News & Events
Meeting of the Barrier-Free Council: Results of 2024 and plans for 2025
The Barrier-Free Council discussed the results of implementing barrier-free measures in Ukraine in 2024 at a concluding meeting organized with the support of the Council of Europe. The First Lady of Ukraine, Ms Olena Zelenska, attended the event, which was chaired by Mr Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy...
400 people learned how to apply a trauma-informed approach
112 men and boys and 288 women and girls joined the educational activities conducted by trainers of the Programme "Trauma-Informed Approach in the Context of Access to Human Rights and Essential Services for Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees to Ukraine", which is jointly implemented by...
Invitation to participate in the Third National Open Government Competition
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Pioneering democracy under wartime conditions: Ukraine concludes its first Citizens' Assemblies
In November 2024, Ukraine’s first-ever Citizens' Assemblies concluded in the municipalities of Zvyahel and Slavutych. These three-weekend events, spanning October to November, brought together approximately 45 residents from each community. The Zvyahel Assembly focused on "Creating urban spaces...
Final meeting of the Steering Committee of the Project “Facilitating housing solutions for war-affected people in Ukraine”: outcomes, achievements, and next steps
On 10 December 2024, the final meeting of the Steering Committee of the Project “Facilitating housing solutions for the war-affected people in Ukraine”* was held. The Project is implemented within the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine “Resilience, Recovery, and...
75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is marking its 75th anniversary this year. The Council of Europe’s first convention is the cornerstone of all its activities. It was adopted in Rome in November 1950 and entered into force in 1953. Its ratification is a prerequisite for joining the...
The Council of Europe provided grants to Ukrainian civic organisations to combat violence against women
The Council of Europe project “Combating Violence against Women in Ukraine – Phase II” (COVAW-II) successfully supported three Ukrainian civil society organisations in awareness raising based on the CoE/WAVE/UN Women methodology. All three initiatives, successfully completed in October 2024, were...
Study visit for judges of the Ukrainian Constitutional Court to strengthen European co-operation with Germany and France
A delegation of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine undertook a study visit to Germany and France on 18-21 November. This visit aimed at exchanging expertise, deepen ties with European legal institutions, and advance the alignment of Ukraine’s constitutional justice with European standards. In...
State and prospects for the development of Odessa Agglomeration: Study results
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Fostering collaboration to combat hate speech through a pioneering training for Ukraine’s legal professionals
For the first time, representatives of Ukraine's police, prosecution, and judiciary from various regions participated together in a training programme designed to help them identify, classify, and counteract hate speech in their work. Participants highly valued the opportunity to collaborate...
European integration and the uniformity of case law. The main challenges for Ukraine
Ensuring the uniformity of case law in Ukraine and the main challenges on this path were the key issues discussed at the dialogue platform "Uniformity of Case Law: An Attempt to Rethink" held in Lviv on 13 and 14 December. Uniformity of case law is one of the requirements of Ukraine's European...
Visit of the delegation from Ukraine to the Lisbon Youth Centre with the Quality Label of the Council of Europe
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Presentation of the Judicial Training Course: "Compensation for Damages Caused by the Russian Federation’s Armed Aggression Against Citizens and Legal Entities in Ukraine"
On December 18, 2024, the Kyiv Court of Appeal hosted the first judicial training session on the compensation of damages inflicted upon Ukrainian citizens and legal entities as a result of the Russian Federation's aggression. The training was based on the newly developed judicial training course...
The issue of ensuring adequate housing for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and war-affected populations was discussed during the international human rights conference
The international human rights conference "Decade 2014–2024: Reclaiming Human Rights. Preserving Democracy," held on 5 December 2024 in Kyiv under the initiative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, served as an important platform for discussing human rights protection,...
CALL FOR TENDER by 20 January 2025: Procurement and delivery of IT equipment and software for the Office of the Ombudsperson
The Council of Europe Project «Rights of Veterans and Personnel of Armed Forces in Ukraine», implemented within the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine «Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction» 2023-2026, announces the acceptance of applications under the tender procedure...
CALL FOR TENDER by 31 December 2024: Procurement of IT equipment for national partners
The Council of Europe Project ‘Supporting the reform of the national minority legal framework and the resilience of national minorities and Roma in Ukraine’, announce the acceptance of applications under the tender procedure for procurement of IT and energy-saving equipment for the national...
Ukraine advances minority rights amidst EU integration
The Council of Europe has recently facilitated Regional Dialogues with Hungarian and Romanian national minorities in Transcarpathia (December 2nd) and Chernivtsy (December 5th). Over 200 participants discussed minority languages, education, and national minority rights in Ukraine, emphasizing the...
Innovations in local government: Ukraine shows the way
On 10 and 11 December 2024, 10 local authorities in Ukraine (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Bilshivtsi, Dunaivtsi, Fastiv, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kyiv, Poltava, Shpola, Ternopil and Zviahel), meeting in Lysnyky (Kyiv Region), shared experiences about their transformative local initiatives on democracy,...
Conference on the results of Piloting Correctional Programmes in penitentiary institutions of Ukraine: achievements, challenges, and plans for the future
On 12 December 2024, a final conference was held to present the results of the piloting of the "Programme for Providing Psychological and Psychosocial Support to Prisoners, in particular those at risk of Suicide, and Promoting Behavioural Change" and the "Rehabilitation Programme for People Who...
There Are No Alternatives to Inter-Municipal Cooperation: Prospects for Joint Waste Management in Lviv Agglomeration
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