Environmental Public Advocacy Center(EPAC) in Ukraine
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The Environmental Public Advocacy Center (EPAC) in Lviv, is a joint project between EcoPravo-Lviv and the American Bar Association’s Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI). A pilot project of CEELI, which hopes to set up a network of EPACs in Eastern Europe, its principal goals are:
- Environmental Protection. Empowerment of individuals and groups in their relationship with decision-makers, leading to resolution of environmental issues on a higher level.
- Legal Education. Raising the level of environmental and legal culture of citizens and NGOs.
- Public Interest Professionalism. Training a new generation of environmental lawyers, providing a practical education, with a high level of professionalism.
- Promotion of Professional Support. Increased awareness by lawyers and judges of environmental issues and the need for action.
- Networking. Developing a coordinated network of legal professionals and experts throughout Ukraine. Sharing and building upon the experience of EPAC and other related groups.
- Civil Service. Protection of citizens' environmental rights, raising the level of responsibilities of government administrators, increasing the transparency of governmental action.
EPAC’s Services
All EPAC services are offered free of charge and include:
- provision of legal and advisory services to environmental NGOs and citizens
- consultations on legal issues
- representation of citizens' and NGOs' interests in state and prosecutor bodies as well as in courts.
- clinical program: provision of practical legal education to students of the Law Department of Lviv State University, working on issues arising from actual cases under supervision of highly qualified lawyers
- organizing training programs on legal issues, advocacy topics, negotiation and alternative dispute resolution for NGOs, government and professionals such as judges, prosecutors, attorneys and others
- creating a database on the environmental legislation of Ukraine and other countries, establishing a small library
- developing a regional network of legal professionals interested in environmental law and public interest advocacy
- taking part in drafting of new environmental laws and regulations of Ukraine
- providing accurate information on environmental and legal issues.
EPAC has three offices in Ukraine:
EPAC/EcoPravo-Lviv
Svitlana Kravchenko
2 Krushelnitska St.
290000 Lviv, Ukraine
Tel/Fax (380) (322) 72-27-46
E-mail: [email protected]
Unofficial description: http://www.igc.apc.org/elaw/europe/ukraine/ecoprav_lviv.html
EcoPravo-Kyiv
Boris Basylkovsky
P.O. Box 750/6
254060 Kyiv, Ukraine
Tel/Fax: (380) (44) 416-4735
E-mail: [email protected]
EcoPravo-Kharkiv
Sergei Variamov
P.O. Box 2873
310100 Kharkiv, Ukraine
Tel/Fax: (380) (0572) 36-87-54
This article is from the November 1995 issue of
Civil Society ... East and West
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Last updated: March 26 1996
