution of it Economy crisis and road map for a recovery plan Income of Ukrainians and points of growth, refugee problems  How to motivate people to come back and rebuild Ukraine W omen ’s rights in the war period and wom e n's engagement Western integration o f Ukraine - steps forward Points of development: energy, agriculture, transportation Fighting with Russian influence and disinformation defense and cybersecurity models which will work for Ukraine now and next 5 years Model of effective reforms for development  Effective methods of communication with partners and allies  Our focus 2023 - Ukraine Deep research, work models, real development

30. Rebuilding of Ukraine Direct tools for compensations Project of counting and collecting damages and losses - preparation of lawsuits against Russia from victims. Now, we can do active advocacy work to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. In addition, for more than six months, we are working on a strategy of lawsuits in the USA and Ukrainian lawyers to form a roadmap for Ukrainian victims (businesses, small businesses, communities, and individuals). We need more support for this work to be prepared and have the potential to help victims and help rebuild Ukraine . Research on: Facts of damages Bills in USA and cooperation procedure Compensation prosecute for: business, communities, sectors, individuals Forms and effective model s of compensations Compensations and economy growth How to educate people about compensation (We start this work on 2022 in USA and Ukraine)

31. FSU analysis - Eastern Europe and Central Asia

32. Building bridges with USA and Easter Europe and Central Asia 2023-2025 Democracy building seminar and leadership education – the main enemy of Putin's regime - is a smart, effective civil society in Russia, as well as in the neighboring countries. We need to immediately start a big education program for civil society in Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries. Themes of these programs are as follows: democracy building and benefits from that, Russian disinformation campaign and how to prevent it, democracy institution building, transparent elections, and campaign management, women's leadership and tools for that, and international experience. Experience exchange programs - people must see best practices with their own eyes, explore them and use. Correspondingly, we are planning experience exchange programs in Washington DC for people from Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Groups. Unfortunately, people from Ukraine and other Eastern European countries haven't got money to come here and share their research and real, truthful information. So, we need to support them & first, vector support organizing events for - research presentations; second, choose a group of civil society leaders for educational and experience exchange programs. In addition, we are planning free seminars and training for activists from Central Asia, where over 300 participants will be present, willing to let the activists experience exchange in Washington, DC.

33. Platform of cooperation 2023-2025 Our series of research - the main research we plan on doing is research about the Russian disinformation campaign. (Research Russian disinformation in Eastern Europe, Central Asia (FSU countries) as countries that suffer the most from Russian and China Influence, research Russian disinformation tools and themes in European Union and US to change decision and make process. Also we will resent positions about economy and political growth of regions and potential connections and cooperation with USA. We will use desk research and interview the best media campaign and communication experts and researchers for that. In addition, we plan on doing a presentation and a public discussion of research in the EU and the USA, sharing it with the media, public, and key think tanks. Program will work for Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan .

34. Our experts

35. Deep research and expertise More experts and their analysis on polita.org.ua Mariya Malka Bondar Investigative journalists, media analysts and PR professionals. For more than 20 years she has worked with top Ukrainian publications. Mrs Bondar has provided reputation consulting and media monitoring services to a variety of businesses and non-profits. She has also been involved in democracy researches and launched several anti-discrimination campaigns in Ukraine. Ihor Reiterovych - Political scientist, political consultant. Head of political and legal programs at the Ukrainian Center for Social Development. Associate Professor at the Department of Parliamentary Studies of the Educational and Research Institute of Public Administration and Public Service at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Yuriy Gavrilechko - expert-analyst, economist, internationalist. Member of the "independent pool of experts" INPOLIT. Ihor Petrenko - an associate professor at the Department of Political Science at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and director of the Department of Domestic Policy at the International Center for Policy Studies. Taras Semenyuk – journalist and KyivStratPro analyst. He is an international politics observer, expert in mass-media communications. Taras graduated from the Gregorian University in Rome. Andriy Buzorov - lawyer, human rights activist, publicist, journalist, international commentator, political analyst and orientalist, and radio host. Bohdan Bondarenko - expert in constitutional law and politics. Works as a mediator at the National Association of Mediators of Ukraine. Olexander Moskaluk - c.j.s ., associate professor of the constitutional law department of the law faculty of the Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Oleksiy Holobydskyi - political scientist, member of the Main Council of the "Young Ukraine" party, head of its information and analytical service, and editor of the party magazine "Young Ukraine”. Taras Zagorodny - political technologist, expert and blogger. He is the author of a practical manual on running a majoritarian campaign and co-author of the manual "Blitz Campaign in 28 Days”. Andriy Zolotarev - political scientist who worked as a consultant to Yulia Tymoshenko , Alexander Ryabchenko , and Volodymyr Lytvyn . He is the head of the Ukrainian Information and Analytical Center "Third Sector”. Yuriy Odarchenko - ex-Ukrainian politician, member of the Batkivshchyna All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party. He is the former Governor of Kherson Oblast. He is a corresponding member of the Academy of Civil Engineering of Ukraine and a candidate of Economic Sciences. Oleksiy Buryachenko - a Ukrainian political scientist, lawyer, analyst, scholar, human rights activist and public figure; an expert in management in the governmental and non-governmental sectors.

