Kyiv, 31 March 2016 – The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and UNDP in close cooperation with the Government of Ukraine are launching a new initiative to increase transparency and integrity in the public construction sector.
Kyiv, 15 March 2016 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and UNDP in Ukraine in close cooperation with the Government of Ukraine are launching a new project to help Ukraine prevent corruption.
On 16 February the Verkhovna Rada adopted in one vote, in the first and final reading, the draft law no. 3755 by MP Denysenko (Petro Poroshenko Bloc's faction). Before the vote a number of significant changes were introduced in the draft law orally, without proper discussion and without consideration in the committee.
Irpin, 6 February 2016 – The 3-day annual strategic planning session for the Regional Coordinators of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) welcomed 27 regional representatives to plan their activity, share experiences and best practices.
Ivano-Frankivsk, 29 December 2015 – Representatives of the Ombudsperson's Office and the UMDPL Association conducted a monitoring visit to the National Police's Head Department in Ivano-Frankivsk region to assess its compliance with the access to public information law.
Perechyn, 25 December 2015 – The Ombudsperson's regional coordinators in Zakarpattia and Ternopil oblasts Oleh Hryhoriev and Volodymyr Shevchenko conducted a monitoring visit to Perechyn School for orphans and children deprived of parental care.
Zaporizhia, 15 December 2015 – Regional Coordinator of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) in Zaporizhia region Volodymyr Pavlenko conducted a meeting with detainees in Zaporizhia pre-trial detention centre of the State Penitentiary Service in Zaporizhia region.
Seoul, 4 December 2015 – The international knowledge exchange about effective ways to ensure public construction transparency based on Korea's experience was organised by the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre in partnership with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.
Kyiv, 9 November 2015 – The Regional Coordinator of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) took prompt measures to address race-based discrimination against an immigrant woman and helped restore her right to social security.
Kyiv, 6 November 2015 – A 2-day workshop on access to public information, organized by the Media Law Institute with the support of UNDP Ukraine, brought together civic activists from all over Ukraine to increase their capacity for making government information available to the public.
Kyiv, 22 October 2015 – Over 100 representatives from National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), leaders, human rights experts, and civic activists came together in Ukraine to sign and adopt a new declaration calling for a stronger role of NHRIs in conflict and post-conflict settings.
Vinnytsia, 8-9 July 2015 – Regional Coordinators for public relations of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson), National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) monitors, human rights activists, and international organizations representatives took part in the first NPM Monitors' Forum.
Kyiv, 8 July 2015 – The Public Council under the State Agency for e-Governance in Ukraine held a meeting to discuss the draft policies to modernize the principles of electronic identification, electronic services, electronic interaction, and disclosure of official information in open data formats.
Odesa, 30 June - 1 July 2015 – The second workshop in a series of capacity enhancement activities on public monitoring of the right of access to public information in law enforcement bodies was organized by the Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors (UMDPL Association) and the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) with support of UNDP Ukraine.
UNDP invites you to take the survey to determine what government data should be open in the first place and what format of open data is the most appropriate.
Odesa, 27-28 June 2015 – Regional Coordinators of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, social activists, and journalists from different regions of Ukraine took part in the kick-off workshop on "Public monitoring of the right of access to public information in law enforcement bodies."
Kyiv, 8 June 2015 – The Office of the Ombudsperson held an interview with the pre-selected candidates for the positions of Regional Coordinators for public relations of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) in Zakarpattia, Zhytomyr, and Kherson regions. Now, the 11-strong network of regional coordinators has expanded by 3 additional regions in Ukraine.
When you check your smartphone in the morning trying to figure out if you need an umbrella or a heavy coat that day, or use your GPS navigator to avoid traffic jams, or look for directions on user-generated Open Street Map, you are relying on open data. A new law adopted by the parliament will make open data even more ubiquitous and accessible, making the lives of millions of Ukrainians easier.
On 20-22 February 2015, a 3-day training session on the National Preventive Mechanism implementation was held for regional representatives and regional coordinators of Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in a suburb of Kyiv.
On 8 August civic experts together with the experts of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights held a seminar "Access to public information: how to arrange the effective work of the government agency" for the officials of the municipal authorities.