Dhrp 2013 report (03.03.2014)

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DEMOCRATIZATION, HUMAN RIGHTSAND CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT

civil society development

• CSO Monitoring Network (27-strong CSO Coalition ) on the Law “On Public Associations” & the Target Programmes on Civil Society Development established & trainedMethodology for monitoring implementation of the Law – developedInfo poster and leaflet “How to register a civic association” developed & distributed

REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT for CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT



• Monitoring the Implementation of Regional Programmes on Civil Society DevelopmentMethodology for monitoring implementation of the Law – developed6 roundtables in target oblasts conducted (oblasts with missing Programmes)

• 2 Regional Programmes on Support the Development of Civil Society were adopted by Regional Councils. - The 2013-2015 Donetsk Regional Programme is allocated a total budget of UAH 2 038 000; - The 2014-2015 Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Programme is allocated a total budget of UAH 850.000.

REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT for CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT



• Monitor the effectiveness of implementation of the public expertise mechanism Analysis of the implementation of public expertise instrument by CSOs and authorities34 in-depth interviews in Lviv – Luhansk – Odessa – Kyiv- trade union; the Media; government official; local self-government body rep; civil society inst-t;- Draft Analytical Report on public expertise implementation practice- Draft proposals on amendments for the CMU Order stipulating the public expertise (WG with the Ministry of Justice)- Launched public expertise of the Lviv Dpt. of Transportation and Communication

GOVERNMENT-CSO DIALOGUE



• Strategic vision of Regional CSO Hubs system developed;

• Call for Interest for the potential Hubs designed and announced;

• 79 applications received (30 for democratization, 8 – human rights, 34 – both democratization and human rights, 7 - undefined);

• 9 CSO hubs focusing their work on human rights (3) and / or democratization (6) selected to cover all territory of Ukraine;

• Organizational Assessment methodology developed with support of international consultants, refined and piloted;

• 8 organizational assessments conducted in collaboration with experts on OD; reports finalized and shared with hubs.

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE SELECTED

REGIONAL CSOs THROUGH INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME



LOCATION OF HUBS IN UKRAINE



• Building sustainable free legal aid system in Ukraine

• collaborative call for proposals in the area of legal aid developed in partnership with IRF;

• 6 CSOs to pilot models of legal aid provision selected;

• Letter of Agreement with Lviv City Council to promote free legal aid by establishing municipal legal aid center in Lviv.

PRIMARY LEGAL AID PROVISION


Corruption prevention

• Anticorruption law package adopted in May 2013 enabling better application of expert assessments of draft laws

• Istanbul Anticorruption Action Plan beginning the third monitoring cycle this year

Background

Anticorruption Expert Assessment

Istanbul Anticorruption Action Plan – Round 3

• Parliamentary Committee expert assessment – incorporated the previously supported methodology.

• 80 drafts analyzed and 25 corruption drafts recommended for amendment

• Preparations for IAAP Progress assessment for 3 round of assessment started

• Civil society producing the shadow report, feeding into the official OECD expert assessment


Innovative practices• Social innovation – approach to

incorporating citizens, clients, government bodies into the design process of services, projects and ways of doing business through collaborative design

Background

One step forward

• Project winner on international contest for human rights – access to information and participatory democracy (July)

• Running the first 3-day Innovation Lab for municipality teams; 3 pilots supported (October)

• Exploring practices and approaches by international innovation opinion leaders, such as MindLab, DK


human rights

SUPPORT TO OMBUDSPERSON

Expand the number of Ombudsperson Regional Representatives (from 4 to 7)

Monitoring the activity of the Office of the Ombudsperson vis-à-vis the 2013-2017 Strategic Plan

Access to Public Information

Enhancing the National Preventive MechanismDevelopment and introduction of the minimal standards of fair treatment of persons housed in places of freedom deprivation in the social sphere

Enhancing the Enabling Environment to Protect the Rights of Roma Communities

Monitoring the situation with the rights enjoyment of the Roma minority to identify areas of improvement and intervention


human rights

INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS

STRATEGIC LITIGATION National Strategic Litigation Platform

7 members| September Ecological Strategic Litigation Platform

22 members| September

Universal Periodic Review6 thematical working groups | Nov – Dec

CEDAWCSO working group (reporting scheduled for 2014)


human rights

WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Developing discrimination monitoring system for the Office of the Ombudsperson

Analytical report “National Discrimination Monitoring Systems: building on international experience” | November

Domestic Violence Prevention• Monitoring field visits to the centers for support to

victims of domestic violence | September • Court practice analysis and training for judiciary |

December


PROJECT – BASED GRANT SUPPORT

($ 120.000)

11 Grant Projects SelectedLOT #1 - 9 CSOs - $11.000LOT# 2 – 2 CSOs – $ 5.000

THEMATIC AREAS

human rights

o Monitoring of torture prevention and other degrading treatment

in penitentiary system

o Monitoring of torture prevention by law enforcement

o Monitoring & advocacy of lawful court decisions on access to

public information

o Monitoring of environmental rights (Aarhus Convention) during

shale gas exploration

o Creation of a unified interactive internet-based platform to

home information of places of deprivation of freedom

o Monitoring of the rights of women with disabilities (ICPRPD)

WEST- 2CENTER – 2SOUTH – 0EAST - 7


PROJECT – BASED GRANT SUPPORT

($ 200.000)

18 Grant Projects SelectedLOT #1 - 15 CSOs - $12.000LOT# 2 – 3 CSOs – $ 4.000

THEMATIC AREAS

democratization

o Public participation in budgetary process

o access to pubic information

o Public monitoring of communal housing infrastructure reform

o Monitoring of adherence to legislation

o Public control of administrative services

o Promotion of local initiative implementation mechanism

o Monitoring of implementation efficiency of tuberculosis control

programme

o Creation of “My House” interactive crowdsourcing programme

o Mock urban planning graphic software

o Public involvement in local decision-making through public

platform of local democracy

o Ensuring local government accountability over local for

implementation of oblast programmes

WEST- 5CENTER – 4SOUTH – 4EAST - 3


OD for Direct Grantees

1 group – grantees who went through the process of OA and already developed own AP

2 group – grantees who didn’t have OA and own AP developed

Both groups went through UNDP OD pre-award self-assessment

Organizations received clear recommendations on OD from DHRP

DHRP helps to develop AP for grantees, provides consultancy and mentoring services during OD AP implementation, helps to find additional funds for AP implementation

Monitoring of OD process: reporting on OD included into narrative report of the grantee.

Documents

Dhrp 2013 report (03.03.2014)