Program of the international conference
“Towards open and accessible government at the local level in Ukraine”
Date: December 14-15, 2001
Kyiv
December 14th, 2001
Arrival and accommodation of the participants (hotel “Tourist”, 2, Raisy Okipnoi Str.)
| 13.00 | Registration of the participants (Session Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration (36, Khreshchatyk Str., the 4th floor) |
| 14.00 | Opening of the conference.
Greeting. Mr. O. Omelchenko, President of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, the mayor of Kyiv Mrs. Monic Frank, The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine |
| 14.30 | Presentation of the manual “From Authorities to People, from People to Authorities” |
| 14.40 | Briefing. (Coffee break) |
| 15.00-17.00 | Presentations of the Information
and Consultation centers of the Zhytomyr oblast, created within the framework of the
project “Towards open and accessible government at the local level in Ukraine” Chairmen: Mr. Myroslav Pittsyk, Vice-President AUC, Mr. Peter Knip, Director VNG International. Opening speech |
| 15.00-15.10 | Mr. Peter Knip, Director VNG International (The Netherlands) |
| 15.10-15.20 | Mrs. Irina Synyuk, local project manager “Towards open and accessible government at the local level in Ukraine” (Ukraine) |
| 15.20-15.45 | Mrs. Anna Marchenko, Director of Berdichev ICC “The Berdichev ICC experience: information campaign planning. Official opening. Advertising the center’s activity.” |
| 15.45-16.10 | Mr. Yuriy Yashchuk, Director of Novograd-Volynskiy ICC “ The Novograd-Volynskiy ICC experience: first steps on the way of creating a municipal Information Center. Using advanced technologies in providing the population with the information services.” |
| 16.10-16.35 | Mrs. Lilia Stepanyuk, Director of Korosten ICC “ The Korosten ICC experience: everyday work of an information center. Co-operation with non-governmental organizations, its role in the development of an information policy.” |
| 16.35-17.00 | Mrs. Liudmyla Kalmykova, Director
of Baranivka ICC “ The Baranivka ICC experience: information materials, co-operation
with media as means of efficient information work”
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| 17.00-17.30 | The new approaches to the
development of information policy at the local level Mr. Omelian Kanyuk, Chernivtsi city council executive committee representative Mr. Liubomyr Chorniy, Ivano-Frankivsk city council executive committee representative |
| 17.30-18.00 | Conclusions of the first day |
| 18.30 | Fourchet (restaurant of the “Tourist” hotel, metro station “Livoberezhna”, 2, Raisy Okipnoi Str.) |
December 15th, 2001
| 10.00-13.00 | The working sessions The 1st group: The place of an information center within a municipal structure. Co-operation with different departments and structural units. Using Internet for making municipal policy transparent. Moderator: Mr. M. Ivanyuk, the Mayor of Novograd-Volynskiy Co-moderator: Mr. L. Smith, Coordinator-communications adviser of the Ministry of Social Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands (Session Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration, 36, Khreshchatyk Str., the 4th floor) The 2nd group: The approaches of organizing efficient work on realization of information policy of the municipality. Co-operation with ngo’s. Moderator: Mr. V. Moskalenko, the Mayor of Korosten Co-moderator: Mr. H. Meijer, Head municipal information center Apeldoorn, The Netherlands (36, Khreshchatyk Str., room 512, the 5th floor)
The 3rd group: Systematization and elaboration of information materials. Co-operation with mass media. Reaching the population of remote villages. Moderator: Mr. V. Savych, Head Baranivka rayon administration. Co-moderators: Mrs. Eelkje Veltman, Director Information center, The Hague, The Netherlands Mrs. Cecile Meijs, The Hague, The Netherlands (36, Khreshchatyk Str., room 514, the 5th floor) The 4th group: The premises of a municipal information center. Organization of special events. Moderator: Mr. O. Khylyuk, the Mayor of Berdichev Co-moderator: Mr. Rutger van Oppenraaij, Haarlem, The Netherlands (36, Khreshchatyk Str., the Presidium Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration, the 10th floor) |
| 11.30-12.00 | Coffee break |
| 13.00-13.20 | The joint session Chairmen: Mr. Myroslav Pittsyk, the AUC Vice-President and Mr. Peter Knip, Director VNG International Conclusions of the working sessions. Short surveys of the results. |
| 13.20-13.40 | Conclusions of the conference |
| 13.40-14.00 | Press-conference |
| 14.00 | Lunch (restaurant of the “Tourist” hotel, metro station “Livoberezhna”, 2, Raisy Okipnoi Str.) |