Calendar of EU events in Ukraine

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising a training seminar for prosecutors, the judiciary and justice officials in the field of international cooperation. This is the second training workshop for 2007. For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

October 2007

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising a drafting and review workshop for future law on cooperation with the International Criminal Court and the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia. For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

September 2007

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising a review workshop on the internal instructions for the execution of conventions in criminal matters to further development of such instructions. . For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

June 2007

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising an international conference. Delegations from up to 10 other Council of Europe states will be invited to attend and participate in the conference. For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

May 2007

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising a national level seminar for justice officials, prosecutors and judges on the relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights related to extradition. For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

April 2007

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising a legislative review workshop to enable drafting of a comprehensive law on the execution of foreign sentences. For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

March 2007

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organising regional seminars on effective models for running business clusters for selected regional business support organizations as well as SME managers. Practical examples and case studies of clusters applied in other countries will form the core of the course.

The seminars are part of a series of actions being undertaken by the project to foster cluster development, which can be highly effective in the field of Regional Development. A best practice paper will be presented at the seminars which will include methodology and case studies of effective models drawn from Ukraine, central and Western Europe.

For information about dates of the seminar please contact Mrs. Natalya Martynenko Local New and Innovative BDS Expert (Tel: (+38044) 332 41 64, 332 41 65, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Natalyia.Martynenko@smeuk.org.ua)

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organizing a national press conference in Kiev in the premises of the UNIAN Information Agency (4 Kreschatyk, 2^nd floor; 11:00).

The purpose of this media meeting is to report about the work that has been carried out by the project as well as the interim results achieved up to date. The highlight of this event will be the launch of a “Virtual Business Development Services Market” – an on-line database of business support services providers and business opportunities of Ukraine and abroad.

For more information please contact Ms. Victoria Tetyora, Training and Dissemination Expert (Tel: (+38044) 332 41 64, 332 41 65, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Victoria.Tetyora@smeuk.org.ua)

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organizing training in Communications Skills for selected national and regional civil servants. This course will cover techniques of effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication.

For more information please contact Ms. Victoria Tetyora, Training and Dissemination Expert (Tel: (+38044) 332 41 64, 332 41 65, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Victoria.Tetyora@smeuk.org.ua)

February 2007

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organising management training in Human Resources Development for selected SME managers in the priority regions. With this training the project starts its second phase of the management development training. Other topics that will be covered later are financial planning, MIS, quality management, and partner search. For more information please contact Ms. Victoria Tetyora, Training and Dissemination Expert (Tel: (+38044) 332 41 64, 332 41 65, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Victoria.Tetyora@smeuk.org.ua)

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising a legislative review workshop to enable future ratification of the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters 2001. For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

January 2007

EU-funded project 'Civic Education Ukraine' (Teacher Development component), is organizing a pre-piloting workshop for instructors from pedagogical universities to discuss the project’s plans for developing and piloting a pre-service course for civic education teacher trainees. Tel: +38(44)-4665467; 568750; 2386389. Email: office@ced.kiev.ua

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organizing training in Project Cycle Management for representatives of the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship. Project Cycle Management (PCM) is a practical project design and management tool, based on the Logical Framework Approach, which was adopted by the European Commission in 1992. This training has been prepared to support SCURPE good management practices and effective decision making throughout the project management cycle - from programming, through identification, formulation, implementation and evaluation. For more information please contact Mr. Alexander Markus, International Regulatory Framework Expert (Tel: (+38067) 468 66 56, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Alexander. Markus@smeuk.org.ua)

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising a legislative review workshop to enable future ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organising a national seminar on effective models for running business clusters for selected national and regional business support organizations as well as SME managers. Practical examples and case studies of clusters applied in other countries will form the core of the course.

For more information please contact Mrs. Natalya Martynenko Local New and Innovative BDS Expert (Tel: (+38044) 332 41 64, 332 41 65, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Natalyia.Martynenko@smeuk.org.ua)

December 2006

EU-funded project 'Civic Education Ukraine' is organizing a project conference in Kyiv to discuss project progress to date and plans for the rest of the project period until March 2008. The project’s partner (Ministry of Education), the project’s 100 pilot schools will be invited, as well as representatives from pilot oblast ITTIs and other project target groups. Tel: +38(44)-4665467; 568750; 2386389. Email: office@ced.kiev.ua

EU Project “Strengthening Multi-sectoral Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth in Ukraine” is organizing the training “Management of Multi-sectoral partnership for the HLS promotion and HIV/AIDS prevention among youth”. Goals of the training are as following: to analyze current practices within the regional program framework to improve approaches and inputs, to clarify one’s position in operational field, to strengthen synergies of services for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in public/private mix operationally and technically for needs orientation. For more information please contact Anna Semenyuk, Project Coordinator, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 537 70 92/3 Email: asemeniuk@kiev.farlep.net)

EU Project “Strengthening Multi-sectoral Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth in Ukraine” is organizing Inauguration of the Multi-sectoral training centre in the city of Kyiv. For more information please contact Anna Semenyuk, Project Coordinator, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 537 70 92/3 Email: asemeniuk@kiev.farlep.net)

EU funded Project “Assistance to Regional development in Ukraine” in cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government, Ukrainian Association of Local and Regional Communities, Indiana University Parliamentary Development Project for Ukraine organizes seminar “Practical approaches to development of framework legislation on local self-government: experience of EU member states and proposals for Ukraine”. The guidelines, methodology and phases for preparation of framework law on local self-governance as well as experience of the EU member states in development and implementation of framework laws on local self-government issues will be presented on the seminar. For more detailed information, please contact Natalka Ostash, Communication Officer: Tel.: +38 044 501 63 13