36. Deep research and expertise More experts and their analysis on polita.org.ua Ruslan Bortnik – political analyst and expert, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Politics. He is one of the most influential and authoritative experts in Ukraine. Oleg Pasternak – political technologist, political consultant, member of the Association of Professional Political Consultants of Ukraine, candidate of historical sciences. He is a head of the Center for Political Intelligence. Oleksiy Voronenko – political and economic expert, political technologist. He is former assistant-consultant of the People’s Deputy of Ukraine. Vladislav Dzividzinskiy – political scientist, analyst and political expert. He is a deputy director of the Ukrainian Institute of the Future and member of the independent pool of experts “INPOLIT.” Valentin Gayday – political expert, candidate of historical sciences. He is an expert of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management. Yaroslav Bondarenko – political expert, public activist, volunteer of the “ Mirotvorets ” center, journalist. Yuliya Komarova- Piletskaya – political technologist and expert. She is a communications energizer in DTEK (largest private investor in the Ukrainian energy industry) and communications corporate in “ Ukrenergo .” She is a head of communications in the State Inspection of Energy Supervision in Ukraine. Maksim Yali – political expert, candidate of political sciences, master of foreign policy. Mykyta Vasylenko – journalist, writer, professor, doctor of philosophy. He is an expert in information genres and reporter. Oleksandr Poznii – political expert, head of the sociological company “Active Group.” Andriy Yeremenko – founder of the sociological company “Active Group,” ex-chairman of the Union of Young Political Scientists and co-author of the “Future Modeling Technologies” system. He is a sociologist and political expert. Svitlana Kushnir – political expert, economical columnist. She is former creative director of “ Politlab ” communication studio. Oleg Popenko – political and economical expert. He is a chairman of the Union of Consumers of Communal Services, chairman of the Committee on Housing, Land Improvement, Ecology and Environmental Protection of the Public Council under Kyiv City State Administration. Valeriy Klochok – public activist, political expert, master of civil service. He cooperates with NGO “ Growford Institute” (Think Tank) that conducts strategic global research in the field of economics. Pavlo Kutuyev – sociologist, doctor of sociological sciences, head of department of sociology in FSP NTUU “KPI named after Ihor Sikorskiy .”

37. Powerful media work

38. Important part of outwork is presentation and research Regular press conferences Public presentations with our experts in the USA  Public discussions of our experts with other think tanks and American researchers  Delivery research to stakeholders and decision-making people (Congress, White House, DOD, DOS, NSC)  Working against Russian disinformation in the USA (projects with media, opinion leaders, civil society) with monitoring, social media tools, pr tools. Decreasing negative influence and cut of Russian tools of influence in US and in short - term perspective.  Form independent, nonpartisan view on US foreign policy in Ukraine and Easter Europe, Central Asia region to decrease Russian and China negative impact in long - term strategy.   Communications and impact

39. We invite changemakers to our board of directors in USA Join us today

40. Contacts: Washington DC Kateryna Odarchenko [phone] Kyiv office: Kyiv, Konovaltsa 36 d, 19 suit, [phone] www.polita.org.ua [email protected] .ua https://www.facebook.com/PolitA.org