Building networks with community-based organizations, scientific institutions, farmers, and youth movements are the major project objectives. The project replicability will be ensured due to ongoing activity of the Center, supported by local government authorities, the Irpin Town Council and civil society organizations that acted as project partners. Also, it is planned that implemented models of agro-ecological best practices will be scaled up among other institutions and private households on the landscape of Kyiv and Zhytomyr Polissya by attracting additional sources of funding and by the NGO?s own costs.

The Center will serve as a resource mobilization platform for representatives of the civil society, communities, youth and other stakeholders, allowing them to build capacity and potential, disseminate and implement best practices regarding agroecology development, adaptation to climate change, waste management, biodiversity protection, etc. The Center will establish stable relationships between stakeholders from all over Ukraine for implementation of practically oriented environmental projects and will provide an opportunity for educational and research activities. In the course of the Center?s activity, training programs on sustainable development and practical education programs on agroecology will be elaborated, a library of materials and best practices will be set up to share the knowledge on sustainable development among the youth, representatives of civil society, communities, and others. On the basis of Eco-Development Center, a variety of events will be held, relating to issues of agroecology, environment protection and preservation through sustainable development. Scientific and practical activity of the Eco-Development Center will involve conferences, round tables, master classes, educational and extracurricular activities, environmental events, trainings and meetings with Ukrainian and international representatives.

The Eco-Development Center?s activity involves active participation of communities and vulnerable groups, including children with special needs and women. Within the framework of the project, new partnerships were initiated with a wide range of stakeholders, including higher educational institutions; educational institutions for children with special needs, among which the SGP best practices on social inclusion, empowerment of women, youth and people with disabilities were disseminated. In addition, the trainings and public events, held within the framework of the project, and further activities of the Center will contribute to developing the capacity of young people in making informed and responsible decisions for the benefit of environmental integrity, taking into account economic and social components, youth empowerment to develop and implement project initiatives in communities, and appreciation of interrelationships between global environmental problems, sustainable community development and actions at the local level.