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organising the second Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) training course for selected staff members of the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship (SCURPE) in view of enhancing this organisation’s current RIA application tools and methodologies. Specific attention will be given to the application of RIA on a life example (Decree of Ukraine on waste collection and recycling) and the development of a RIA Methodology Paper for further utilisation by SCURPE. For more information please contact Mr. Alexander Markus, International Regulatory Framework Expert (Tel: (+38067) 468 66 56, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Alexander. Markus@smeuk.org.ua)

On 7 – 9 December a workshop "Shaping the Policy for Healthcare Assistance in Local Communities" will be held in Kyiv. The workshop will focus on important issues of the local-level healthcare system, such as international and national documents in the realm of healthcare assistance, the principles of healthcare assistance programs building, the role of local authorities in the implementation of the projects and programs in the field of healthcare assistance. The workshop is aimed at informing the representatives of the local self-governing and executive bodies of the project pilot communities (Sumy, Zhytomyr, Kryvyi Rih) on the modern concepts in the area of healthcare assistance in order to work out a local policy of healthcare assistance.
For further information please refer to http://www.ccf.org.ua/project-9 or contact the project coordinator: Tetyana Basyuk, tel: (044) 537-20-16, fax: (044) 287-00-60.

The Consumer Society and Citizen Networks project (CSCN), a joint initiative of the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme, is organising the All-Ukrainian Forum “Consumer Society in Ukraine: the Way to Europe”. More than 150 consumer activists will discuss problems affecting everyday life of Ukrainian consumers. For more information please contact Konstantin Golowinski, CSCN Public Relations Specialist, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 253 6705 Email: konstantin.golowinski@undp.org.ua)

December 7-8 Kyiv

The Project on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) is organising an international conference the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters 2001. Delegations from 8 other Council of Europe states have been invited to attend and participate in the conference. The outcomes of this conference for Ukraine are linked to the review activity planned for 12 February. For more information please contact Vadym Osadchuk, UPIC National Expert, (Tel/Fax: +380 44 234 1215 Email: vadim.osadchuk@coe.kiev.ua )

The EU-funded Project 'Establishment of Mortgage Market Rules and Legislation in Ukraine' is organising a 'Project Closing Conference' in Kyiv on 5th December 2006 to present the project’s achievements, as well as discuss its overall outcome. The project invites over 100 participants, who will represent the country’s leading mortgage market operators, MPs, government agencies, media outlets and wider partners and beneficiaries, with whom the Project has been cooperating over the last 2 years. For more information, please, call tel: +38(44)-230 22 25; 230 22 26. Email: info@mortgage.in.ua

November 2006

EU-funded project 'Civic Education Ukraine' is organizing a series of three workshops for In-service Teacher Training Institute (ITTI) methodologists and teacher trainers to develop and pilot short and longer retraining courses for specialist and non-specialist teacher of civic education. This will be the first in a series of four workshops for methodologists and teacher trainers: one will be held each month between November and the end of January 2007. Tel: +38(44)-4665467; 568750; 2386389. Email: office@ced.kiev.ua

The EU funded project “Support to the development of medical standards in Ukraine” holds a final National Conference dedicated to the results of the project activity in Ukraine.

The EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” organizes a conference in Kyiv in the format of Open Space for all NGOs – Project clients in Kherson, Chernivtsi, Sumy, Rivne and Donetsk regions, including micro-projects implementing organizations – winners of EU micro-grants 2006-2007. The topic of the conference is “The role of NGOs as providers of social services and agents of social changes”. Òål.: 246 76 82. Å-mail: lirschenko@civilsociety.org.ua.

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organising three regional media roundtables in Zhytomyr, Rivne and Chernihiv in view of sharing the activities of the project in the three priority regions as well as discussing the issues of SME development in the regions in general. Particular feedback will be sought from the regional media in terms of opportunities and challenges faced by regional media when writing about small and medium sized businesses. For more information please contact Ms. Victoria Tetyora, Local Expert (Tel: (+38044) 332 41 64, 332 41 65, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Victoria.Tetyora@smeuk.org.ua)

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organising a benchmarking training and awareness event for selected national and regional civil servants in view of transferring practical know-how in benchmarking as tool for enhancing small and medium sized businesses’ competitiveness. Practical examples and case studies of benchmarking applied in other countries will form the core of the course. For more information please contact Mrs. Natalya Martynenko Local New and Innovative BDS Expert (Tel: (+38044) 332 41 64, 332 41 65, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Natalyia.Martynenko@smeuk.org.ua)

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” is organising a Training-of-Trainers (ToT) training course in view of adapting selected regional trainers’ and teachers’ training delivery methods and approaches to local entrepreneurs’ wants and characteristics. Marketing will be the core focus of the training programme and the course content will be characterised by the utilisation of case studies jointly developed by the Project and the Consortium for Enhancement of Management Education in Ukraine (CEUME). For more information please contact Ms. Victoria Tetyora, Local Expert (Tel: (+38044) 332 41 64, 332 41 65, Fax: (+38044) 272 17 60, E-mail: Victoria.Tetyora@smeuk.org.ua)

The EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” organizes a seminar for the Minsitry of labour and social policy on the topic of Legal aspects of Social Services Reform: Ukrainian and foreign experience. Òål.: 246 76 82, E-mail: vtrufin@civilsociety.org.ua

October 2006

EU-funded project 'Civic Education Ukraine' is organizing a series of three cross-curricular subject workshops to be held in Kyiv for teachers of economics and geography, languages and literature and science and mathematics to discuss cross-curricular approaches to the delivery of civic education and to develop materials for the project’s Teacher’s Resource Manual (TRM). Two feedback workshops will be also held, in January and February 200 7 to collect and discuss comments on pilot TRM materials. Tel: +38(44)-4665467; 568750; 2386389. Email: office@ced.kiev.ua

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Marketing in Chernihiv. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Marketing will cover the following issues: market analysis, market research, market segmentation, marketing mix, advertising and promotion, sales skills, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Chernihiv that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Business Planning in Chernihiv. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Business Planning will cover the following issues: aims and goals of a business plan, business plan constituents, writing a business plan, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Chernihiv that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Marketing in Rivne. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Marketing will cover the following issues: market analysis, market research, market segmentation, marketing mix, advertising and promotion, sales skills, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Rivne that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

