Institute for Sustainable Development and Peace

Institute for Sustainable Development and Peace - is a non-political, non-profit, non-governmental organisation registered in April 2020. Organisation was created to promote projects in the fields of education, entrepreneurship, culture, ecology, preservation of historical heritage, as well as protection of rights and freedoms, promotion of equality. ISDP wants to contribute to the development of more peaceful and sustainable future. As an initiative and informal group ISDP started in 2015. ISDP has been offering projects and activities for young people and teenagers: organising international project for youth and teenagers in Ukraine focusing on developing tolerance and non-violent conflict resolution; Teen Centre of Excellence – a series of meetings for youngsters from different regions of Ukraine where UN employees have been invited to talk about SDGs, UN system, youth participation through U-report; trainings for young entrepreneurs; online and offline training sessions for educators and social workers on the topic of mental health (stress response management and resilience); active citizenship and small social project management. At the moment there are active youth/ teenage groups in several regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipro, Kropyvnytskyy, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Odesa, Mykolayiv. ISDP appeared as a spin-off of the All-Ukrainian Association for Youth Co-operation ‘Alternative-V’. Whereas the Board of AUAYC Alternative-V have chosen international activities as a priority, ISDP is focusing on bringing and implementing international experience, good and best practices, in the local context. In this way activities of ISDP are mainly focusing on the local and national stakeholders. Since its birth in 2015, ISDP has been supporting AUAUC Alternative-V in implementing its projects and activities.