Our services

Our mission - introducing democratic procedures of citizens’ participation in forming and realization of state policy.

Majortypes of services, provided by TORO:

- grant programs administration (grant making);

- involving community to the process of decision making;

- organization and conduction of surveys;

- conduction of trainings andeducational seminars;

- organization of advocacy campaigns, conductionof public monitoring;

- organization and conduction of public events of all levels (logistics and moderation).

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 Grant programs administration (grant making)

  „Good can bring harm, ifit's not enlightened by clever mind"

 Honoré deBalzac

 TORO effectively administrates grant programs while:

- has a clear vision of the problems of the region - therefore we support project applications, which solve real problems, which exist;

- has independent commission, which consists of experts who represent authorities, community, and business, - therefore objectively defines currency and effectiveness of the project;

- has effective channels of spreading information on the announced contest - therefore collects as many ideas as possible as for solving community problems, which correspond to its priorities;

- has the developed training and consultancy program for the participants of grant contests- therefore guarantees professional project implementation and solution of the implied problems; 

- has clear and open system of evaluation of project results, reporting on project implementation and control over designated usage of grant funds.

We realize the necessity forinformational provision of the community and donor as for project realization.

We know how to providemonitoring and project evaluation, visiting their organizations andparticipation in different events, which are conducted in the framework ofgrant projects.

We are skilled to increase level of public activity and involve the community into the solution of local problems.

We guarantee that granted funds will be effectively used in the legal framework and will bring evident long-lasting results for the society.

If you are interested in our services or you have additional questions, please, contact us:

 Oleksiy Khmara, TORO President, tel.+38(0522)27-27-54,+38(0522)27-23-15,

Nataliya Krauze, grantprogram manager,tel. +38(0522)27-27-54, +38(0522)27-23-19,

Organization and conduction of surveys,monitoring researches and public expertise

„Be realistic - demand impossible!"

Motto of theparticipants of the French Revolution of 1968

 TOROknows the necessity of each constituent of the survey:

Completeness of information - specialists of the organization possess effectivetechniques of search for relevant information;

Exactness of information - specialists of theorganization,on the basis of experience, always take into consideration advantages anddisadvantages of different information search techniques;

Information analysis - organization involves its own specialists, as well as independent experts who have relevant qualification and experience for the conduction of analysis;

Working out of recommendations - organization conducts public expertise of legal acts, prepares laws in draft and amends the existing documents.

 Research, conducted by TORO, provides information, necessary for:

- analysis of thecurrent situation;

- defining the problem and ways of its solution;

- opening new directions and development of activity priorities;

- abiding by the activity plan;

- measuring progress in fulfilling aims,which had been set;

- formulating and revision of future aims andgoals;

- taking reasonable decisions as for using human, financial and material resources.

 We understand that in order to solve complicated social problems or preparing effective response for various phenomena, it is absolutely important to have objective and complete information as for development tendencies of these problems and phenomena. In suchsituation, gathering information and its expert evaluation become one of themost important stages of preparing programs and projects.

We know, which information you need, how to plan effectively and use mechanisms, procedures and information gathering instruments.

We can provide unbiasedevaluative information.

 If you are interested in our services or you have additional questions, please, contact us:

Oleksiy Khmara, TORO President, tel.+38(0522)27-27-54,+38(0522)27-23-15,

Alla Voloshyna, TORO Vice-president, tel. +38(0522)27-27-54, +38(0522)27-23-17,

Involving the community to the decision-making process

 „We know how toorganize dialogue and cooperation!"

TORO

 Methods and mechanisms of involving citizens to the process of decision-making at all levels, which TORO offers:   

 - opportunity to define and take into account interests of all the citizen groups - organization specialists possess effective methods of communication with representatives of various social groups;

- opportunity to predict results and consequences of a plan, project, policy - TORO conducts preparation and discussion of the plans, projects and policies in working groups with the participation of the community;

- opportunity to reveal unsuccessful offers - thanks to modeling processes and their approbation in working groups with the participation of the community;

- opportunity to define and discuss problems            and work out mutually acceptable ways of solution - as a result of open discussion of different opinions of the participants;

- opportunity to obtain additional intellectual and expert resource -through organization of effective cooperation of the authorities and thecommunity;

- opportunity to achieve support of the accepted projects, plans,programs, etc.

