A round table "NEW CONSTITUTION - WHY? WHEN? HOW?" is being held in Lutsk, initiated by public organizations united in the Civic Constitutional Committee (Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Institute of Civil Society, Committee of Voters of Ukraine, Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives, Ukrainian Center for the Development of Foreign Economic Relations, Kharkiv Human Rights Group, Center for Political and Legal Reforms, School of Political Analysis).
The organizer of the event is the Lutsk city public organization "Center for Political Analysis and Electoral Consulting".
The round table is being held with the aim of creating conditions for professional discussion of the topic of constitutional reform in Ukraine by politicians, experts and broad circles of the public within the framework of the Civic Constitutional Committee project "Public Participation in the Constitutional Process".
During the round table, issues will be considered concerning the problems of implementing the current Constitution of Ukraine and the possibility of convening a Constitutional Assembly to prepare a new edition of the Constitution of Ukraine for submission for approval by an all-Ukrainian referendum.
Representatives of government bodies, heads of regional and city organizations of political parties, heads of factions in local councils, leaders of public organizations, and media representatives are invited to participate in the event.
The round table will take place on March 13, 2008 (Thursday) in the conference hall of the "Ukraina" hotel at the address: Slovatskoho St., 2 from 14:00 to 17:30. Registration of participants will begin at 13:30.
To participate in the event, please register in advance by 17:00 on March 12, 2008 (Wednesday) by phone: 78-82-89, 8067 332-64-14 or by e-mail: centre_paec@yahoo.com.