On October 26, 2006 at 10:00, in the premises of the Ministry for Environmental Protection of Ukraine (Kiev, 35, Uritskogo str.) EU funded Tacis project “Black Sea Investment Facility”, organizes jointly with the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine a workshop on environmental investments in Ukraine for municipalities. Participants will be representatives of the Ministries of Economy, of Finance, of Environment and of Architecture, representatives of municipalities and communal enterprises, and representatives of Crimean administration, and project experts. The issue discussed will be the Ukrainian regulations and conditions for municipalities under 800,000 inh. to have access to foreign credits. For more information please contact Bernard Froelicher or Marianna Bogdanova, Tel.: + 380 482 33 13 29, e-mail: tacis-bsif@eurocom.od.ua

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Business Planning in Rivne. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Business Planning will cover the following issues: aims and goals of a business plan, business plan constituents, writing a business plan, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Rivne that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Marketing in Zhytomyr. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Marketing will cover the following issues: market analysis, market research, market segmentation, marketing mix, advertising and promotion, sales skills, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Zhytomyr that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Training in Regulatory Impact Assessment for representatives of the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship (SCURPE). RIA – Regulatory Impact Assessment is an instrument that is used in member states of the European Union and other countries for evaluating in advance what impact a regulatory act will have on the economy (or other sectors), after it will be adopted. In a RIA process experts together with representative from the target groups, which would be concerned by a new regulations, try to estimate results of a regulatory act and expenses that are needed in order to implement it. In addition they develop alternative approaches for regulating a specific issue and compare these results with the analysis of the first RIA. Ukraine could gather already some experience with that instrument, especially after the adoption of the national law on regulatory policy. This training will assist SCURPE in improving Regulatory Impact Assessment of legislative acts. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

Event in the framework of the Joint Programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe to improve the independence of justice

The training seminar on the relationship between judges and the media will take place on October 23-24 in Odessa. A senior prosecutor from Switzerland and a journalist from Bulgaria as well as a Ukrainian expert from the Press Service of the Supreme Court of Ukraine will train the participants on the role of judges and prosecutors in their behaviour towards media representatives. The training seminar will provide the 35 participating judges with guidelines and practical skills to facilitate the day to day work in relationship with the media as regards Articles 6, 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Strategic Planning in Zhytomyr. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Business Planning will cover the following issues: aims and goals of a business plan, business plan constituents, writing a business plan, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Zhytomyr that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

The EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” in cooperation with Sumy State university starts distance learning programme in Management of nongovernmental organizations. The program lasts 5 months. Among the first 50 students are heads of socially oriented NGOs and SPCs of Kherson, Chernivtsi, Sumy, Rivne and Donetsk regions, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Ukraine for Family, youth and sports, and Ministry of labour and social policy.

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Strategic Planning in Chernihiv. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Strategic Planning will cover the following issues: vision and mission of an organization, strategic planning, SWOT analysis, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Chernihiv that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

Together with the Rule of Law Project, - the EC/CoE funded Project against Corruption in Ukraine - is on 18 and 19 October 2006 organizing two roundtable discussions on the Draft Law on the Judiciary and the Draft Law on the Status of Judges. UPAC has commissioned the expertise of Mr Alesh Zalar (Slovenia), the Vice-president of the Slovenian Association of Judges, who will, together with American experts and the drafters of the law, discuss corruption-related aspects of the current drafts (i.e. accountability, transparency in the selection/appointment procedures, disciplinary measures etc.). Future roundtables will cover other aspects of the draft legislation, such as traininig of judges. For these events, CoE/EC project input is also planned. The roundtables will take place at the premises of the USAID Rule of Law Project at 36, Ivana Franka street, starting at 14:00, and ending at 18:00 on both days. Consecutive interpretation will be provided for. For more information: Tel: 8 096 280 37 90

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Strategic Planning in Rivne. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Strategic Planning will cover the following issues: vision and mission of an organization, strategic planning, SWOT analysis, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Rivne that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Management Training in Strategic Planning in Zhytomyr. The project devised a management training programme consisting of several modules to enhance management capacity building and decision making. Management training in Strategic Planning will cover the following issues: vision and mission of an organization, strategic planning, SWOT analysis, etc. The project will identify a group of 20 mature businessmen/entrepreneurs/managers of SME in Zhytomyr that will take part in project training programme. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

The EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” has completed building a network of regional representations of Social Partnership Centers (SPCs) by establishing the third “mini-SPC” in Khotyn, Chernivtsi oblast, on the grounds of youth public organization “Future of Khotyn region”. Similar regional SPC representations function in 5 target regions of the Project - Kherson, Chernivtsi, Sumy, Rivne and Donetsk with a total of 21.

International Conference "What can Ukraine learn from European education and training systems?" 12-13 October 2006, 10:00 at Kyiv Vocational Pedagogical College of Makarenko, Kyiv, Chornovola, 24. Read more.

The Information Days will provide an opportunity to raise awareness among higher education institutions of the possibilities offered by TEMPUS and to inform them on operational aspects of selection procedures and project implementation.

Information day to be arranged by the Zaporizhzhya National Technical University; invited are the representatives of the higher education institutions from Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolayv, Odessa, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya oblasts. For further information please contactMr. Olexandr Andrienko, Deputy Rector, Zaporizhzhya National Technical University, phone +38 0612 64-25-06, e-mail: interdep@zstu.zaporizhzhe.ua

On October 11, 2006 at 10:00, in the conference room of the House of nature (2, Prospect Mira, Donetsk) EU funded Tacis project “Capacity building in Donetsk Oblast for waste management”, organizes a seminar on waste composting as a way to reduce the organic fraction in the waste disposed in landfills. Participants will be representatives of waste companies and municipal departments of the towns and rayons of the Donetsk oblast, representatives of sanitary and epidemiological services, business, science, etc. The programme will include the following issues: current and future EU trends in composting, both on a individual and municipal basis; action plans for concrete implementation of these new approaches in pilot operations, content and methods of awareness campaigns aimed at the success of the operations; demonstration of composters and demonstration of films. For more information please contact Mr. Benoit Plaige team leader or Viktoria Grankina, Tel.: + 38062 340 00 50, e-mail: tacisdonbass@gala.net.

