20 Jun, 2013
Comments and Proposals of Civil Society Organizations for Improvement of Electoral Legislation
Improvement of electoral legislation remains an important issue of political agenda. Making changes to the electoral legislation is an integral part of Ukraine’s preparations for signing EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
20 Jun, 2013
Proposals of NGO Coalition “For Fair Referendum” regarding improvement of regulation of referendums in Ukraine
We, the nongovernmental organizations Center for Political and Legal Reforms, Ukrainian Independent Center for Political Research, Center.UA, Agency for Legislative Initiatives, Electoral Law Institute,
17 May, 2013
Conclusions for Ukraine in Recent OECD Report on Inspection Reform
The legal system of Ukraine is an ongoing reform process. This cliché is particularly apparent when it comes to business regulation. Ukraine has reformed many of the laws in this area(for example see the Tax Code, the Customs Code, the Law on the Protection of the Rights of Consumers, the Law on Market Oversight, the Law on Sanitary Oversight and the Law on the General Principles of State Control Oversight Activity in Economic Sphere) but little has been done to reform the application of regulatory reforms.
16 May, 2013
Constitutional development in Ukraine25 Apr, 2013
Position of the Coalition of non-governmental organizations "For Fair Referendum” on the political and legal evaluation of the law "On Ukrainian referendum” and ways to avoid its implementation
Section I Political and legal evaluation of the Law "On Ukrainian referendum"
On November 6-th, 2012 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine "On national referendum", exceeding their authority and violating the procedure determined by the Constitution of Ukraine and the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
13 Apr, 2013
Judiciary and justice reform in Ukraine28 Mar, 2013
“Propyska” vs. registration: How to get rid of the remnants of the USSR in place of residence registration
Дискуссии жесткости нынешней системы вместо регистрации по месту жительства в Украине не остановился после обретения независимости Украины в 1991 году. Никакая реальная реформа в этой области не произошло, так как попытки отменить институт советской регистрации, так называемый "propyska", в 2001 году
28 Mar, 2013
The first research paper of the international project “Public Administration Reform in Visegrad Countries: Lessons Learned for Belarus and Ukraine”
We are glad to present the publication of the first research paper on the public administration reforms experience of the Visegrad 4 within the project “Public Administration Reform in Visegrad Countries: Lessons Learned for Belarus and Ukraine”. This paper addresses the current status of public administration and its reforms experience in Czech Republic. The document has been produced by the experts of the Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky
11 Mar, 2013
On Reforming Enforcement and Inspection Bodies: New report from OECD
As citizens, we have various relationships to the state. We interact with traffic police, school teachers for example, nearly every day. Businesses are different in this regard. The relationship between businesses and the state is more limited. The predominate interaction between businesses and the state is via regulation enforcement and inspection. This interaction is important to the health of the economy and the general wealth of citizens, as a good relationship fosters economic progress while a bad relationship hinders it.