REchargeUA is in your power

Parliament operates in a closed mode, and the timelines for reviewing legislative initiatives are critically short. Bills can be brought to the parliament’s session hall for a vote in the same week they are registered, or immediately after a meeting of the relevant committee. Moreover, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi can sign a bill into law on the very day it is passed. This means that in the absence of elections, citizens do not even have time to submit petitions demanding a veto.

A striking example of the wartime “turbo mode” was the law that dismantled the independence of NABU and SAPO, sparking mass protests during the war (bill No. 12414).

Therefore, civil society and experts are left with very little time to analyze legislative activity. As a result, blocking harmful legislative initiatives becomes more difficult. In addition, it is important to prepare for post-war elections after Ukraine’s victory. Voters must have systematized information about how each MP voted and remember who supported bills carrying risks and who obstructed the country’s path toward European integration.

The project “REchargeUA is in your power” was created as a single advocacy window for civil society and as a tool for voters, enabling them to make informed choices and shaping a new quality of political culture (civic tech).

In this tool, legislative initiatives are categorized as either “harmful” or “public interest bills” (methodology). Each bill’s description contains links to expert and analytical materials from a number of civil society organizations, including those published in national media.

Inna Vedernikova

Editor of the Domestic Politics Desk, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia

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This is a “live” tool that enables national and regional media to promptly obtain comprehensive and structured information about the contribution of a specific Member of Parliament during landmark votes. It allows one to understand what a deputy is doing, how they vote, and whose interests they represent in real time. The accumulation of data in MPs’ profiles forms a holistic picture of their activities throughout a full term and makes it possible to analyze a politician’s actual effectiveness. This creates a foundation for more informed voting by citizens in future elections. “Batareika” is an important tool that will contribute to a qualitative reboot of parliament and an increase in political accountability.

Olha Chervakova

GR Director, Public Broadcaster of Ukraine

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I have worked both as a journalist and as a Member of Parliament of the VIII convocation, and I know from both sides how important it is to change the quality of political culture. Politicians need to be educated, but not through hate alone. That would be like raising a puppy through daily beatings. Unfortunately, in Ukraine it is hate that gathers likes, while mature conversations about real achievements are not popular either in the media environment or in the civic sector. The “Recharge the Country” tool is unique because it seeks to build an institution of reputation and can later play a major role in advocacy campaigns. And during elections, it will not allow Ukrainians to forget who voted for what.

Partners: Centre for Innovation Development, Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group, DEJURE Foundation, ZMINA Human Rights Centre, Greenpeace, Civis Fortis, Environment People Law,  “ANTS”.

Legal support: initiative “Svoi Liudy” (Our People).

Information partner: Glavcom.

Regional media partners: Poglyad (Kyiv and Kyiv region), Gwara Media (Kharkiv region), Halka (Ivano-Frankivsk region), Rayon.in.ua (Volyn), Fourth Estate (Rivne region), Zaporizhzhia Investigation Centre (Zaporizhzhia), Lustration Anti-Corruption Council of the Dnipro Region (Dnipropetrovsk region), “18000” Cherkasy region,  NGO “WOMEN’S ANTICORRUPTION MOVEMENT” and  ZHAR.INFO (Khmelnytskyi region),  Zaxid.net (Lviv region).

Civil society organizations that analyze bills and carry out advocacy campaigns may contact Holka with a request to add a legislative initiative to the list. Independent regional media are invited to partner, particularly to cover the work of majoritarian MPs (ngo.holka # gmail.com, +38 098 666 05 63).

The test version of the tool was created thanks to contributions from the great Ukrainian people. Holka thanks all citizens for their donations. You too can become a fighter against corruption and a defender of democracy by supporting the project’s development. In the future, it will also be expanded to cover the Kyiv City Council. Since November 2025, the project has been implemented with the support of NED.

Idea authors: Iryna Fedoriv, Olena Sokotiuk.

Tool developer: Vasyl Zhuk.

Content managers: Artem Lymanskyi and Nataliia Kokina.

Visual design of profiles: Valeriia Sokotiuk.

Logo author: Anastasiia Katrushenko.