Kyiv, 24 February 2006
The UPIC start up conference was attended by approximately 90 officials from the Ministry of Justice, Office of the Prosecutor General, Ministry of Interior, Intelligence Service and other interested parties.
The Conference was opened by Dmytro Kotliar, the Deputy Minister of Justice, Helene Chraye (European Commission) and Roman Chlapak (Council of Europe).
Official representatives from the Ministry of Justice, Office of the Prosecutor General and Ministry of Interior were also in attendance. The conference achieved its purpose, namely to make a wider audience aware of the project, its aims and objectives. More importantly, the conference set the basis for their co-operation to facilitate the project’s implementation over the next 3 years.