The organizational meeting of the initiative group of the representatives of public organizations of Ukraine regarding the establishment of Public Council under the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine was held on the 24th of September in the House of Cinema (Kyiv).
The meeting was attended by 102 representatives of 129 declared ones. Ukrainian Association of Retired Persons (UARP) together with partners like Institute of Financial Technologies and Ukrainian Association of Credit Unions (UACU) were also present at the stated event. The meeting could not be held previously for the last 2 years and finally the Public Council was established Council under the Ministry of Social Policy. It was decided that the Council would consist of those representatives, present at the stated meeting.
Heated debates were caused by the election of the chairman of the Public Council. Three candidates were introduced; one of them recused himself from a case. After a lively discussion the Chairman of the Public Council was introduced. Olexandr P. Ilchuk was appointed to be the Chairman of the Public Council. He is also known to be a representative of Ukrainian Association of Retired Persons.
Our congratulations to Mr. Ilchuk for his appointment!