The Government approved the Civil Society Development Concept Paper in November 21, 2007. This document can be said to be a basis for how the SCMU and other government authorities should set up a system for planned communication with the civil society. The concept paper is also a basis for future laws regulating the relation between government and civil society. The idea of formulating such a document was introduced by the project during Phase 1.

This process started with the study visit in Estonia June 2006, when the Ukrainian delegation studied the work in this field in Estonia, the so called EKAK-process, where the result was a Society Development Concept Paper.

Based on these experiences, a number of related documents translated into Ukrainian and support by GR on definitions and concepts, the SCMU in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice has elaborated a Ukrainian Civil Society Concept Paper.

The document was formulated by the SCMU in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and Global Reporting during Phase II. The person responsible for this process at the Ministry of Justice, Iryna Chipenko, also participated in the study visit to Estonia.

The document exists only in UKrainian.