Team
Ihor Koliushko
Was born on the 18-th of June, 1965. Head of the Board. Expert in administrative and constitutional law, legal and political analysts.
Member of the Parliament of Ukraine (1994-2002), Adviser to the President of Ukraine (2005-2006), Member of the State Commission on Administrative Reform in Ukraine (1997-2001), Commissions for the Strengthening of Democracy and Rule of Law (2005 and 2010), the Higher Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (2006-2007), the Commission on the Senior Civil Service.
The author of more than 40 scientific and numerous analytical publications on public law issues.
Victor Tymoshchuk
PhD in Law, Administrative Law and Public administration expert, Deputy of the Head of the Board of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, senior researcher of the Institute of state and law of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Worked at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (1997-1998), assistant-counselor of the MP I. Koliushkо (1998-2002). Since 1998 - Deputy Head of the СPLR.
He studied various aspects of public administration and administrative reforms in Denmark, Canada, Latvia, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, USA, France.
Author and co-author of 80 analytical and scientific issues on public administration and administrative law.
Roman Kuybida
PhD in Law, Judiciary law expert, Deputy of the Head of the Board of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, assistant professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Studied at the postgraduate course at the Faculty of Law of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2003-2006). Trained in adult education in Netherlands (Institute of Public Administration) and Ukraine (Academy of Judges of Ukraine).
He has been working since 1999 at the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform.
A member of the scientific advisory councils of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine (until early 2014), was a member of the Public Council under the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine (until 2010).
He was a member of the interdepartmental working group on the drafting of the Laws of Ukraine "On the system of bodies of pre-trial investigation and the status of investigators" and "On the Prosecutor's Office" (2009). He has been a member of the Public Council of Integrity since 2016.
Oleksandr Banchuk
PhD in Law, Administrative and Criminal Law expert, member of the Board of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, researcher of the Institute of state and law of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Education: The Faculty of Law of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (2003).
His work covers the sphere of relations arising from state interference in the private life of a person. In such relations, in fact, the most frequent abuses by the state and violation of the rights and freedoms of individuals.
A member of the working groups on the development of the Concept of the Reform of the Criminal Justice of Ukraine in 2008, as well as the new Criminal Procedure Code, free legal aid law, Prosecutor's office, the National Police and the State Bureau of Investigation.
Mykola Khavroniuk
Doctor of Law, Criminal Law expert, expert of combating corruption, Director of Scientifically development of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, member of the Board of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, honored Lawyer of Ukraine.
Julia Kyrychenko
Ukrainian expert on the constitutional law, who is proactive in increasing constitutional culture in Ukraine through last 10 years. Member of the Board and Head of the constitutional law projects of Centre of Policy and Legal Reform. Member of the Board, expert, manager of group on the constitutional reform of Reanimation Package of Reforms.
Former civil servant of 3 rank, worked as Science advisor of the Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Deputy Chief of the senior service for institutional development policy, Chief of constitutional reform department (Secretariat of the President of Ukraine), assistant of the Chairman Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.
At the moment, Julia Kyrychenko is promoting strengthening the constitutional order in Ukraine. She specializes on issues of constitutional design in Ukraine, constitutional adjudication, electoral and referenda legislation.
Mykola Stepanov
Executive director CPLR since 2014. Main responsibilities includes managing the think tank, financial management, budgeting, strategic planning, fundraising, institutional development, improvement communication capability of CPLR.
Joined at CPLR from the private sector where worked in strategic planning, budgeting, research, analysis, forecasting, PR, advertising, internet marketing, branding, loyalty programs, and motivation programs for personnel. After the Ukrainian Revolution of dignity in 2013-2014 decided to join society to be an active participant in the process of building a new Ukraine.
Dmytro Ukrayinskyi
Deputy director, expert on the professions, professional government and legislative regulation of NGOs.
Tetiana Blyzniuk
Pavlo Bilak
Was born on October 20, 1983.
Graduated from Uzhhorod State Institute of Information Science, Economics and Law in 2004.
Studied on post-graduate programme in National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2004-2009), National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan (2007-2009).
Defended candidate of political sciences thesis in 2011 in Institute of World Economics and International Relations of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 2015-2016 - holder of Lane Kirkland Programme scholarship in Poland where was affiliated with the Institute of International Relations of Warsaw University.
In 2011-2016 taught at the Department of International Relations of Uzhhorod National University.
Joined the CPLR team in 2016. Heads educational initiatives of the Centre.
Zoryana Chernenko
Graduated on the Faculty of Law Sciences of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (2001).
In 2007 she upheld a thesis entitled "Legal Status of a Patient in Poland and Ukraine. Comparative Analysis" at the at the Maria Curie-Skladowska University in Lublin (Republic of Poland) and received a Ph.D. in Legal Sciences.
Work experience
09.2015 - today - National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Faculty of Law, Deputy Dean
06.2010 - today - Informational and analytical project "Law and Medicine" (http://agency-lawmed.org/), Project Director
06.2010 – 06.2011 - Expert of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
etc.
Public activity
05.2015 - today - NGO "Forum of Health", Director
10.2013 - today - NGO "Ukrainian League for the Promotion of Palliative and Hospice Care", Board Member
01.2011 - today - Member of the World Association of Medical Law
07.2010 - today - Expert of the Rule of Law Index in The World Justice Project
Dmytro Kalmykov
Yaryna Busol
Was born on September 22, 1993. Communication manager of the CPLR. Responsible for communication strategy of the Centre, media relations, organizing of different directions events, creating presentation materials, etc.
Master of Politology of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. Author of scientific works on philosophical and political topics.
Previously journalized and realized PR-strategy of а law bureau, communications strategy of a political party.
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Tetyana Ruda
Maksym Sereda
Yevhen Shkolnyi
Olena Soroka
Viktoria Derets
Bogdan Bondarenko
Maryana Demkova