Kyiv, Ukraine, November 26, 2008

My Land:

Mission, Toolkit and Plans

Center for Land Reform Policy in Ukraine

Who we are?

Status: Non-governmental non-for-profit organization (NGO)

Established in 2001 by experts in the field of land relations

Mission: to provide legal, analytical and information support to stakeholders within the course of land reform

Organizational structure

BOARD(Paul van der Molen, Eugene Seredinin, Alex Yanov)

Director(Maks Fedorchenko)

Employees (2)

Members (6 full and 3 honorary)(legal and natural bodies)

Partners(persons, institutions and bodies worldwide)

What we do to meet our mission?

Accumulating, producing, spreading and sharing information

Promoting and presenting ideas Presenting “Ukrainian case” at

international arena Supporting researchers and technical

assistance projects Drafting and commenting laws Consulting stakeholders...

What is in the toolkit? - site

Web-site My Land (www.myland.org.ua)

Reliable comprehensive information on land relations, land reform, land market in Ukrainian and English

What is in the toolkit? - books

10 books

What is in the toolkit? – presentations, reports and comments

Presentations at international conferences (e.g. reports at WPLA UNECE sessions in Bergen and Munich, at Berlin Green Week 2008)

Presentations at local conferences (Kyiv, Lutsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Chernivtsi)

Comments on laws and situations (for national and local media)

Comments on draft laws (for media)

Drafting policy papers (Legal and Institutional Aspects of Agricultural Land market in Ukraine for DUAP)

What is in the toolkit? – research and advice

Center implements donor-funded projects aiming at development of local policies in the field of land administration and spatial planning

Research is done at national level and at local level (Kyiv, Lutsk, Odesa, Kharkiv)

Our experts take part in projects of technical assistance (BVVG GmbH)

What is in the toolkit? – support of legislative activities

Analysis of draft laws compliance with WTO and EU rules and principles (2002-2004, 80 drafts, for Committee on European Integration)

Drafting of Laws on Land Market and Cadastre (2007, working party at the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine)

Drafting of Law on Land Market (2007, working party at Effective Management Fund)

Our plans: plans for us

Short-term: to restore My Land website (75% done) and to secure financial sustainability of the Center (set of manuals on land law, 85% done)

Mid-term: to win the project with Norwegian Cadastre (1 year, 3 Mio NOK)

Long-term: to further promote reputation of the Center in Ukraine and abroad

Our plans: plans for Ukraine

To add elements of transparency, openness and competitiveness into land market functioning

To secure rule of law at the land marketTo support land consolidation, soil

protection and rural development in Ukraine

To promote transparent and effective land resources management

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Visit us at www.myland.org.ua

Or in Office 12 at Narodnogo Opolchennya 3 in Kyiv

Contact us

By phone + 38 044 2751803

By fax + 38 044 2751803

By e-mail: myland@united.net.ua