Topics of discussions, issues and presentations
- Role of non-governmental organizations in Ukraine Environmental Policy Realization, by Michail Kostitsky
- New rights and possibilities of NGOs under Ukrainian legislations, by Svitlana Kravchenko
- Dutch “green” organizations experience on legal tools using, by Joost Rutteman
- Access to information: legal problems, by Olexiy Shumilo
- Public participation in Environmental Decision Making: Central and Eastern European countries’ experience, by Stephen Stec
- Public Participation in Environmental Protection: Legal Problems, discussion
- Overview of Ukrainian Environmental Protection Legislation, by Svitlana Kravchenko
- Governmental Management and Control Bodies in the Sphere of Environmental Protection, by Olexiy Shumilo
- Environmental NGOs’ right to go to court, by Petro Rochenko
- Legal aspects of Environmental NGOs’ activity in the Netherlands, by Joost Rutteman
- Environmental Advocacy: possibilities and practice in CIS countries, by Stephen Stec
- Liability for Environmental Transgressions under Ukrainian Legislation, by Svitlana Kravchenko
- Public Participation in EIA, by Anatoliy Pohodzyaev
- Legal forms of NGOs’ participation in Environmental Protection, by Marianna Bolshakova
- Citizens’ suits in Ukrainian and US Law (comparative analysis), by Irina Tustanovska
- Using of e-mail in NGOs’ activity. Practical training, by John Bonine
- NGOs’ Participation in Environmental Decision Making, round table:
Problems discussed:
- How to participate in discussing of drafts, discussing the materials concerning the sitting, construction and reconstruction of facilities that can negatively affect the state of the Environmental Public Ecological Expertise
- How to organize the referendums, demonstrations, manifestations, etc. according to the law
- How to participate in discussing of drafts, discussing the materials concerning the sitting, construction and reconstruction of facilities that can negatively affect the state of the Environmental Public Ecological Expertise
- Legal actions of Dutch Environmental organizations – Joost Rutteman
- Using of legal tools in Ukrainian NGOs’ activity, discussion, role-playing
- Using the legal tools in NGOs’ activity, discussion:
Problems discussed:
- How to get information
- Institutions to go to in case of environmental transgressions
- How to write a petition, complaint or suit
- What it necessary to know for suiting
- Negotiations and settlements
- How to get information
- Problems and obstacles in using the legal tools in NGOs’ activity, discussion:
Problems discussed:
- How to get the information about Environmental Legislation
- How to organize trainings and workshops on Environmental Legislation for NGOs
- The role of environmental legal NGOs
- Problems of collaboration between environmental NGOs and Environmental lawyers
- Information exchange
- How to get the information about Environmental Legislation
- Discussion of cases
- Practicum on Deep Ecology
List of participants
- Mihai Aleksei Moldova
- Jay Austin USA
- Larisa Bogdanovich Russia
- Marianna Bolshakova Hungary
- John Bonine USA
- Tenley Ann Dalstorm Slovakia
- Olga Davydova Russia
- Sandor Fulop Hungary
- Aida Iskoyan Armenia
- Svitlana Kravchenko Ukraine
- Elena Laevskaya Belarus
- Patric McGinley USA
- Anatoly Pohodzajev Ukraine
- Alexandra Povalaeva Ukraine
- Lesya Richrdson USA
- Joost Rutteman Netherlands
- Alla Shevchuk Ukraine
- Alexei Shumilo Ukraine
- Jonathan Spaulding Ukraine
- Stephen Stec Hungary
- Iryna Tustanovska Ukraine
- Blanche Vahle USA
- Sergei Varlamov Ukraine
- Borys Vasilkivsky Ukraine
- Tatiana Zaharchenko USA
- Pavol Zilincik Slovakia