Information day to be arranged by the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"; invited are the representatives of the higher education institutions from Donetsk, Lugansk, Kirovograd, Poltava, Sumy, and Kharkiv oblast. For further information please contact Mr. Olexandr Goncharov, Director of International Relations, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" phone: +38 0572 706 32 28, e-mail: gaa@kpi.kharkov.ua

Information day to be arranged by the Kyiv European University; invited are the representatives of the higher education institutions from Vinnitsa, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpatye, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Cherkassy, Chernigiv, Chernivtsi, Khmelnitsk, Kyiv oblasts and the city of Kyiv. For further information please contact Ms. Serafima Reznichenko, Deputy Rector, European University phone: +38 044 423 80 75, e-mail: reznichenko@eufimb.edu.ua

The EU funded project “Support to the development of medical standards in Ukraine” holds a scientific-practical conference, at which a National Strategic Plan of the development of medical standards in Ukraine will be presented. Tel/Fax: +38(044) 461-8512. E-mail: office@medstandards.com

Regional representation of the EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” in Chernivtsi oblast conducts for the first time the Fair of Social Services for city inhabitants and guests. The event is organized in cooperation with department of labour and social protection of the population of Chernivtsi city council. During the event one can get familiar with activities of local socially NGOs that present their achievements. Socially oriented NGOs are a target group of the Project. Tel.: 0372/ 556 728. E-mail: vsorokovski@civilsociety.org.ua

EU-funded project 'Civic Education Ukraine', is organizing two workshops in Lutsk and Vinnytsa for pilot and non-pilot schools to discuss applications for the project’s mini-projects activity and the planning, monitoring and evaluation of school-based projects. Tel: +38(44)-4665467; 568750; 2386389. Email: office@ced.kiev.ua

The international conference “Financing public investment at the regional and local level: comparative practices in the EU and proposals for Ukraine” will be held at the conference hall of the “Express Hotel” (Kyiv, Shevchenko boulevard, 38/40)

The conference is organized by the EU funded project “Assistance to regional development in Ukraine”. It is supported by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, Ministry of Building, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada Committee for State Construction, Regional Policy and Local Self-Governance, Verkhovna Rada Committee for Finance and Banking, Association of Ukrainian Cities and Communities.

The aim of the conference is to discuss conditions and possibilities of involving international and Ukrainian banking institutions in helping Ukrainian regions and local authorities to obtain financing for investments aiming at development of Ukrainian regions. The topics proposed for discussion include: public investment at the regional and local level; practices of the EU Member States; financing public investment at the regional and local level in Ukraine; improving existing financial instruments; additional solutions to explore opportunities for expanding public investment at the regional and local level. Participants of the conference will include representatives of the Ukrainian Government, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, regional and local authorities, the European and Ukrainian banks, the international donor organizations, as well as the European experts on financing regional and local level.

For further information you can refer to the Project’s web-page www.regdev.org or contact Communication Officer:

Natalka Ostash
EU funded Project “Assistance to regional development in Ukraine”
Communication Officer
Tel.: +38 044 501 63 13
E-mail: n.ostash@regdev.org

September 2006

Regional representation of the EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” in Donetsk oblast conducts for the first time the Fair of Social Services for city inhabitants and guests. Cooranizers of the event are Department for children, youth and sports of Donestk oblast, Center for Social Services for Youth, children and family and a number of local nongovernmental organizations and charity foundations. In the framework of the event there will be also round tables on NGO-relevant topics like “Working ethics of NGOs”, “Cooperation of mass media and NGOs”, “The role of public organizations in strengthening civil society”, “Public resistance to alcohol and tobacco advertisements near educational institutions”. During the event one can get familiar with activities of local socially NGOs that present their achievements. Socially oriented NGOs are a target group of the Project. Tel.: 062/ 34 000 34. E-mail: vsheyhus@civilsociety.org.ua

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” organizes Trading in Balanced Scorecard in Kiev. This training will be aimed at representatives of the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship (SCURPE) to enhance competence of SCURPE in planning, monitoring and evaluating programmes and projects with special focus on the future management of SME support programmes. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

The EU funded project “Support to the development of medical standards in Ukraine” organizes training for Evidence Based medicine trainers to support the development of the Quality Assurance Center in Public Health Institute in Business school of Kiev – Mogila Academy. Tel/Fax: +38(044) 461-8512. E-mail: office@medstandards.com

Regional representation of the EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” in Rivne oblast conducts the Fair of Social Services for city inhabitants and guests. The event is organized in cooperation with state executive committee of the city council. During the event one can get familiar with activities of local socially NGOs that present their achievements. Socially oriented NGOs are a target group of the Project. Tel.: 0362/ 694 349. E-mail: spinchuk@civilsociety.org.ua

EU-funded project ‘Civic Education Ukraine’ organizes a one-day international conference for up to 60 participants from the Ministry of Education, Central and pilot oblast In-service Teacher Training Institutes, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences on ‘Pre-service and in-service teacher training issues and challenges’ at Dragomanova University, Pirogova, 9, Kyiv. The keynote speaker will be Chris Waller, the Professional Officer at the UK Association for Citizenship Teaching, the professional organisation for those involved with Citizenship education in England. Tel: +380 (44) 4665467; 5685750; 2386389. Email: office@ced.kiev.ua

Social Partnership Centers of the EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” in Kherson, Chernivtsi, Sumy, Rivne and Donetsk region have published new bulletins of socially oriented organizations and institutions in their regions for 2006. Each brochure contains a list of state and non-state institutions and organizations that provide social services to the socially unprotected layers of the population: war veterans, military men, children, students, unemployed, invalids, former prisoners etc. Publications are available online at www.civilsociety.org.ua in the section “Library”.

