Category: Good Governance and the Rule of Law
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Andreas Umland “The Six Futures of Ukraine: Competing Security Scenarios for a European Pivot State”
This presentation outlines six possible scenarios, options, and strategies for the development of Ukraine’s (as well as, to lesser degree, Georgia’s and Moldova’s) security situation, during the coming 5-15 years, i.e. as long as Russia’s current regime is likely to exist. They are: 1) continuation of the current gray zone status of Kyiv, Chisinau and…
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Dr. David Marples “Decommunization in Ukraine: Implementation, Pros, and Cons”
The word ‘Decommunization’ has become a familiar one in Ukrainian society, a means of fulfilling the mandate of the so-called Memory Laws of the spring of 2015, and the program of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR), founded originally in 2006, but organized in its current form as subordinate to the Ukrainian Cabinet of…
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Linda C. Reif “Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (PCHR): Building the Rule of Law, Human Rights and Good Governance?”
Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (PCHR): Building the Rule of Law, Human Rights and Good Governance? Linda C. Reif, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
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Seminar. Ludmila Niemets, Kateryna Sehida, and Sergiy Kostrikov: “GIS-approach in Urban Studies for Democracy Implementation on the Level of Municipalities”
Tuesday, 7 February 2017, University of Alberta This paper proposes the application of GIS technology to problems of political and socioeconomic decision-making at the municipal level. It advances the idea that such technology can significantly enhance democratic decision-making processes. This would more effectively combine practical, environmental, and social considerations for the better governance of urban…
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It Takes a City to Raise a Nation. Moral Learning and Fighting Corruption. The Experience of Lviv and Chernivtsi
Ruud Meij (University of Humanistic Studies in the Netherlands (www.uvh.nl), Nijmegen, The Netherlands) is philosopher and co-founder of Governance & Integrity, an international working consulting company, with activities in the Netherlands, Belgium, the Carribean and Ukraine. Together with his collegue Frans Geraedts he founded G&I Ukraine. He is co-author of Lviv. A City of Paradox (www.lvivbook.com).…
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Bohdan Harasymiw. CORRUPTION – UKRAINE’S ENDURING AFFLICTION
Bohdan Harasymiw Overview Corruption cannot be seen or measured, yet everyone is convinced it is all-pervasive and persistent. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) published by Transparency International is one measure. It is invisible—it cannot be detected, because it is carried out in secret, except after the fact. It seems to be everywhere, but can it…