The Advisory Group on Trade and Sustainable Development has established, in accordance with Article 299 of the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, on the other hand (hereafter UAA) and consists of independent representative non-governmental organizations, the Advisory Group includes organizations of employers and trade unions, non-governmental organizations and other interested parties. The selection of participants of the Advisory Group was carried out by the Council on Trade and Sustainable Development, established in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated June 13, 2018 No. 478, in accordance with the Basic Criteria and Procedure for the Selection of Independent Representative Non-Governmental Organizations approved at the meeting of the Trade and Sustainable Development September 10, 2018. The general list of independent non-governmental organizations that form the Advisory Group on Trade and Sustainable Development (hereinafter the Advisory Group) was approved by the Council on October 26, 2018, which includes:

Public organization "Bureau of Social and Political Developments"

Association "Transport, forwarding and logistics organizations in Ukraine" Ukrzovnishtrans ": All-Ukrainian NGO" Living Planet "

Within the framework of the project "Social Partnership for Equity", which was implemented with the support of the European Union , the NGO "Bureau of Social and Political Developments" hosted a visit of representatives of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. The delegation included: Raisa Liparteliani, Coordinator of Working Group # 5 of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum "Social and Labor Policy, Social Dialogue" and Nugzar Kokhreidze, co-founder of the Research-Intellectual Club Dialogue of Generations , Coordinator of the Employment Subgroup and counteracting the discrimination of the WG5 National Platform of the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership.

On the first day of their visit, on October 10, delegates took part in parliamentary hearings on "Countering Discrimination Against Women from Vulnerable Social Groups." Parliamentary hearings took place in the Verkhovna Rada's premises, in the plenary session hall, at the parliamentary hearings, the Georgian delegates got acquainted with the Ukrainian daily diary on anti-discrimination.

On the second day, on October 11 in the first day of the day, representatives of the Georgian delegation and the Bureau of Social and Political Developments met with the top-management of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine. The event was attended by specialists of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, representatives of trade union organizations and NGOs from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

On August 23, 2018, the enlarged meeting of the Ukrainian side of the project "Social Partnership for the Eradication of Equality", which was supported by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum in the framework of the 2018 Regeneration Program, was held at Parus BC.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the project's parent organizations, as well as organizations interested in activities, in particular, NGO, governmental and scientific institutions. Also, their recommendations on the project's work were provided by representatives of foreign partners, including the co-founder of NGO Dialog of Generations, Nugzar Kohreydze and the representative of the Armavir Development Center Ani Haratuyunyan. The meeting has coordinating nature, the main goal was to coordinate project activities and to look for development prospects and partnerships with representatives of academic and government institutions.

At the beginning of the meeting, Gennadiy Maksak, coordinator of the Ukrainian National Platform for the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, spoke about the contemporary agenda of the Eastern Partnership Program day and emphasized the importance of implementing projects for the European integration of Ukraine and promoting the "20 expected achievements of the Eastern Partnership until 2020"

Dear colleagues!

First and foremost from the «Bureau of Social and political developments» let me thank you For your cooperation and interest in ours work, in its activities during 2017 our organization focuses on the following areas: Gender equality and non-discrimination, equal opportunities in the labor sphere; Decentralization social services, implementation of integrated models of social services at the level of united territorial communities; Social component concepts of sustainable development, actually behind these three main areas of activity and built annual report. As in the past territory of activity spread not only to the regions of Ukraine, but also to Eastern Partnership countries, in particular, the republic Georgia, Moldova and Armenia.

The mission of our organisation's activities is:

  • Ensuring the principles of social justice and sustainable development of communities by combining civil society organizations and independent experts for the sake of reforming the social sphere of Ukraine.
  • Development of development strategies in all spheres of social policy: social protection, social services, social dialogue, public health.
  • Examination and improvement of the regulatory environment for security effective reforms and the process of European integration.
  • Developing a common vision among civil society organizations working in social, ecological and medical spheres on the directions and results of reform.
  • Providing anti-discrimination and gender equality, working to create in Ukraine society and an environment free from discrimination.
  • Activities to protect the freedom, justice and equality of women and men in the market labor and the protection of their labor and social rights.

On November the 3rd in Kyiv, the conference “Government and Business: Are There Prospects for Introducing Non-Discriminatory Norms in the Labor Market?” took place. During the conference, the participants assessed the prospects for the implementation in Ukraine of six non-discriminatory Directives of the Council of the European Union concerning the gender equality of Ukrainian citizens in access to work and services. These directives envisage compliance with the principle of non-discrimination. For your attention – the Program of the Conference; also, the Resolution was adopted.

Today, more and more is spoken in Ukraine about diversity, and more and more employers tend to create teams of people of diverse backgrounds, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and other manifestations of diversity; but are they included in the workflow as a cohesive whole? This question deals with inclusiveness – creating conditions under which different people are included in the decision-making process and are responsible on an equal basis.

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