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National Competition of Journalistic Publications on the Land
Reform Issues "My Land" in Ukraine
NEWS RELEASE
Kyiv, Ukraine
January 10, 2003
Dear Colleagues:
The Center for Land Reform Policy in Ukraine would like to inform
about a press-conference to start a National Competition of Journalistic
Publications on the Land Reform Issues "My Land" in Ukraine that will
be held on January 13, 2003 at the World Bank's office in Ukraine
(Lysenka str. 2, Kyiv) at 11.00 a.m.
There are to be announced topics of nominations, time framework,
procedures for publication submission, etc.
Competition is organized by the Center for Land Reform Policy in
Ukraine under financial support from International Renaissance
Foundation and Eurasia Foundation.
The competition is supported by the Cabinet of Ministers, State
Committee on Land Resources, Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Parliament
of Ukraine, Ukrainian mass media, NGOs and international organizations.
The speakers on the press-conference will be: the chairmen of the
Ukrainian Parliamentarian Committees, members of the Cabinet of
Ministers, top officials of the State Committee for Land Resources and
Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences,
the World Bank, International Renaissance Foundation, Eurasia
Foundation, representatives of sponsor and partner organizations taking
part in the project.
Sponsors of the nominations are the World Bank, Insurance Company
"Lemma", International Law Company "Eurolawyer", "ILC- Ukraine",
"ECOMM Co", Agribusiness Development Project of IFC, Ukrainian
Agrobusiness Magazine "Agropropozitsiya" etc.
Grand prize is provided by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany in Ukraine.
Center for Land Reform Policy In Ukraine
Natalya Korchakova, Director
12, Muzeyniy Lane, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
380 44 293 5301, 380 44 293 4865
myland@iatp.kiev.ua, www.myland.org.ua
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NOTE: ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS) found the
following news release from July 1, 2001 on the Center's website,
www.myland.org.ua which provides additional information about the
program:
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Press-release of the Center for Land Reform Policy in Ukraine dated
July 1, 2001
The Center for Land Reform Policy in Ukraine is Preparing a Project of
Organizing a National Competition of Journalist Publications on the Land
Reform "My Land"
The competition is aimed at:
attracting attention of the Ukrainian society and journalist community to
the issues of the land reform;
contributing to the development of open and constructive dialogue
between state institutions, journalist community and civil society;
upgrading the high professional skills of journalist covering land reform in
Ukraine.
It is planned that the national competition of journalist publications will
be accompanied by the following events:
a series of national and regional seminars for journalists. The leading
officials of the relevant state institutions and independant experts will be
presentors at the seminars. The goal of the seminars is to increase the
knowledge of journalists about land reform, the functions of various
state institutions related to its implementation and provide them with
professional terminology.
Publication and dissemination the manual for journalists which will
contain comprehensive information on the state institutions responsible
of informing the public and mass media on the land reform.
Development the competition's web-page which will be hosted at the
Center's web-site and will serve as a forum for public discussion of the
journalist publications and competition progress.
The Project will be implemented under the patronage of the State
Committee for the Land Resources of Ukraine. It is expected that the
leading experts of the Ministry of Agricultural Policy, the Commission
for the Agrarian Policy of the President of Ukraine, parliamentary
committees on the issues of the agrarian policy and land relations,
freedom of speech and information, the Academy of the Ukrainian
media, journalist associations, mass media, Ukrainian and international
organizations.
The Center for Land Reform Policy in Ukraine would like to address all
interested parties with the request to provide an assistance to the Project
and will highly appreciate any proposals regarding the competition jury
and nominations. It is expected that the renowned public figures,
politicians, journalists, officials and representatives of the international
organizations will form the jury.
Organizer: The Center for the Land Reform Policy in Ukraine is the Kyiv
city non-governmental organization providing comprehensive information
about land reform to the Ukrainian society and acting as a forum for the
experts, scholars, think tanks and public organizations involved in the land
reform processes.
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