On 14 April, Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine will hold a master-class for media focused on the changes in the Ukrainian laws. The need of legislative changes is down to a great number of problems, which benefactors and recipients face. To this end, the Ministry of Culture together with public experts has developed a draft of the Law "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Charity and Charitable Organisations"". The legislative problems will be highlighted at the master-class by the leading law experts and executives of charitable organizations, who have experienced imperfections of the current law.

Participants of the master-class:

-      Anatoliy Zabolotny, Director of Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine
-      Ruslan Kraplich, President of the Ostrozhskys Princes Foundation
-      Aleksandr Vinnikov, Board Chairman of the European Law Network
-      Maksim Latsyba, programs manager of the Ukrainian Centre for Independent Political Research (UCIPR)

Key issues to be discussed at the master-class:

- Why do the injured and the poor have to pay taxes for charitable aid?
- Why can't Ukraine establish the Nobel Foundation?
- What prevents Ukrainians from supporting those, who need help?
- Why do Europeans spend more on charity despite higher taxes?
- Why can't we track how charitable funds were spent?

We invite media representatives to attend the master-class and join the experts to discuss important issues for the Ukrainian charity.

Date and venue:

14 April 2009 11:00 to 14:00

Address: lecture room of Digital Future of Journalism (ground floor), Complex 4 of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 8/5 Voloshskaya st) 

Please get your accreditation by: 502 52 12, 8 050 474 34 42, and ttregobchuk@fdu.org.ua