Pact is always looking for innovative ways to improve the capacities of local partner organizations, so they are resilient, and their services are sustainable. In 2015, Pact piloted a program to support a cohort of six Ukrainian HIV-service NGOs in launching social enterprises as part of sustainable resourcing strategy. This unique approach combined elements of human-centered design, business strategy and capacity development, and peer learning.
In April – December 2016, Pact supported a research study aimed at assessing Ukrainian social enterprises and determining their best practices. Building upon this initiative and to explore the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ukraine further, in March - June 2018 Pact conducted an Applied Political Economy Analysis (APEA), that included desk research, interviews and focus groups with representatives of three key ecosystem actor segments: social entrepreneurs, funders, incubators/accelerators.