We have effective channelsof communication with the representatives of different target groups.

We realize barriers, which exist on the way of community participation, factors, which influence level of active participation of the citizens and legal mechanisms of involving them to the decision-making process.

We know how to plan and use mechanisms, procedures and instruments of community participation effectively.

We can be useful for You.

If you are interested in our services or you have additional questions, please, contact us:

Oleksiy Khmara, TOROPresident, tel.+38(0522)27-27-54,+38(0522)27-23-15,

Volodymyr Bocharov-Tuz,monitoring programs coordinator,

tel. +38(0522)27-27-54, +38(0522)27-23-29,

Trainings organization and conduction

  „Brain of a human is an empty box. One canput anything into it. The foolish do so, they put into it all the necessary andunnecessary, and finally the moment comes, when the most important thing cannotbe put into it any more, or it is hidden so far that it can't be taken fromthere. I do in a different way. I have only necessary tools in my box, thereare many of them, but they are all in the ideal order and are always at hand. Ido not need anything extra there.

Sherlock Holms

„We offer onlythose things, which you will for sure need."

TORO

TORO trainings give:

Quality - each training module is developed by experienced coaches, is checked on their experience and on the experience of training participants;

Effectiveness - our trainings direct participants toward achievement specific results; each training is adapted to the clients needs with the aim to live up to participantsexpectations and to exceed them;

Efficiency - each participant achieves maximum possible results having put minimum effort;

Knowledge - coaches use modern interactive methods of training, which provide for full mastering of information;

Skills - our coaches are directed towards forming skills thatare as much close to real practice. 

We realize that our trainings should live up to expectations of the participants and direct them towards specific results.

We know how to transform study process into a useful and interesting event.

We can develop and conduct trainings, adapted to local conditions.

The participants of our trainings are representatives of civil society organizations; business structures; authorities, active community and media.

We have more than 20developed training modules.

If you are interested in our services or you have additional questions, please, contact us:

Oleksiy Khmara, TORO President, tel.+38(0522)27-27-54,+38(0522)27-23-15,

Volodymyr Bocharov-Tuz,monitoring programs coordinator,

Organization and conduction of public events of alllevels

 (logistics and moderation)

 „Grand things are made with grand measures, only nature makes everythingfor free "

Oleksandr Hertsen

TORO organizes and conducts public events of different format and complexity:

Presentations- particular type of public speech.The event is different from the speech in many elements: presentations are morefree than speeches; they are more flexible; they involve the audience intoactive participation; the audience who takes part in the presentation can putquestions, comment and even interrupt; presentations are a common way ofcommunication among professionals;

Public discussions - mechanism of negotiating interests of various groups, interested in solving some kind of a problem, which are of public interest;

Round tables - form of public discussion of the issues, which implies primary order of speaking, as well as equal rights and positions of all the present;

Public hearings - form of public dialogue, which presupposes equal opportunity for all the interested to express their opinion as for offered problem on the basis of familiarizing with the information, which relates to the relevantproblem;

Focus-groups - group discussions of the problems of the researched situation with the aim of obtaining necessary information from the representatives of different social, professional and other population groups; Debates - discussion of any issue, exchange of opinions; can have various forms, but always has similar features: strict timing of speeches andcomments, resolution project, which is either adopted of rejected, limitedparticipation of the majority of the present;

Forums - open non-official gatherings of people. Chief figures of forums are people who share their own experience and help to search solutions of urgent problems.

Working meetings - effective opportunity to involve as many participantsto understanding and support of specific ways of solving problems, preparing appropriate project decisions.

We havea professional team, able to plan, organize, conduct and moderate public event of any complexity.

We understand that each event has its own aim and the expected result, and its efficiency depends on the maintenance of the selected format.

Therefore,format of each event is worked out depending on the needs and expectations ofthe customer.

Weinvolve active community members, authority, businessand media representatives as the participants.

 TOROoffers You its experience of organizing and conducting public events in theformats, which proved their efficiency.

If you are interested in our services or you have additional questions, please, contact us:

Oleksiy Khmara, TORO President, tel.+38(0522)27-27-54,+38(0522)27-23-15,