| Lawmaking: Public Participation in the Legislative Process (2008) |
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 Prepared by PDP Citizen Access Activity Manager Yuriy Shkarlat and colleagues from Laboratory for Legislative Initiatives has been printed and is ready for dissemination to the Verkhovna Rada and Ukrainian Civil Society Organizations.The Manual Citizen’s Access to the Legislative Process (Lawmaking series “Public Participation in the Legislative Process”) first presents the theoretical and legal principles for cooperation between legislators with civil society. The following two sections cover in more detail the forms of participation for citizens in the legislative process and the legal regulation of citizen participation in the legislative process. Copies of the Manual are available in PDF format (available only in Ukrainian) and hard copies can be requested from PDP at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE. THEORETICAL AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE PUBLIC Introduction………….6 Section 1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: ANALYSIS OF CONCEPTS AND PRIMARY FORMS……………..8
Section II. LEGAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN UKRAINE: STATUS, PROBLEMS, AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ..37 А. Legal Basis for Direct Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process …37 B. Regulatory Foundation for Mediated Public Participation in the Legislative Process ..39 CONCLUSIONS……………..54
PART TWO: INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES OF THE UKRAINIAN VERKHOVNA RADA Introduction ……58 Section 1. Publishing House and Print Media Established by the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada..60 Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Publishing House (Verkhovna Rada Printing Office)……..60 Verkhovna Rada Newspaper “Voice of Ukraine”……..63 Journal “Viche”……..70 Section II. DEPARTMENTS OF THE UKRAINIAN VERKHOVNA RADA SECRETARIAT RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES ……….74 Television and Radio Program Division……….74 Official Website of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada www.rada.gov.ua (software and technological support provided by the Computer Systems Department of the Verkhovna Rada Secretariat)…76 Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada Secretariat…85 Press-service ….86 Section III. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATURE-PUBLIC COOPERATION IN SELECT COUNTRIES WITH PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT………89
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American Councils for International Education presents a professional exchange program – Legislative Fellows Program (LFP), funded by the US Department of State, coordinated by American Councils for International Education, which is the official program coordinator in Ukraine.
