Ukrainian authorities count on successful registration of public associations in view of simplified procedure
The administration of the Ukrainian president hopes that the number of public organizations will grow in the country with the entry into force of the law on public associations.
"The simplification of the procedure for the registration of public associations, the expansion of their activities, and the simplification of the procedure for the termination of public associations give us reason to hope that the number of public organizations will grow, and that their activity will expand throughout Ukraine," an advisor to the Ukrainian president and the head of the main department for the constitutional and legal modernization of the presidential administration, Maryna Stavniychuk, said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
She said that from January 1, 2013, when the law came into force, to January 14, 2013, one public organization was registered under a new law in Kirovohrad region and one organization in Kyiv. Stavniychuk noted that the registration of these organizations took seven days and three days respectively, that is, in accordance with the law.
As reported, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, adopted the law on public associations on March 22, 2012. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed the law on April 13.
The law widens the term "public associations" – associations of individuals, public unions, and unions of private legal entities, by also allowing individuals to be its members. According to the law, the registration of public associations must be conducted within seven days.
The law also foresees public associations having the status of legal entities being permitted to carry out entrepreneurial activity directly if this helps to achieve the goals of the association.
The law allows the public associations to participate in the work of consultative, deliberative and other subsidiary bodies created by the state and local government bodies.