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:

• Alignment of national legislation with the international human rights commitments of Ukraine
• Development of an administrative law and administrative justice system
• Establishment of a free legal aid system
• Legal education improvement
• Promotion of human rights education
• Development of a national prevention mechanism against torture and ill-treatment in Ukraine 
• Combatting organized crime
• Promoting gender equality and combating gender-based violence
• Combating trafficking in human beings
• Combating cybercrime 
• Freedom of the media and the transition to digital broadcasting
• Strengthening 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
• Raising awareness of school children about safe behavior in emergencies
• Strengthening state border security
• Energy efficiency and access to environmental information
• Promotion of environmental education
• Combating environmental crimes at state border
• Adaptation to climate change
• Transboundary sustainable management in the Dniester River basin
• Strengthening good governance through the use of digital administrative services.

Staff composition

The Co-ordinator's office consists of the Co-ordinator, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova of Kazakhstan, 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 18 June 2012, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova of Kazakhstan was appointed OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.