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251021,
Київ,
Шовковична 12,
Tel: (38-044) 291-55-41, 291-55-41
Fax: 291-54-83
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact Name:
The
Center of Social Expertise and Prognosis (CSEP)
was founded as a department of the National Academy of Science with the purpose
of development and implementation of a social expertise program, creation of a
social rates system and monitoring of various regional and national projects.
Since
inception, the Center has
implemented twelve projects of national and regional levels for the total amount
of US$ 320,000.
The orders of these projects were international organizations such as UNO,
USAID, International Fund �Renaissance �, Fund �Eurasia� and
governmental structures of Ukraine.
The
Center accomplishes projects of scientific research and application-oriented
character, runs a publishing business, conducts marketing research and holds
conferences, seminars and presentations.
The
central strategic purpose of the Center is the establishment of a national board
of experts, monitoring of social development and creation of a social rate
system.
The Center is a leading research public establishment for the problems of
social expertise of national programs and projects.
The mission of the Center consists of establishment of a social rates
system aimed to estimate the quality of social policy of Ukraine.
Highly
qualified specialists work at the Center, among them: sociologists; specialists
of political science; economists; and, philosophers.
There are ten
permanent workers, three of whom hold Ph.Ds.
The Director of the CSEP is Y.Privalov, Ph.D. in Philosophy.
The research advisor of the Center is Doctor of Economy Professor
Y.Sajenko.
The
Center has two regional offices: in Donetsk (the Southeastern region) and in
L�viv (the Western region), in which highly qualified professionals and
watchers hold their activity.
The Center is experienced in effective running of study grants that
provide financial accounting.
The following are among the projects actualized by the Center:
�
�Residence
subsidies program� ordered by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the firm
�PADKO�, under financial support of USAID, total sum of the study grant
amounts to US$ 50,000.
�
Monitoring
of social and labor relations in Ukraine (1997) ordered by MOP and Ministry of
Labor of Ukraine, under financial support of UNO, total sum of the study grant
amounts to US$ 18,000.
�
�Political
elite of the country: problems of local self-government�, ordered by the
Program of Promotion of Ukrainian Parliament and Indiana University (1996-1997),
under financial support of USAID and International fund �Renaissance�, total
sum of the study grant amounts to US$ 8,000.
�
�Social
and psychological influences of the accident on CAPS (Chernobyl Atomic Power
Station) : models of survival�, ordered by the Ministry of States of Emergency
of Ukraine, total sum of financial support amounts to
US$ 70,000.
�
International
conference �Local self government in the present-day political system of
Ukraine and Byelorus�, under financial support of the Fund �Eurasia�, the
total sum of the study grant amounts to US$ 6,000.
According
to results of the research done, the Center has issued the following
publications:
�
monograph
�Chernobyl and the Community� (Edition 1,). K., 1995, (content compiles 8
print pages)
�
monograph
�Chernobyl and the Community� (Edition 2,). K., 1996, (content compiles 9,5
print pages)
�
monograph
�Chernobyl and the Community� (Edition 3,). K., 1997, (content compiles 15
print pages)
�
monograph
�Local Self Government in Ukraine: Problems and Prognosis�. K., 1997,
(content compiles 8,8 print pages)
�
digest
�Local Self Government in Present Day Political System of Ukraine and Byelorus
(reports on international conference)� K., 1997, (content compiles 7 print
pages)
�
digest
�Problems of Small Business in the Agricultural Sector of Ukraine and Byelorus�
K., 1998, ( content compiles 7 print pages)
The
list of the projects implemented by the Center:
1.
�The
Problem of residence subsidies�, ordered by the Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine and the firm PADKO (1995)
2.
�Social
problems of reformation of agrarian relations in Ukraine�, ordered by the
Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Supplies of Ukraine and
IFC (Group of World Bank) (1996)
3.
Project
�Program of social development and social passport issue for the monoblock of
Chernobyl Atomic Power Station (CAPS) - the town of Slavutich�, ordered by
CAPS and local authorities of Slavutich (1996)
4.
Project
�Social problems of the labor market and unemployment in Ukraine�
(1995-1996)
5.
�
Fatalism in post-totalitarian community� (1995-1996)
6.
�Political
elite of the country: problems of local self-government� ordered by the
Program of Promotion of Ukrainian Parliament and Indiana University (1996-1997)
7.
�Social
and psychological influences of the accident on CAPS (Chernobyl Atomic Power
Station) : models of survival�, ordered by the Ministry of States of Emergency
of Ukraine
8.
�Practice
of entering into and effectiveness of collective agreements� force in
Ukraine�, ordered by the Federation of trade unions of Ukraine (1997)
9.
�Monitoring
of social and labor relations in Ukraine�, ordered by MOP and the Ministry of
Labor of Ukraine (1997)
10.
Historical
and cultural memos of national minorities of Ukraine (preparation and
publication of �Dictionary of outstanding historical and cultural memos of
national minorities of Ukraine�), ordered by the Board Council of Ukrainian
Community of Historical and Cultural Memos Protection (1997)
11.
�Kyivites�
public opinion research relating daily living problems of the city and social
positioning of citizens of different layers�, ordered by the municipal Kiev
Executive Committee (1997)
12.
Sociological
research of Ukrainian television broadcasting and radio transmission:
�Television viewer�s and radio listener�s day-book �, ordered by the
firm � Perekhid -media limited� (1997)
13.
Creation
of dataware system to provide population with information of behavior patterns
with radiological active watts (RAW), ordered by �Technocenter� and the
Ministry of States of Emergency of Ukraine. (1997-1998)
14.
�Problems
of functioning of the state service in Ukraine: foreign experience and
substantiation of methods towards modeling of state power mechanism�, ordered
by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (1997-1998)
15.
International
conference �Local self government in the present-day political system of
Ukraine and Byelorus�. Kyiv. (November, 1997)
16.
International
conference �Problems of small business in agricultural sector of Ukraine and
Byelorus�, Kyiv. (March, 1997)
17.
Project
�Shadow economy: social-economical problems unofficial economical activity�
ordered by Freedom House and Harvard Institute for International Development
(1998-2000)
18.
International
conference �Shadow economy: social-economical problems unofficial economical
activity�. Kyiv. (April, 2000).
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