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August 29, 2007.

Access Info Europe, Article 19 and the Open Society Justice Initiative are today launching a campaign to call for the future European Convention on Access to Official Documents, currently in preparation by the Council of Europe, to meet international standards and to ensure adequate protection of the right to information. We are urging all FOI Advocates around the world to join the campaign through a sign-up letter (attached) and other actions (listed below). The problem: If the current draft of the Convention is adopted it will become the world’s first treaty to guarantee the right of access to information but it will fall below prevailing European and international standards, the ...
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(July 18, 2007). Ukrainian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre (UEPLAC) will hold a round table on Ukrainian Prison Health Policy and Harm Reduction Interventions , European Best Practices A round table Prison Health and Harm Reduction: practical implementation of harm reduction ...
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(July 18, 2007). Representatives of the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship study the German experience Selected representatives of the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship (SCURPE), the Ministry of Finance and the adm ...
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(July 18, 2007). Round table on best practices of multisectoral approaches towards HIV/AIDS prevention and healthy lifestyle promotion among youth in Lviv Kyiv, 17 July 2007 The round table, Best Practices of Multisectoral Approaches towards HIV/AIDS Prevention and Healthy Lifestyle ...
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(July 6, 2007). EU-funded project organized a workshop on student assessment in civic education organized a workshop in Kyiv focusing on student assessment in civic education and the skills and techniques teachers need, including recent developments in citizenship education in the UK a ...
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(July 6, 2007). EU-funded project participates in a summer camp organized by the Ukraine School Heads Association 2-7 July Kyiv On 2 and 5 July EU-funded project 'Civic Education Ukraine' participates in a summer camp organized by the Ukraine School Heads Association on European and E ...
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(June 19, 2007). EU-UKRAINE COOPERATION COUNCIL ELEVENTH MEETING, LUXEMBOURG, 18 JUNE 2007 EU Press release At the eleventh EU-Ukraine Cooperation Council today, the Cooperation Council welcomed the progress made in the EU-Ukraine relations over the last year through steps forward i ...
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