Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:10:17 -0700 (PDT)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Youth Center for Legal Studies and the Economics and Law Faculties,
Donetsk State University, have the honor to invite you to participate in
the Seminar "LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A BASE OF SELF-GOVERNMENT" to be held in
Donetsk (Ukraine) on October 8-11, 1998 with the financial support of the
International Renaissance Foundation.
ELIGIBILITY: Representatives of local self-government bodies, NGO
activists, researchers, and neighbourhood group representatives from
Ukraine and Eastern European countries. Participants from Western Europe
are invited, too, but will have to pay their own travel expences.
WORKING LANGUAGES: Ukrainian, English, Russian. English-Russian translation
will be provided.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Experience of research or practical work on the topic of the Seminar.
2. Submission of applications and proposals for reports to the organizing
committee. The reports should take no longer than 15 minutes to deliver
and should include analyses of legislation or practices in the country
represented by partcipants on one or more of the questions to be
discussed.
For example, the report of a Polish participant could touch problems of
the right of local community to manage municipal property in Poland,
negative aspects of enforcement of this right and positive experience
worth implementing in Ukraine.
QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED:
1. Constitutional right of citizens to local self-government in
Constitutions of Eastern European countries.
2. Determination of legal status of local communities.
3. Real enforcement machineries of citizen's rights to local
self-government.
4. Forms of people's participation in state government.
5. Right to manage municipal property, corporate rights of communities,
other rights.
6. Charter of community: is it needed? Content of City Charter, Village
Charter, etc.
7. Creation of effective community (legislative guarantees, role of state
agencies and NGOs in organization of communities).
8. Problems of adjustment of western standards in current Ukrainian conditions.
REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES: Candidates selected will receive an invitation
letter from the Youth Center for Legal Studies. Selected participants
then have to apply to their local Soros Foundation for travel expenses. As
noted, participants from outside the region will have to pay their travel
expenses themselves. Board and lodging expenses will be covered by
organizers.
DEADLINE:
The application must be completed in English, Ukrainian, or Russian and returned
to the Youth Center for Legal Studies on or before SEPTEMBER 10th, 1998
Address:
Youth Center for Legal Studies
Cheluskintsev 198a, #539
340015 Donetsk, Ukraine
Fax: (380 622) 55 85 79
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact person: Tatiana Kiselyova, Director
APPLICATION FORM
1. Name (last mame, first name, middle name):
2. Date and place of birth:
3. Education (University, faculty, degree):
4. Current occupation:
5. Languages spoken:
6. Contact address:
6.1. Office address (mailing address, tel., fax, e.mail)
6.2. Home address (mailing address, tel.)
6.3. your correspondence should be send to your Office or Home Address
7. Area of research:
8. Publications:
9. What experience do you have in area of local self-government
10. Describe briefly your proposal for presentation (not more than 5 000 words)
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