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The Open Dialogue Foundation is preparing to launch a new, long-term initiative for Moldova: Open Moldova – Build-up & Reimagining Forum. Open Moldova will be a broad coalition bringing together businesses, NGOs, activists and public figures from Poland, Moldova and beyond. Its ambition is simple but bold: to help make Moldova a place where young […]

The president of the Open Dialogue Foundation, born in Sevastopol, believes that “no one in Ukraine should be blamed for speaking Russian.” And that although “Ukraine will win, the trauma of this war will remain part of our history.” Ukrainian activist Lyudmyla Kozlovska has chaired the Open Dialogue Foundation since 2009 and runs campaigns to […]

Since February 2022, we have delivered over €10 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s defenders and civilians affected by Russian aggression. In September 2024, we turned to a group still facing an urgent gap in support: veterans and civilians who lost their limbs. We partnered with Aether Biomedical, a Poznań-based company producing the Zeus – […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation’s mission to Ukraine in October 2025 marked the third and, at the same time, the largest humanitarian mission of the autumn. Not only did we deliver equipment to Ukrainian soldiers as well as Belarusian and Polish volunteers fighting on various sections of the front line, but we also took part in […]

“Artur Deska: A Missionary Whose Calling Was to Serve People” — under this title, memorial book about Artur Deska (1964–2024) was published by the Drohobych-based Koło publishing house. The book commemorates a remarkable Pole who left a lasting and profound mark on the consciousness of many. An intellectual with a generous and noble heart, a […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) welcomes the European Parliament’s efforts to develop accountability mechanisms using EU–Kyrgyzstan trade relations to address the transnational financial repressions through weaponisation of the financial sector and the misuse of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) frameworks, SLAPP tactics by Kyrgyzstan. We are particularly grateful to the European Parliament for recognising […]

In the ongoing debate over the so-called ChatControl — an EU proposal that would enable large-scale scanning of private online messages to detect illegal content — Daniel Eck, a German political commentator associated with the center-right CDU/CSU camp, has voiced his opposition. In his statement, Eck clearly rejected the concept of “anlasslose Chatkontrolle,” or chat […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation recently sat down with Bitcoin News to share how Bitcoin is being used as a lifeline against financial repression. In the interview, our president Lyudmyla Kozlovska described how authoritarian regimes weaponize financial systems to silence activists, and how Bitcoin in self-custody remains one of the few tools that enables humanitarian aid, […]

An overview of the state of democracy and the situation regarding respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kazakhstan The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) on behalf of the human rights monitoring group #ActivistsNotExtremists presents an overview of the state of democracy and the situation regarding respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kazakhstan. […]