International Conference “Development of Agricultural Risk Management and Agro-Insurance in Ukraine is organized by the EU-funded project “Improvement of Risk Management Capacity of Farmers and SMEs in Agriculture in cooperation with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and the Agricultural Department of the Odessa Administration. The list of participants includes representatives from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Finance, Regional Administrations, ENESA (the Spanish State Agency for Agricultural Insurance), Agroseguro and Insurance Companies. The objectives are to present and discuss the final draft of a New Agricultural Insurance Product with beneficiaries and stakeholders and to promote the insurance product amongst potential users. The Conference will also allow the MAP and the project to present and discuss ideas on the State Support Programme through a future Agency for Agricultural Risk Management in Ukraine. Please kindly note, the conference has been rescheduled for November 2006. For further information please contact: Ms. Ivanka Kurtyk ivanna@agroinsurance.com.ua and Mr. Sergey Ptashenchuk agroproject@ukr.net

EU-funded project ‘Civic Education Ukraine’ organizes an international conference for 80 participants in its pilot oblast In-service Teacher Training Institute (ITTI) in Kherson on ‘Content of civic education: history, reality and prospects’. Participants will include representatives from the Ministry of Education, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, oblast and rayon methodological offices, pilot school, pilot and other regional ITTIs, pedagogical universities, as well as project national and international experts. Tel: +380 (44) 4665467; 5685750; 2386389. Email: office@ced.kiev.ua

EU-funded project “SME Support Services in Priority Regions” will host a Press Conference in the premises of UNIAN Information Agency (4 Kreschatik St, 2^nd floor) at 11:00. The purpose of the meeting with the representatives of the Ukrainian media is to officially introduce the project action plan, its national and regional activities as well as communicate project implementation approaches to the wide audience. After project the 3-months’ inception phase during which the project has been researching the situation in the SME sector, particularly, in its priority regions to develop relevant work plans, the project is entering its implementation phase and wishes to share its findings and future activities aimed at improvement of the SME environment in Ukraine with the Ukrainian community. Tel.: +38 044 332 41 64

In Zmiiv, Kharkiv region, the EU funded project “Support to the development of medical standards in Ukraine” conducts a Joint Regional Seminar on MS and Project Updating Meeting for medical workers and administrators of healthcare system in Kharkiv region to improve the qualification and define the next steps to be taken after the end of the project. Tel: + 38 057 47 321 60. E-mail: Viola-zmyov@mail.ru

Regional representation of the EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” in Sumy oblast conducts the Fair of Social Services for city inhabitants and guests. The event is organized in cooperation with department for family and sports of the Sumy oblast state administration. During the event one can get familiar with activities of local socially NGOs that present their achievements. Socially oriented NGOs are a target group of the Project. Tel.: 0542/ 347 740. E-mail: nbelukina@civilsociety.org.ua

Regional representation of the EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” in Kherson oblast conducts the Fair of Social Services for city inhabitants and guests. During the event one can get familiar with activities of local socially NGOs that present their achievements. Socially oriented NGOs are a target group of the Project. Tel.: 0552/519 182. E-mail: lyamschikova@civilsociety.org.ua

August 2006

EU-funded project ‘Civic Education Ukraine’ organizes a three-day workshop in Volyn pilot oblast for 30 participants from its Extra-curricular Activities Working Groups and representatives from pilot oblast institutions and educational authorities on Project activities in extra-curricular education to promote dissemination of national and European experience of student mini-projects in the area of civic education. International experts from consortium members Deutsch Russisch Austausch (Germany) and Centre for Citizenship Education (Poland) will contribute European/international experience. Tel: +380 (44) 4665467; 5685780; 2386389. Email: office@ced.kiev.ua

July 2006

The EU Project “Strengthening Civil Society” conducts sociological survey on the Client’s Satisfactory Index among the Project’s clients – socially oriented NGOs. The results of the survey revealed a significantly high appreciation of work of Social Partnership Centers in Kherson, Chernivtsi, Sumy, Rivne and Donetsk region with 166 points on average out of highest 220. In total, 520 clients and 79 NGO representatives were questioned. The results of the survey are available on Project’s home page at www.civilsociety.org.ua in the Library section.

March 2006

Exhibition of the EU-funded projects organized by the EC Delegation (House of Cinema, Saksaganskogo Str., 6; opening hours 11:00 -19:00; free entrance) in the framework of annual information programme of the Delegation to the European Commission to Ukraine aimed at raising awareness of the Ukrainian public of the European Union. The objectives of the initiative are to enhance the visibility of the EU as a global player and donor, to increase visibility of the EU funded programmes among the different target groups in Ukraine and to inform national counterparts and beneficiaries on possibilities of cooperation and participation in the EU financed programmes. Most successful and interesting projects will present their activities to wide public. For further information contact Ms. Victoria Davydova: +38 (044) 253 30 20

EU-funded project “Improvement of logistics and marketing channels for SMEs in agriculture” organizes a workshop on supply chain development in Melitopol. This seminar will be available for agricultural SMEs that have been selected by the Project and expressed their commitment to participate in the pilot supply chain development project in Melitopol oblast. Tel.: +38 (044) 289 36 30

EU-funded project “Improvement of logistics and marketing channels for SMEs in agriculture” organizes a seminar on supply chain development in Ternopil. This seminar will be available for agricultural SMEs that have been selected by the Project and expressed their commitment to participate in the pilot supply chain development project in Ternopil oblast. Tel.: +38 (044) 289 36 30

