August 2019

Ukraine signs the Singapore Mediation Convention facilitating the implementation of international mediation agreements

Ukraine adopts the best European and worldwide practices on international disputes resolution. On 7 August 2019, together with representatives of 46 countries, Ukraine signed the Singapore Mediation Convention. The simplified procedure for the performance of mediation treaties would facilitate the promotion and inculcation of amicable settlement of international commercial disputes. Implementation of alternative dispute resolution methods in judicial system of Ukraine is expected to have a positive effect on the country’s investment attractiveness and worldwide reputation facilitating the access to justice.

One click for no-queue-and-no-bribe model of e-services with the President's Decree

The government of Ukraine takes another step towards simplification of operations ensuring transparency of work of state registers through the development of modern electronic means. No paper bureaucracy is now at hand with the Decree of the President of Ukraine on e-services. The Decree provides the launch of a single web portal of e-services, where Ukrainians will be able to gain access to information about themselves in state registers and priority e-government services.