On May 17, 2007, a presentation of the regional report "Volyn Oblast: A Year After the Elections" took place in the city of Lutsk. \nThe regional monitoring consists of 4 sections: politics and government; civil society; mass media; business climate. The report reflects events and facts that took place in Volyn Oblast during the period after the 2006 elections through March 2007. \nThe monitoring was prepared on the basis of information obtained from official sources, namely: print media, online publications, online representations of government bodies, reference books, and results of sociological surveys. \nThe organizers of this event and the authors of the regional monitoring were experts from the Center for Political Analysis and Electoral Consulting (Lutsk). \nThis event was held within the framework of the project "Ukraine: A Year After the Elections. Monitoring of Regions," conducted by the Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives, the OPORA Civil Network, and the Committee of Voters of Ukraine, with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation. \nRepresentatives of government bodies and local self-government, people's deputies of Ukraine, leaders of political parties and public organizations of the oblast, experts, and media representatives were invited to participate in the presentation of the monitoring and discussion of the report's results.