Representatives of more than 25 public organizations of Volyn expressed their opinions regarding the content of the Declaration of Ethical Principles for the Activities of Civil Society Organizations of Ukraine at a round table on August 20, 2004, at the educational and methodological center of trade unions The round table (by the way, Lutsk became the 19th city where the discussion was held) took place within the framework of the project "Civil Action Network in Ukraine," which is being implemented by the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC/UCAN). During the round table, participants expressed their attitudes toward the Declaration in the context of the problems that exist today in the field of ethics of the third sector's activity. The adoption of a kind of rules of work for the "third sector" is very relevant today. Since simultaneously with the constant growth of public associations, there arises a need to introduce qualitatively new ethical standards in their activities. Representatives of public organizations of Volyn expressed hope that the Declaration will become an effective and efficient code of ethics for the activities of civil society organizations. The final step in introducing ethical principles into the activities of the third sector should be the All-Ukrainian conference "Ethical Guidelines of the Third Sector," which will be held on September 29-30, 2004, in Kyiv. The conference will be dedicated to the final approval and adoption of the text of the Declaration, which will take into account the results of discussions in all regions, as well as to determining the mechanism for joining the Declaration and its further implementation as a practical tool for regulating the activities of organizations. After the final conference, a list of organizations that have joined the Declaration and that took an active part in its creation will be made public. You can view the full text of the proposed changes to the Declaration from representatives of Volyn NGOs at www.etyka.org.ua The organizer of the discussion in Volyn was the Association for the Protection of Youth Rights of Volyn.