On 25-27 November 2007, the Council of Europe INGO Conference, the Agency for Legislative Initiatives, and the International Renaissance Foundation organizes the Second Regional NGO Congress in Kyiv (Ukraine). The Congress aims at providing a platform for the leading NGO representatives to discuss the role of their organisations in the development and consolidation of democracy, as well as to look into the possibilities and prospects of cooperation and to prepare recommendations for the activities of NGOs in their region.
It is expected that the three-day Kyiv Regional NGO Congress will be attended by 160 participants, including NGO leaders from Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, the Baltic States, and Slovakia, as well as representatives of the Council of Europe, the international experts and the media. The Congress will focus on two main topics:
- The Role of NGOs in the Development and Consolidation of Democracy; and
- NGO Regional Cooperation: Problems and Prospects.