{"id":578931,"date":"2026-03-26T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/03\/578931\/in-mykolaiv-they-will-give-out-10-000-to-each-youth-initiative-who-will-use-the-money-this-time\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:45:38","slug":"in-mykolaiv-they-will-give-out-10-000-to-each-youth-initiative-who-will-use-the-money-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/03\/578931\/in-mykolaiv-they-will-give-out-10-000-to-each-youth-initiative-who-will-use-the-money-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"In Mykolaiv, they will give out $10,000 to each youth initiative: who will use the money this time?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the meeting<\/a> of the executive committee 25 March <\/strong>2026 they approved the regulations for the new stage of the \u201cYouth Public Budget\u201d.<\/strong> The international organization \u201cSave the Children\u201d<\/strong> proposes to implement, for now, 5 projects of 10 thousand dollars<\/strong> each by the end of the year based on the voting results. Young people aged from 18<\/strong> to 28<\/strong> years will be able to submit their own ideas. Before the start of applications, hackathons for participants will be held from 27 March<\/strong> to 3 April<\/strong>, then from 6<\/strong> to 28 April<\/strong> project submission will continue, and from 6<\/strong> to 26 May<\/strong> they will be checked and evaluated. The voting itself is scheduled for the period from 15<\/strong> to 28 June<\/strong>, and the results are to be finalized by 2 July<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can vote for the submitted initiatives in two formats: online via the e-DEM<\/strong> platform or on paper at designated points. For this, the premises of the Department for the Provision of Administrative Services of the Mykolaiv City Council<\/strong> and the Tourist Information Center<\/strong> at 20 Admiralska St.<\/strong> are to be used.<\/p>\n

Last year’s pilot project of the “Youth Public Budget”<\/strong> showed that there is interest in this format in the city. Then about 6500<\/strong> residents took part in the voting, and among the 18<\/strong> submitted ideas 10<\/strong> winners were selected, each with funding up to 8 thousand dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Last year’s winners of the pilot contest:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. “Modular sports ground of Matviivka”<\/strong> \u2014 \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0456\u0439 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447<\/strong> \u2014 1173<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  2. “Sambo for the Unbroken \u2013 the science of winning”<\/strong> \u2014 \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0436\u043e\u043d \u0412\u0456\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0439 \u041f\u0430\u0432\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447<\/strong> \u2014 1017<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  3. “Safe road home”<\/strong> \u2014 \u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0456\u0454\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0406\u0432\u0430\u043d \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0456\u0439\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447<\/strong> \u2014 560<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  4. “Garden therapy in the Family Square”<\/strong> \u2014 \u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 528<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  5. “Sports Navigator: try what you’ve never tried!”<\/strong> \u2014 \u0412\u0435\u0437\u0435\u043b\u044c \u0414\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0440\u043e \u0406\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447<\/strong> \u2014 375<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  6. “Responsible parenting in a youth space”<\/strong> \u2014 \u0429\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0432 \u0414\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0440\u043e \u041c\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0439\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447<\/strong> \u2014 343<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  7. “Know Your Rights \u2013 Know Your Rights”<\/strong> \u2014 \u0411\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0436\u0435\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u041a\u0440\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0456\u043d\u0430 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 340<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  8. “Urban garden: promoting plant cultivation and building food security”<\/strong> \u2014 \u041b\u0456\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0410\u0440\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 340<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  9. “Youth ArtKor-hub of Velyka Korenykha”<\/strong> \u2014 \u041c\u0435\u0442\u043b\u0456\u0446\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u041d\u0435\u043e\u043d\u0456\u043b\u0430 \u041c\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0457\u0432\u043d\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 334<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n
  10. “Equipping a youth space at the Mykolaiv Center for Vocational Education”<\/strong> \u2014 \u041a\u0438\u0441\u0456\u043b\u044c \u0412\u0456\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u044f \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0430<\/strong> \u2014 332<\/strong> votes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    One of last year’s winning ideas has already turned into a real space: in the Korabelnyi district<\/strong> on 23 January 2026<\/strong> a modern youth center was opened at the Mykolaiv Center for Vocational Education<\/strong>, created within the \u201cYouth Public Budget\u201d in partnership with Save the Children<\/strong> and the NGO “ISTOK”<\/strong>. So the current contest for the city is no longer an experiment on paper, but a continuation of a model that has at least partially produced visible results.<\/p>\n

    Now the city authorities are again betting on small but quick initiatives that can be brought to results before the end of the year. And the main question now is not whether young people have ideas, but how actively the residents of Mykolaiv themselves will go to vote and whether the next contest will not dissolve in the city’s usual bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

    Previously we wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n