Events and Announcements

On November 7, 2019, the High Administrative Court of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, in partnership with EPL, with the funding of the EU organized important and useful event for judges, academia and public. The participants to this event discussed elements of access to justice and court practice in cases concerning protection of environmental rights…

Dear colleagues, We are inviting representatives of public, environmental and non–environmental NGOs, representatives of business, academia, municipalitiestoparticipateinthesurveyofpublicopinion. Survey is aimed at assessment of the level of awareness of wide public concerning problems of climate change, and possibilities for their participation in political or individual decision–making affecting climate, at national, regional and local levels, defining of…

Lviv, May 28, 2019 Annually Ukraine dumps about 26 mln fluorescent lamps that contain about 130 kg of mercury. Waste electronic and electric equipment contributes to another 40 kg of mercury that gets into the environment as stated in the analytical report “Assessment of amounts of mercury-containing waste and recommendations for implementation of the Minamata…

Lviv, May 24, 2019 Conference “Ukraine’s accession to the Minamata Convention on mercury and its implementation – the priority for preserving health and environment” On May 28-29, 2019, the EU project “Ukrainian civil society for European-style waste management” will hold the international conference “Ukraine’s joining the Minamata Convention on mercury and its implementation – the…

On February 27, 2019, Tlumach region court of Ivano-Frankivsk oblast ruled in favor of local resident fighting against next Danosha pig farm in Grushka village, Tlumach region. The court agreed that the decision to allocate 5,5 ha of land (pasture) into lease for a pig farm construction was illegal and declared void the Order of…

We face new challenges every day. Sometimes, next day after solving one problem, there are two or three new ones. A while ago, EPL made many efforts to enact the EIA procedure in Ukraine. It involved enormous advocacy work that finally lead to adoption of the law and the launching of the online register. It…

EBRD Ukraine Kiev Resident Office 46-46A Antonovycha Str., Kyiv, 03150, Ukraine Tel: +30 44 354 4084 E-mail: kiev@kev.ebrd.com EIB Resident Representation for Ukraine 101, Volodymyrska Str UA-01033  Kyiv Ukraine +380 443908018 +352 437967495 kiev@eib.org Head of Representation: Jean-Erik DE ZAGON Hugues Mingarelli Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine 101…

The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court in its resolution in the case EPL vs. “Aquadelf” Ltd for the first time has reached a conclusion that an environmental (charity, non-governmental) organization is entitled to represent before the court the environmental interest of the society and its separate members in order to protect the violated environmental…

In 2018, 109 new territories and objects of the nature protection fund were created in Ukraine in 16 regions. The total area of new protected areas was 6765.77 hectares. However, these figures for the increase of protected areas in 2018 amounted to only 1/200 of the declared state intentions. By the Resolution of the Cabinet…