Capability
Program Priorities
Individual Capacity
- Support for programs and educational initiatives that strengthen agency and independent decision-making, including leadership and management programs, the development of systems thinking and transformational leadership, debate and book clubs, and mentoring.
- Programs focused on integrity and ethical decision-making, as well as dialogue-based formats for leaders and managers.
- Broadening the perspectives of organizational leaders through engagement with political systems, public policy analysis and development, and state-building.
Entrepreneurship
- Expanding access to education and mentorship opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs.
- Researching and sharing best practices, business models, and franchising approaches, while fostering entrepreneurial networks that generate social innovation and contribute to the public good.
- Entrepreneurship and financial literacy programs for youth.
Organizational Capacity
- Documenting and disseminating best practices, scaling successful models, and developing case studies for schools of management and public leadership.
- Research and support for centers of expertise that strengthen the organizational capacity of Ukrainian institutions, including in governance, ethics, stakeholder engagement, fundraising, human resources, information technology, and communications.
- Monitoring organizations, communities, and institutions to identify capability gaps and develop effective approaches to addressing them.
- Providing support through management consulting.
Community Capacity
- Mapping best practices in community development, particularly in the areas of identity, culture, and resilience.
- Strengthening regional think tanks and advancing local philanthropy, including through collaborative funding models based on the “first among equals” principle.
- Supporting entrepreneurship within communities.
- Supporting local philanthropy.
Institutional Capacity and National Reforms
- Research and mapping of key areas of Ukrainian policy, priority challenges, and reform needs.
- Supporting schools of public administration and programs focused on policy design and development.
- Developing tools and support mechanisms to help practitioners return to active professional and community life after public service.
- Monitoring, analyzing, and supporting reforms, including identifying windows of opportunity.
- Supporting and advocating for reforms, projects, and products where limited support can accelerate meaningful change.
Sharing Ukrainian Expertise Globally
- Providing methodological support to Ukrainian institutions in advancing their expertise internationally and strengthening Ukraine’s global image.
- Strengthening centers of expertise and supporting leaders and institutions in sharing successful Ukrainian practices globally.
Promoting a Culture of Philanthropy
- Researching Ukraine’s philanthropic culture, leading international practices, and Ukraine’s own experience in philanthropy.
- Reviving the tradition of philanthropy, including restoring the names of benefactors to buildings, educational institutions, and cultural heritage assets.
- Developing standard frameworks for business engagement in the development of socially important sectors and institutions, as well as in the restoration of architectural heritage.
- Promoting business engagement in education, culture, and science; developing the infrastructure and financial models that support endowment growth; and strengthening a culture of corporate social responsibility.