EU-funded project “Improvement of logistics and marketing channels for SMEs in agriculture” organizes an open training in credit application and business planning in Melitopol. The following topics will be covered during this seminar: cash flows, profit and loss accounting, balance sheet, concepts of investment, outline of a business plan, benchmarking, etc. Open training programme is divided into three days. The first two days will be a full day training for wide audience consisting of project target groups: agricultural small and medium enterprises, private farmers, agricultural associations, policy makers, oblasts and rayons administrations, buyers, traders, students, university academia, other stakeholders and of course the project supply chain members. The third day will be “Ask the expert” day – a one-to-one consultation with the project experts to answer specific questions related to credit application and business planning fields. It will be available for all the parties invited for the first day. This session will start at 10:00 and be finished at 15:00. After this training the participants will be able to fill in application forms and prepare other documents required for obtaining a credit. The knowledge received at this training will help farmers and agricultural SMEs “speak the same language” with a bank or any financial institution that grants credits. Tel.: +38 (044) 289 36 30

February 2006

EU-funded project “Improvement of logistics and marketing channels for SMEs in agriculture” organizes a study tour on wholesale markets development to Poland. The purpose of this study tour is to demonstrate the infrastructure and operations of wholesale markets in Poland (Warsaw, Gdansk and Poznan). It is organized together with USAID funded “Agricultural Marketing Project” and FAO organization. The participants of this study tour are Ukrainian experts dealing with wholesale markets issues on the policy level, and other specialists who are initiating the ideas of wholesale markets development. Tel.: +38 (044) 289 36 30

Organization of the Task Force Group 3^rd meeting. The planning of the Fourth Project Information Campaign as well as organizing the Contest for the journalists for the best article (TV/radio/e-material) on health reforming will be on agenda of the meeting.

Roll-out Training Modules course, Module 3 in the city of Kharkiv (RTM 3 Kh) “Global Budget for healthcare facilities and performance indicators”

Distance Learning Course, Session 9 “Planning hospital activity in a competitive environment – HR Management”

EU-funded project “Improvement of logistics and marketing channels for SMEs in agriculture” organizes an open training in credit application and business planning in Chernivtsi. The following topics will be covered during this seminar: cash flows, profit and loss accounting, balance sheet, concepts of investment, outline of a business plan, benchmarking, etc. Open training programme is divided into three days. The first two days will be a full day training for wide audience consisting of project target groups: agricultural small and medium enterprises, private farmers, agricultural associations, policy makers, oblasts and rayons administrations, buyers, traders, students, university academia, other stakeholders and of course the project supply chain members. The third day will be “Ask the expert” day – a one-to-one consultation with the project experts to answer specific questions related to credit application and business planning fields. It will be available for all the parties invited for the first day. This session will start at 10:00 and be finished at 15:00. After this training the participants will be able to fill in application forms and prepare other documents required for obtaining a credit. The knowledge received at this training will help farmers and agricultural SMEs “speak the same language” with a bank or any financial institution that grants credits. Tel.: +38 (044) 289 36 30

The Project “Support to the development of Accident Insurance in Ukraine” organizes the third stage of the seminar “Training of experts on insurance benefits based on the training module” in Khmelnitskiy resource centre of the Ukrainian Accident Insurance Fund.
Tel./Fax +38 044 253 3020

EU-funded project “Improvement of logistics and marketing channels for SMEs in agriculture” organizes a seminar on supply chain development in Kharkiv. This seminar will be available for agricultural SMEs that have been selected by the Project and expressed their commitment to participate in the pilot supply chain development project in Kharkiv oblast. Tel.: +38 (044) 289 36 30

EU-funded project “Improvement of logistics and marketing channels for SMEs in agriculture” organizes a seminar on supply chain development in Melitopol. This seminar will be available for agricultural SMEs that have been selected by the Project and expressed their commitment to participate in the pilot supply chain development project in Zaporizhzhya oblast. Tel.: +38 (044) 289 36 30

The Project “Support to the development of Accident Insurance in Ukraine” opens the regional occupational safety office at the pilot enterprise “Podilsky smak” in Khmelnitskiy. The presentation of Khmelnitskiy resource centre of the Ukrainian Accident Insurance Fund will be organized for general public and mass media. The establishment of both centres was initiated, organized and funded by the European Union.
Tel./Fax +38 044 253 3020

The EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” organizes trainings on organisational principles and maxims of cross-sectoral cooperation in the social sphere to take place in Kherson and Svyatogorsk (Donetsk region) for the contract clients of Project’s regional representations - Social Partnership Centers in these regions. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

Training of Healthcare Administrators and Managers (THCAM) course Module 5 “Information Technologies (IT)
Systems for Purchasers and Providers – An evaluation of Pilot results” conducted in partnership with the Kyiv Medical Academy of Post Graduate Education named after P.L.Shupyk

EU-funded project “Improvement of logistics and marketing channels for SMEs in agriculture” organizes an open training in credit application and business planning in Kharkiv. The following topics will be covered during this seminar: cash flows, profit and loss accounting, balance sheet, concepts of investment, outline of a business plan, benchmarking, etc. Open training programme is divided into three days. The first two days will be a full day training for wide audience consisting of project target groups: agricultural small and medium enterprises, private farmers, agricultural associations, policy makers, oblasts and rayons administrations, buyers, traders, students, university academia, other stakeholders and of course the project supply chain members. The third day will be “Ask the expert” day – a one-to-one consultation with the project experts to answer specific questions related to credit application and business planning fields. It will be available for all the parties invited for the first day. This session will start at 10:00 and be finished at 15:00. After this training the participants will be able to fill in application forms and prepare other documents required for obtaining a credit. The knowledge received at this training will help farmers and agricultural SMEs “speak the same language” with a bank or any financial institution that grants credits. Tel.: +38 (044) 289 36 30

Distance Learning Course, Session 8” Costing of health services – costing methodologies and pilot/roll-out results ” (PART 2)

Training of Healthcare Administrators and Managers (THCAM) course Seminar 2 “HR Management and team-building” conducted in partnership with the National Academy of State Administration.

