In August - September 2019, representatives of 30 amalgamated territorial communities (ATC) of Odessa and Ternopil regions participated in trainings on social protection units’ staff capacity building and preparation of three-year plans for social services development.

KfW Country Manager Eastern Europe Claudia Meseck, accompanied by the director of KfW Bureau in Kyiv Kurt Strasser, on 17.09.2019 paid a visit to USIF Head Office and had a meeting with its management.

The certification body -  DQS GmbH has taken a positive decision on the confirmation of the certificate of compliance of the quality management system of Ukrainian Social Investment Fund with the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001: 2015. This decision is registered at the DQS database under number 496642 QM15. USIF quality management system covers the sphere of social projects implementation.

Within the Community-Based Social Service Delivery Project, detailed evaluations of social services needs are being conducted in 30 territorial communities of Odesa and Ternopil regions. For the first time these evaluations are being conducted by the communities with use of the new methodology and with support of national and international experts.