Civil Network OPORA - Election in Ukraine

25 May 2020

Election Code, decentralization reform, crisis and pandemic: is Ukraine ready for local elections in autumn?

Article Elections

19 May 2020

Піар, клікбейт і «грошовірус». Фейсбук у Львові в часи коронавірусу

Announcement Elections

22 May 2020

Election Marathon "Local Elections: Risk Assessment and List of Solutions"

14 May 2020

Olha Aivazovska on PDF CEE online "Democracy: Can you hear me?"

Personal Democracy Forum CEE is an annual event for citizen, activist, public officers, and civic tech community. This year it`s held online. During PDF CEE online "Democracy: Can you hear me?" participants discuss the interplay between democracy, technology, and society in the context of COVID -19 pandemic and in the future. There will be activists from 14 European countries and USA, public officers, journalists, 1980's Polish democratic opposition activist, academics as speakers. One of the...

14 May 2020

Amendments to the Electoral Code Pose New Challenges for Democratic Elections and for Compliance with the Electoral Process – OPORA

The previous proposals to the Electoral Code include some debatable, or even threatening provisions that require a broad expert and parliamentary discussion. The deputy factions and groups shall work on the basis of transparency and openness, and engage the stakeholders, in order to timely inform about the primary changes to the Code, and avoid any possible risks for democratic elections.

Report Elections

14 May 2020

Analysis of draft amendments to the Election Code from OPORA

The VRU Committee on Organization of State Government, Regional Development, Local Self-Government and Urban Planning has returned to the improvement of the Election Code before 2020 regular local elections.

07 May 2020

Чи є шанс організувати місцеві вибори на Донбасі 25 жовтня 2020 року?

Не зважаючи на підвищення статусу перемовників у Мінську, передумов для проведення виборів на Донбасі станом на сьогодні немає.

06 May 2020

Next week, the Verkhovna Rada Committee will continue developing amendments to the Election Code with the involvement of experts

The Committee on Organization of State Government, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning starts to consider amendments to the Election Code on the next week. Deputy Head of the Servant of the People Oleksandr Korniienko announced this on 6 May briefing.

06 May 2020

19% виборчих дільниць на Миколаївщині недоступні

174 приміщення звичайних виборчих дільниць Миколаївської області є недоступними для людей з інвалідністю та інших маломобільних груп населення. Станом на 1 квітня 2020 року для забезпечення доступності приміщень соціальної сфери в області вже було виділено майже 2 млн грн. Відповідно до Виборчого кодексу всі приміщення дільничних комісій до 2025 року повинні бути облаштовані для безперешкодного доступу для осіб з інвалідністю.

30 April 2020

Efficient Awareness Raising: Reputation, Trust, Creative Formats

After the Revolution of Dignity in 2013-2014, and the flee of the President Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine has had 5 national election campaigns: two presidential campaigns, two parliamentary runs, and local campaigns all over the country. During this “short life” the country has experienced the post-revolutionary political instability, illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, and Russia’s unfolding of the armed conflict in the Donbass against Ukraine that is currently underway.

16 April 2020

OPORA Live: CEC Head on Local Elections Finance, Regional Offices, and Changes to Electoral Code

Ukraine will have to search for its own solutions to organization and conduct of local elections in case of having them under the quarantine, to think up a number of measures intended to minimize the risks, but all of it will bump into finance which resources are largely limited today.

Statement Elections

16 April 2020

2020 roadmap for electoral, referendum and political finance reforms

On December 19, 2019, after eight years of consultations and negotiations between political actors, civil society, and the expert community, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine finally adopted a new election code. The final version of the code largely reflects recommendations proposed by civil society and election experts to ensure human rights and facilitate the political participation of various stakeholder groups, including IDPs and other internally “mobile” groups of citizens, voters with disab...

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