The Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine implements projects, developed with Ukrainian authorities and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, in the following areas:

• Comprehensive review of human rights legislation
• Assistance to the Supreme Court of Ukraine
• Assistance to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
• Development of administrative law and administrative justice system
• Promotion of new legal education standards
• Eliminating abuse and torture in the penal system
• Combating domestic violence
• Combating trafficking in human beings
• Freedom of the media and media legislation
• Strengthening the election processes in Ukraine
• Development of civil society 
• Improving civil society-local government co-operation
• Retraining of discharged military personnel
• Removal and disposal of dangerous weapons and munitions
• Strengthening security of Ukrainian borders
• Environmental safety of navigation 
• Promotion of environmental education

Staff composition

The Co-ordinator's office consists of the Co-ordinator, Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj of the Slovak Republic, two international staff and approximately fifty locally-recruited staff. The size of the Co-ordinator's international and national expert and technical staff varies depending on the needs of projects.

The Co-ordinator

On 21 April 2008 Ambassador Kopaj was appointed OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.