Questions for the exam

1. Modern constitutionalism and its basic principles, related to the NGOs.

2. Freedom of associations in the contemporary constitutional law.

3. Freedom of expression and its connection with the freedom of associations.

4. Associations and their importance for the modern society and state.

5. Poly-sector model of the society and NGOs’ place in this model.

6. The civil society and the third sector.

7. The definition and the characteristics of the NGO.

8. The history of NGOs in Ukraine.

9. Constitution of Ukraine and NGOs. The Law of Ukraine ‘On Civic Associations’ (1992).

10. The Constitutional Court’s decisions on NGOs in Ukraine.

11. The basics of the constitutional status of NGOs in Ukraine.

12. International acts on NGOs’ activity. EU standards of civil society and NGOs’ activity and support.

13. The European Court of Human Rights’ decisions on NGOs.

14. The implementation of the international standards on NGOs’ activity in Ukraine: the current problems.

15. The constitutional status of NGOs in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

16. The constitutional status of NGOs in the USA.

17. The constitutional status of NGOs in Finland, Czech Republic, Estonia.

You may also receive a question about one of 10 mandatory readings of the course.

Навчальне видання

Мішина Наталя Вікторівна

КОНСТИТУЦІЙНИЙ СТАТУС НЕУРЯДОВИХ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙ

Навчально-методичний посібник з курсу лекцій для студентів та аспірантів Національного університету «Одеська юридична академія», які вивчають юридичні дисципліни англійською мовою

Мішина Н.В. Конституційний статус неурядових організацій: навчально-методичний посібник (англійською мовою) / Н. В. Мішина. – Одеса: Фенікс, 2011. - ____ с.

Автор висловлює щиру подяку Президентові Національного університету «Одеська юридична академія» академіку С.В.Ківалову за організацію вивчення юридичних дисциплін англійською мовою та за публікацію цього навчально-методичного посібника

[1] I would like to thank Dr. Viktor Stepanenko for his invaluable assistance with the research which went into this chapter, as well as for his comments on a draft version of the text.

[2] A total of 26 interviews were conducted, with a particular focus on the leadership of NGOs involved in the policy process and on European donors. The author would like to express her gratitude to ail the interview partners for their time and effort, as well as for the literature they so generously provided.

[3] This is a simplified presentation of the developments. A more thorough treatment would take into account the different experiences not only of the eastern and western Ukraine, but also of sub-regions such as Northern Bukovyna, Transcarpatia and Crimea (sf. Subtelny 1998: 380-482).

[4] For example, a report conducted by three respected Ukrainian NGOs concluded that "NGOs have a rather weak influence on the decision-making and political processes of oblast significance, one of the reasons being the closed character of local authorities and their isolation from any recommendations from the outside." (Ukraina: rik pislia vyboriv 2007).

[5] Since 1995 over 80% of the population has consistently reported not being a member of any civil-society organisation (Counterpart 2006: 32). As the Ukrainian sociologist Viktor Stepanenko (2008) points out, spontaneous actions and initiatives have been an important component of civil society in Ukraine in recent years (pp. 20-21). Nonetheless, he envisages the possibility that NGOs will become a foundation for a culture of more extensive social participation (p. 18).

[6] The new member states evaluated were: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Slovenia.

[7] Stepanenko (2008: 13) interprets this development as evidence of a "conceptual shift" in the NGO community, which resulted from the spread of knowledge and information about the normative functions of civil society. Thus, many organizations began to perceive themselves as defending and lobbying for the interests of certain groups.

[8] These are the Viktor Pinchuk Foundation and the Foundation for the Development of Ukraine. For more information see Hydzik 2006.

[9] For more information on cooperation between civil society and government, see Miznarodnyi tsentr perspektyvnykh doslidzen' (2007), especially pp. 13-24, and (on government cooperation with think tanks) "Ukrainian Think Tanks..." (2007).

[10] For a useful summary of the problems facing think tanks in particular, which are largely applicable to other NGOs as well, see "Non-Governmental Think Tanks..." (2007).

[11] Julie Fisher, "Micropolitics: Third World Development Organizations and the Evolution of Pluralism," paper prepared for the International Symposium on the Nonprofit Sector, Bad Honef, Germany, June 10-13,1987, p. 5.

[12] Shaida A. El Baz, "Historical and Institutional Development of Arab NGOs," paper prepared for the Third Annual International Research Conference on the Nonprofit Sector, Indianapolis, March 15-17,1992.

[13] Michael Cernea, "Nongovernmental Organizations and Local Development," World Bank Discussion Papers, no. 40, Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1988, pp. 18-20.

[14] Barbara Thomas, "Development Through Harambee; Who Wins and Who Loses? Rural Self-Help Projects in Kenya," World Development, Autumn 1987, p. 477.

[15] Brian H. Smith, More Than Altruism: The Politics of Private Foreign Aid, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990, p. 277.

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