A New Public Council is Being Created at the Department
INFORMATION NOTICE
on the preparation of the constituent assembly for the formation of the
Public Council under the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine
In fulfilment of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 3 November 2010 No. 996 “On Ensuring Public Participation in the Formation and Implementation of State Policy”, the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine has begun work on facilitating the formation of the composition of the Public Council under the agency.
In coordination with the Public Council, which operates in accordance with the Order of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments No. 190 of 28 August 2009, an initiative working group for the preparation of the constituent assembly for the formation of the Public Council under the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine has been created, with the following composition:
From the Public Council under the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments:
Alla Petrivna Mukshymenko
Head of the Board of the All-Ukrainian Public Organisation “All-Ukrainian Centre for Legal Aid ‘Public Defender’”
Ivan Vasylovych Shtanko
First Deputy Head of the Council of the All-Ukrainian Public Organisation “Association of Veterans of the State Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine”
Semen Fishelevych Gluzman
Executive Secretary of the Association of Psychiatrists of Ukraine, Director of the Ukrainian-American Bureau for Human Rights Protection, Director of the International Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of War and Totalitarian Regimes
Nataliia Yuriivna Maksymova
Head of the Coordinating Council of the Committee for Assistance to Human Rights Protection, Professor at the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Doctor of Psychological Sciences
Tamara Vasylivna Kushnirova
Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Pedagogy and Personnel Work of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Candidate of Psychological Sciences
From the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine:
Serhii Mykolaiovych Sydorenko
First Deputy Head of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments
Serhii Ivanovych Skokov
Head of the Control and Organisational-Analytical Work Directorate of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments
Petro Volodymyrovych Koliada
Advisor to the Head of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments
Volodymyr Olehovych Martynenko
Specialist of the International and Public Relations Department of the Control and Organisational-Analytical Work Directorate of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments, Secretary of the Initiative Group
The constituent assembly for the purpose of forming the membership of the Public Council under the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine is planned to be held tentatively on 25 January 2011 at 11:00 (the date will be specified further, taking into account the process of reorganising the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments into the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine, in accordance with Presidential Decree of Ukraine No. 1085 of 9 December 2010 “On the Optimisation of the System of Central Executive Authorities”).
The assembly will take place at the premises of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine at the address: 81 Melnykov St., Kyiv.
In accordance with Clause 6 of the “Model Statute on the Public Council under a Ministry, other Central Executive Authority, the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Regional, Kyiv and Sevastopol City, District, and District within Kyiv and Sevastopol State Administration (hereinafter – Model Statute)”, representatives of public, religious, and charitable organisations, trade unions and their associations, creative unions, associations, employers’ organisations, non-state media, and other non-entrepreneurial societies and institutions legalised in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine (hereinafter – civil society institutions) may be elected to the Public Council.
Candidates for participation in the constituent assembly shall send by post or deliver in person to the Administration Office of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine (81 Melnykov St., Kyiv, 04050) the documents specified in Clause 8 of the Model Statute, namely:
1. An application in free form, signed by an authorised person of the governing body of the civil society institution;
2. A decision of the head of the civil society institution on delegating a representative to participate in the constituent assembly, certified by a seal;
3. A biographical summary of the delegated representative of the civil society institution;
4. Copies of documents confirming the legalisation of the civil society institution;
5. Information on the results of the civil society institution's activities over the last two years.
Receipt of applications from representatives of civil society institutions for participation in the constituent assembly will be carried out until 14 January 2011 inclusive (until 16:45).
The list of participants in the constituent assembly will include representatives of civil society institutions whose documents, submitted for participation in the Public Council, meet the established requirements.
Contact details of the secretary of the initiative working group:
Volodymyr Olehovych Martynenko
Tel. (044) 4810566; (044) 2073436
Email address: [email protected]