By the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Additional Measures to Ensure Public Participation in the Formation and Implementation of State Policy" No. 1302 of November 26, 2009, new approaches were introduced regarding the procedure for the establishment and operation of public councils under executive authorities. At the same time, the innovations introduced by this regulatory legal act were not accepted by the public.
Numerous appeals from representatives of citizens' associations were received by the Government with proposals to repeal the said regulatory legal act (including from AMoRe -http://www.invest-ua.com/news.php?lang=ukr&nid=4411).
Taking into account the proposals of the public, Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Semynozhenko instructed the Ministry of Justice to consider the issue of ways to improve the legal regulation of the activities of public councils established under executive authorities. To this end, a draft of the corresponding decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will be developed and subjected to public discussion. The draft must be submitted to the Government for consideration by June 1, 2010.
Public councils are established under executive authorities to ensure the effective participation of citizens and their associations in the management of state affairs and the exercise of public control over the activities of executive authorities. The work of public councils is aimed at ensuring openness and transparency in the activities of executive authorities and promoting the development of civil society.