Information Notice on Preparing the Constituent Assembly to Form the Membership of the Public Council under the Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in Donetsk Region

INFORMATION NOTICE
on the preparation of the constituent assembly for the formation of the Public Council under the Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region.
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. An initiative working group for the preparation of the constituent assembly for the formation of the Public Council has been created within the Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region, with the following composition:
From the Public Council under the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments:
Oleksandr Bukalov – Deputy Head of the Public Council under the Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region, Head of the human rights organisation “Donetsk Memorial”

From the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine:
Mykhailo Matanhin – Head of the Department for Socio-Educational and Psychological Work of the Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region
Iryna Khomutova – Secretary of the Public Council under the Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region
The constituent assembly for the purpose of forming the membership of the Public Council under the Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region is planned to be held tentatively on 1 February 2011 at 14:00 (the date and time will be specified further).
The assembly will take place at the premises of the Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region at the address: 10-A Khodakovsky St., Donetsk.
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 Directorate of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region (10-A Khodakovsky St., Donetsk, 83023) 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 24 January 2011 inclusive (until 18:00).
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.