On April 19-21, 2016, with the support of the project Quality and Accessible Legal Aid in Ukraine took place a mission of Canadian experts of Legal Aid Ontario, in the framework of which a number of meetings and expert discussions with the representatives of the legal aid system team, the Coordination Centre and Secondary Legal Aid Centres, took place.
Representatives of the free legal aid system in Ukraine study the experience of Dutch colleagues in providing legal aid to population, in particular, the use of innovative methods and technologies in ensuring access to legal aid, the organization of work of the Legal Aid Bureau at the local level and the provision of quality legal aid at all levels.
The results of the second stage of the competition “Integration of Primary and Secondary Legal Aid at the Level of Territorial Communities”, conducted by Quality and Accessible Legal Aid in Ukraine Project jointly with the International Renaissance Foundation under the auspices of the Coordination Center for Legal Aid Provision, were summed up.
Competition for filling the vacancies of “communications specialists” in the regional FSLA centers was completed. 131 candidates took part in the competition, 47 of them were interviewed via skype. Methodology and tools for selecting candidates were elaborated with the expert support of the QALA Project.
On 14-15 December, with the support of the QALA Project, a two-day training on Legal Aid to Victims of Domestic Violence was held. It is a pilot for developing future training program for defence lawyers.
About 250 proposals were submitted for participation in the competition of projects on “Integration of Primary and Secondary Legal Aid at the Level of Territorial Communities” organized by the Quality and Accessible Legal Aid in Ukraine Project and the International Renaissance Foundation.
Information booklet “What Is Free Secondary Legal Aid and How to Obtain It?” was published with the support of the QALA Project, in the amount of 150 thousand copies.
A three-day training session was held in Kyiv for the heads of departments on FSLA organization of the regional centers and frontline client service sections of local FSLA centers, organized with the support of the Canadian-Ukrainian Quality and Accessible Legal Aid in Ukraine Project and the International Renaissance Foundation.
Prior to the creation of Legal Aid Ontario, what legal aid services were available to vulnerable low-income Ontarians and how did the system gradually evolve? Those unable to afford legal counsel relied primarily on volunteer lawyers offering their services directly, through charities or via their Law Society.
Quality and Accessible Legal Aid in Ukraine Project, implemented by the Canadian Bureau for International Education with the support of the Government of Canada, jointly with the Human Rights and Justice Program Initiative of the International Renaissance Foundation announce a competition of projects on “Integration of Primary and Secondary Legal Aid at the Level of Territorial Communities”.
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