The Ukrainian Bar Association invites interested parties to the presentation of the project results, "Supporting the Reform of the Classificatory and Developing Standards for the Legal Profession" (hereinafter referred to as the Project), implemented by the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) with the support of the USAID Justice for All Program.

• Date: August 30th, 15:00 – 17:00 Kyiv time
  Format: Offline (Hyatt Regency, London Hall, 5 Alla Tarasova St., Kyiv) and Online (Zoom)
  Event Language: Ukrainian | English (simultaneous translation will be provided)

Objectives:

• Overview of a framework for the Project, activities, and initiatives undertaken during the project, and a summary of the key achievements, and challenges.
• Present the developed proposals for reforming the National Classificatory of Occupations pertaining to the legal profession, including detailed explanations of the proposed amendments to the existing Classificatory. 
• Present draft Professional Standards for Judges, Prosecutors, and Legal Advisors and collect feedback.
• Discuss the next steps necessary for comprehensive reform of the legal profession in Ukraine.  

Participants: representatives of the National Qualifications Agency, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, judicial governance and judicial self-governance bodies, judges, prosecutors, representatives of higher education institutions, the legal profession, NGOs, and international technical assistance projects.

AGENDA

14:30 – 15:00. Registration

15:00 – 15:30. Welcoming remarks 

Inna Krushynska, UBA Board Member, Project Expert responsible for preparing the draft Professional Standards for Legal Advisors, Legal Director at Fozzy Group

Dariia Andriunina, Head of Department of Employment, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine (online)

Inna Plakhtii, Member of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine

Taras Mandziy, member of National Qualifications Agency

Oleksiy Bonyuk, head of the Department of Criminal Policy and Protection of investments of the Office of the Prosecutor General

Aksana Filipishyna, head of the Department of Legal Protection of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (online)

Amanda Fagerblom, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Team Lead, Office for Democracy and Governance USAID/Ukraine

David Vaughn, Chief of Party of the USAID Justice for All Activity

15:30 - 15:45. Project Overview

Kateryna Pyshchyk, Ukrainian Bar Association, Project Manager

15:45 - 16:00. Presentation of Proposed Amendments to the Professional Classifier

Andrii Boiko, Chief Expert of the Project, Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Chair of the Sub-Commission on the Specialty "Law" of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

16:00 - 16:30. Overview of Professional Standards

Alla Lesko, Ph.D. in Law, Emeritus Judge, Project Expert responsible for preparing the draft Professional Standards for Judges

Zera Kozlieva, Senior Legal Advisor at Truth Hounds, a former Deputy Head of the Department for Supervision of Criminal Proceedings in Crimes Committed in the Context of Armed Conflict, Project Expert responsible for preparing the draft Professional Standards for Prosecutors

Inna Krushynska, Legal Director at Fozzy Group, UBA Board Member, Project Expert responsible for preparing the draft Professional Standards for Legal Advisors

16:30 - 17:00. Q&A and Roundtable Discussion

17:00 - 17:30. Informal communication of participants over coffee 

Participation in the event is free of charge. REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY.

Materials:

• Proposals to the National Classificatory of Occupations (will be published closer to the event date).
• Draft Professional Standards for Judges (will be published closer to the event date).
• Draft Professional Standards for Prosecutors (will be published closer to the event date).
• Draft Professional Standards for Legal Advisors (will be published closer to the event date).
• Cabinet Resolution No. 373 of May 31, 2017 "On Approval of the Procedure for the Development, Implementation, and Review of Professional Standards": link
• Methodological Recommendations for Developing Professional Standards: link

For additional information about the event, please contact Kateryna Pyshchyk at +38 (096) 742-71-07, or by email at kpyshchyk@uba.ua.

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This event was made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Justice for All Activity.