
What is this Guide about?
Abstract
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This advocacy guide and brief have been developed to encourage expert civil society dialogue
with government institutions, enhance their impact on decision-making in Ukraine and
provide civil society organizations and other stakeholders information which may improve
advocacy activities at the national, regional (European) and international levels. The analytical
and advocacy activity of the League of Professional Women is focused on four main areas: (1)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); (2) Adult Learning and Education (ALE); (3) Women’s
Empowerment, and; (4) European Integration. All are summarized within the respective sections
and paragraphs of this guide. This Guide also presents five practical cases based on the real
experiences of civil society experts from each of the aforementioned areas.

Audience
The main target audience of this Guide includes:
● Current and future civic experts of the LPW network (please visit the “LPW Experts” and “Membership” pages on our site);
● committed CSOs and local community representatives;
● academics, researchers and independent experts engaged in the SDGs, ALE, Women Empowerment and European Integration fields.

Structure
This guide’s structure comprises
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a list of abbreviations,
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an introductory chapter about advocacy;
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four sections each containing one or two topic-focused practical cases (five cases overall);
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concluding remarks,
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background information about the authors,
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reference information and
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Guide`s briefs in Ukrainian and English.

The introductory chapter
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The introductory chapter starts with the characteristics of the advocacy process
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Forms of Advocacy – Advocating Change

Section 1: Sustainable Development Goals
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The International and National Platforms and Non-Governmental Organizations, the League of Professional Women Cooperates with to Implement, Monitor and Advocate Sustainable Development.
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Case 1: The Involvement of Civil Society in Advocating, Implementing and Monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals: The League of Professional Women Case.
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Case 2: Inclusion of Profession Activities in Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.
Priority Sustainable Development Goals for LPW.

Section 2: Adult Learning and Education in Ukraine.
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2.2. Cooperation in Adult Learning and Education.
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Case 3: Adult Learning and Education in Real Practice.

Section 3: Women’s Empowerment.
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3.2. International and National Advocacy Cooperation in Women`s Empowerment.
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Case 4: Advocacy of Women’s Organizations Within the Framework of the Fulfillment of Obligations Undertaken by Ukraine in Accordance with the Beijing Platform for Action “Beijing +25”.

Section 4: European Integration.
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4.2. Pro-European National and International Platforms: LPW Participation.
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Case 5: Practical Example of European Integration Advocacy of League of Professional Women in Times of War

Sources
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Див.: Sustainable Development Report 2021. [Електронний ресурс] https://www.sdgindex.org/reports/sustainable-development-report-2021/.
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Див.: Sachs J., Kroll C., Lafortune G., Fuller G., Woelm F. (2021). The Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Development Report 2021. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Електронний ресурс] https://s3.amazonaws.com/sustainabledevelopment.report/2021/2021-sustainable-development-report.pdf.
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Див.: Лазоренко Олена. Громадська участь та інституційний механізм з цілей сталого розвитку // Державна політика сталого розвитку України: базові засади (матеріали підготовки до Парламентських слухань 2021). Комітет Верховної Ради України з питань економічного розвитку. Укладачі Харламова Г., Чала Н. К., 2022. 60–63 с. [Електронний ресурс] https://komprompol.rada.gov.ua/uploads/documents/31152.pdf.
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Див.: 2021 EaP CSF Position Paper on the Joint Staff Working Document on recovery, resilience and reform: post-2020 Eastern Partnership priorities “To make the EaP countries more economically competitive, Research and Innovation (R&I) and the modernisation of education systems are essential… Modernisation and innovation at all levels of education and training should also include the development of lifelong learning education and training programmes”. [Електронний ресурс] https://eap-csf.eu/wp-content/uploads/EaP-CSF-position-paper-on-post-2020-EaP-priorities.pdf.
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Див.: Тематичний звіт: ЦСР 4 – Освіта 2030 для Політичного Форуму зі Сталого Розвитку, Нью Йорк. 2019. [Електронний ресурс] https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=30022&nr=2250&menu=3170.
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Див.: European Commission. Adult learning initiatives. Online: https://education.ec.europa.eu/education-levels/adult-learning/adult-learning-initiatives.
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This Advocacy Guide for Ukrainian civil society experts, has been written and published online within the timeframe of the Project on "Recovering Capacity of Ukrainian Women Network for Advocacy & Analytics Activities", which is implemented by the NGO "League of Professional Women" through the regranting scheme of the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership and is financed by the European Union as part of the support of civil society in the region. The content of the publications is the sole responsibility of the author and in no way reflects the point of view of the European Union or the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.
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