The Project “Support to the development of Accident Insurance in Ukraine” opens the regional occupational safety office in Donetsk National Technical University. The presentation of Donetsk resource centre of the Ukrainian Accident Insurance Fund will be organized for general public and mass media. The establishment of both centres was initiated, organized and funded by the European Union.
Tel./Fax +38 044 253 3020

The Project “Support to the development of Accident Insurance in Ukraine” organizes the third stage of the seminar “Training of experts on insurance benefits based on the training module” in Donetsk resource centre of the Ukrainian Accident Insurance Fund.
Tel./Fax +38 044 253 3020

The EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” organizes open space in Donetsk on the topic “Partnership in strengthening of public initiatives towards poverty-fighting and life quality increase”. The initiator is the Social Partnership Centre Donestk. The trainers are Jochen Toepfer from Germany and Olena Mykytas from Ukraine. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

Roll-out Training Modules course, Module 3 in the city of Zhytomyr (RTM 3 Zh) “Global Budget for healthcare facilities and performance indicators”

Distance Learning Course, Session 7 “Costing of health services – costing methodologies and pilot/roll-out results” (PART 1)

The Social Partnership Center in Sumy will conduct a presentation of its own web site http://www.civilsociety.sumy.ua/ being elaborated in the framework of the EU funded project “Strengthening Civil Society. The site contains useful resources for NGOs and has an interactive menu that encourages active involvement of visitors in the development of the web site. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

The client organisations of the Social Partnership Centre in Sumy will participate in the training on advocacy. The training will be held by the expert of the EU funded project “Strengthening Civil Society” Lubomyr Chorniy. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

A conference "Connecting EU-Ukraine Civil Society: Facing Challenges and Finding Opportunities in the Framework of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan" organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will be held on 6 and 7 February 2006 in Kyiv. 100 participants are expected including the EESC President, Mrs Anne-Marie SIGMUND, 24 EESC Members, EU and Ukrainian officials and representatives from civil society organisations.

The key objective is to have Ukrainian civil society organisations participate more intensively in EU values-based reforms as mandated by the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and for successful implementation of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan, as part of the European Neighbourhood Policy.

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is a non-political body that gives representatives of Europe's socio-occupational interest groups, and others, a formal platform to express their points of views on EU issues. Its opinions are forwarded to the larger institutions - the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament. It thus has a key role to play in the Union's decision-making process. More: www.esc.ue.int

Contact person at the EESC Secretariat: Jacques Kemp Jacques.Kemp@cese.europa.eu

The Social Partnership Centre in Donetsk conducts round table for client NGOs, Project partner, state authorities and representatives of Social Partnership Council to discuss the status quo, problems and prospects of collaboration of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Donetsk. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

Throughout February, the EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” conducts mobile consultations for NGOs in Mariupol, Makeevka (Donetsk region), Glukhov (Sumy region), Golaya Pristan (Kherson region), Novodnistrovsk (Chernivtsi region) and Kusnetsovsk (Rivne region). Consultations are held by the representatives of the Social Partnership Centers in these regions and focus on the issues of improved provision of social services through people’s involvement in volunteer activities, NGO project work as an additional social invesment in community life, modes of social work with vulnerable groups, legal issues and so on. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

The EU funded Project ”Health Financing and Management in Ukraine” conducts the sociological survey regarding population’s assessment/perception of the existing medical services and population awareness of health insurance in selected rayons of Zhytomyr oblast. The survey will be held by the faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies of National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Results of the survey will outline and facilitate the cooperation between these rayons and the Project.

The EU funded Project ”Health Financing and Management in Ukraine” publishes the 4^th issue of the Family Doctor+ newspaper. The Family Doctor+ is published throughout the Project activity. This newspaper is targeted at the administrators of healthcare facilities, local authorities, self-governance bodies and physicians as its readers.

Roll-out Training Modules course, Module 2 in the city of Kharkiv (RTM 2 Kh) “Cost Accounting for healthcare facilities and data entry procedures”

Distance Learning Course, Session 6 “Capitation as main payment mechanism for Primary health care provision – Calculation & implementation steps”

January 2006

The EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” organizes open space in Chernivtsi Cultural Centre “Bukovyna’s Youth” entitled “Uniting necessary ressources for effective problem solving in the social field”. It is organized by the Social Partnership Center in Chernivstsi and involves trainers from Germany (Jochen Toepfer) and Ukraine (Olena Mykytas). Tel +380 44 246 76 82

Roll-out Training Modules course, Module 2 in the city of Zhytomyr (RTM 2 Zh) “Cost Accounting for healthcare facilities and data entry procedures”

The Distance Learning Course, Session 5 “Review of contracting models in healthcare, pilot achievements, next steps”

The EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” organizes open space in Rivne on the topic “Role of citizens, state authorities and civil society organizations in social problem solving of the Rivne region”. The initiator is the Social Partnership Centre Rivne. The trainers are Jochen Toepfer from Germany and Olena Mykytas from UkraineTel +380 44 246 76 82

The Project “Support to the development of Accident Insurance in Ukraine” organizes the second stage of the seminar “Training of experts on insurance benefits based on the training module” in Khmelnitskiy resource centre of the Ukrainian Accident Insurance Fund.
Tel./Fax +38 044 253 3020

The Social Partnership Center in Kherson - regional representation of the EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” - launches the screening of films on social services as a new kind of services for client organisations. The first screening is scheduled for January 21 and takes place in a local video club. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

Training of Healthcare Administrators and Managers (THCAM) course Module 4 “Mandatory Social Health Insurance” will be conducted in partnership with the National University “Kyiv Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA)

The Social Partnership Center in Sumy organizes group consultation for NGOs in Romny (Sumy region) on the topic “Project work as a means to attract additional investment into the social sphere of a community”. The consultation takes place as an event of a series of mobile outdoor consultations for NGOs in smaller towns of Ukraine provided by the EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society”. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

The Project “Support to the development of Accident Insurance in Ukraine” organizes the second stage of the seminar “Training of experts on insurance benefits based on the training module” in Donetsk resource centre of the Ukrainian Accident Insurance Fund.
Tel./Fax +38 044 253 3020

The Social Partnership Center Sumy co-assists the expert of the EU funded project “Strengthening Civil Society” to meet with representatives of local authorities in Sumy. The meeting is a part of Project’s activities on needs assessment of local authorities in social policy formulation. The needs will be considered in the Project’s educational program. Besides, such a meeting gave an opportunity to discuss the program of study visits for Ukrainian city mayors to the EU institutions planned in Summer this year. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

The EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” organizes the second group consultation for micro grant applicants which is dedicated to the budget form of the application proposal and takes place in Rivne Social Partnership Center. Tel +380 44 246 76 82

The EU funded Project ”Health Financing and Management in Ukraine” conducts the sociological survey regarding population’s assessment/perception of the existing medical services and population awareness of health insurance in selected rayons of Kharkiv oblasts. The survey will be held by sociology and psychology department of Kyiv National University named after Shevchenko. Results of the survey will outline and facilitate the cooperation between these rayons and the Project.

December 2005

The European Commission and the Ministry of Fuel and Energy renewed the financing of energy efficiency projects in the framework of the Fuel Gap Programme. Over 400,000 euro will be provided to the Ukrainian Energy Service Company starting from December 2005.

The EU funded project “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Ukraine” organizes a seminar for journalists “Covering Trafficking in Human Beings Criminal Cases in Print and Electronic Ìedia”. The event is supported by the Ministry of the Interior Affairs, Prosecutor General’s Office & IOM Ukraine, American Bar Association.

The EC Tacis Programme consultant presents the draft business plan for the completion of the Odessa-Brody-Plotsk oil pipeline. The presentation done in the framework of the EC-Poland-Ukraine Joint Experts Working Group Meeting
is joined by the EBRD, the European Investment Bank as well as interested oil producers and refiners from Central Asia and the European Union.

The EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” organizes open space in Sumy Exhibition Center entitled “My initiatives for positive changes in children and youth environment”. The main organizer is Social Partnership Center Sumy, the project partner on local level, the department for family and youth is the co-organizer. The trainers are Jochen Toepfer from Germany and Olena Mykytas from Ukraine. 14 December

The European Commission represented by the Delegation to Ukraine, signed a works contract with total budget of 8 433 840 EURO for the reconstruction of the Ukrainian border post Rava-Russka on the border between Ukraine and Poland. Works will have to be implemented by Ukrainian contractor, company RITIE STROOM. Project duration is 18 months.

The EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” conducts a round table on Practices, Problems and Prospects of CSO Co-operation via its regional representations - Social Partnership Centers in Rivne and Chernivtsi. The round table is a preparatory meeting for “open space” scheduled in both regions for an early next year.

The 21^st meeting of Governing Board of the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine will take place at the Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine. 5-6 December

The EU funded Project “Strenghtening Civil Society” organizes training on Project design for 16 NGOs - contract clients of its regional representation Social Partnership Center Donetsk. The training will be conducted by SPC Head Volodymyr Sheyhus in Donetsk.

November 2005

An education related conference “National qualification framework” organized by the European Training Foundation, the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine and the EC Delegation will take place.

Ambassador Ian Boag will open the seminar “Return and Readmissions” organized by the EU funded project “Soederkoeping process”.

The EU funded project „Development of Media Skills” will hold a media education conference at the Kyiv Institute of Journalism.

Media launch of the EU funded project "Development of Media Skills” which recently started at the Institute of Journalism, Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv.

Representatives of the European Parliament (EPP-ED Group) will visit Ukraine (Kyiv, Donetsk) for a fact finding mission. The Delegation will be composed of Mr Charles Tannock (MEP-UK), Mr. Rihards Piks (MEP-Latvia) and Ms Ursula Stenzel (MEP-Austria).

The EU funded project “Establishment of Mortgage Market Rules and Legislation in Ukraine” will organize a study tour to Germany and Poland for Ukraine’s leading banks. The Ukrainian delegation will consist of 15 senior banks officials who are responsible for the mortgage market.

The Press and Information Section of the Delegation will hold a seminar on EU-Ukraine relations for Ukrainian journalists from the regional media.

The Press and Information Section of the Delegation will hold a seminar for librarians from Ukrainian regional libraries and present and electronic database for information resources on the EU in Ukraine.

The EU funded project “Establishment of Mortgage Market Rules and Legislation in Ukraine” will hold a workshop for 30 journalists from ten regions of Ukraine. The subject will be ‘mortgage coverage in media’.

The EU funded project on Flood Risk Assessment and Management in Zakarpattia Oblast will present final results of the project (Hotel Druzhba conference room, Uzhgorod).

The European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Training and Multilingualism, Jan Figel, will visit Kyiv, Ukraine to send a positive signal about the possibilities of developing closer EU-Ukraine cooperation in the sphere of education and culture. During his visit he will meet with Ukrainian officials, representatives of civil society, the media and students.

The EU funded project “Improvement of Solid Household Waste Management in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine” will hold a round table discussion with Kiev city authorities and private companies on selective collection of waste.

The EU funded project “Combating trafficking in human beings in Ukraine" organizes a series of three seminars to discuss the findings of the assessment study of labour market in regions most affected by trafficking in persons in Ukraine. The events will take place: 1 November in Crimea, 7 November in Ivano-Frankivsk, 18 November in Donetsk.

Ambassador Ian Boag will open the first Euro Info Correspondence Centre at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The goal of this centre is to provide Ukrainian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with information and assistance services on all EU issues, including on regulations of the EU’s Single Market, and to facilitate contacts with EU Trade Partners.

For further information please contact Ms Anje Schubert, Press Officer, Tel: (044) 253 30 20 or at anje.schubert@ec.europa.eu

November 2007