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LPW Current News/Letter ¹ 34 Winter 2009

10.03.2009
In this issue:

  • LPW Events in Spring 2009. LPW is SEEK Donations for NEW Projects on "Human rights are Women's rights".
  • Overview of LPW corporate events: Xmas Party at the LPW President, presentation of LPW web-site and current projects.
  • Greeting to Hillary Clinton, US State Secretary (can be accessed at http://lpw.org.ua/ua/announces/?pid=561 ).
  • LPW participation in the events on Corporate Social Responsibility: The First Eurasian Summit, meeting of the Working Group on preparing the third International Conference on CSR of Expert Ukraine Magazine, Training Appling the Principles of Green Office in the Organization.
  • LPW publication "Manual on CSR. Fundamentals of corporate social responsibility. Kiev, 2008" accessible at on-line http://lpw.org.ua/ua/publications/?pid=550
  • LPW presentation at the second annual conference Women in Business, Kiev.
  • Our appreciation and gratitude to the LPW members and consultant: Marina Kobalinova (Bila Tserkva), Ludmila Filipovych, Sue Folger, Natalia Martynenko, Olena Lazorenko, Olga Velychko (all - from Kiev), Olga Klymko (Poltava), Volodymyr Ivanov (Kiev).
  • How women can register their membership– individual or associate – in the League or how a man can become an LPW consultant.
  • LPW Board. Contacts.

LPW Events in Spring 2009

  • March 7, at 17. 00 - "Networking Cocktail 50/50" organized by LPW in Kiev for LPW network members and UK-Ukraine Professional Network under British Council. Moderators of the event were Olena Lazorenko and Andrey Chuprikov.


  • LPW is SEEK Donations for NEW Projects on "Human rights are Women`s rights" and Women Leadership in Ukraine. LPW encourages everybody interested in the activity in the projects as experts or sponsors to contact Olena Lazorenko lpw@voliacable.com
  • March – meeting of the Working Group on draft proposal on public-private partnership. LPW welcomes participation of LPW Consulting Group experts and LPW partners. (for more details please go to lpw@voliacable.com)
  • LPW joined the sessions of the UN Global Compact committees of the Media and CSR, Labor rights and CSR in Financial Sector. LPW encourages everybody interested in the activity of the committees to contact us at LPW office e-mail lpw_network@i.ua
  • LPW keeps maintaining the service for LPW members, for more information please go to http://lpw.org.ua/ua/service/ Service for LPW members.
Xmas Party at the LPW President
On Saturday, January 03, 2009 Olena Lazorenko Jr. hosted Xmas party where she treated guests with special Xmas tea, glue wine and home-made cookies.

LPW Presentations of LPW web-site and current projects

February 05, 2009 – Venue: Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. Representatives of foreign and national foundations, scientific and educational establishments, businesses and NGOs attended the presentation of:

  • New LPW web-site http://www.lpw.org.ua/ presented by Olena Lazorenko, LPW President, Candidate of Philosophy, senior scientific researcher of Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. ( presentation in Ukrainian and English is accessible at http://lpw.org.ua/ua/reports/050209/). We appreciate the assistance of LPW partner company ActiveMedia in developing LPW web-site.
  • New USAID funded media project Internews Network’s, Sue Folger, Chief of Party (http://lpw.org.ua/ua/reports/050209/)
  • Prof. Ludmila Filipovich shared her experience of budget traveling to Paris.
LPW representatives took part in the First Eurasian Summit on Corporate Social Responsibility, Kiev

The First Eurasian Summit on Corporate Social Responsibility: strategy and the best practice of sustainable development in Eurasia was organized by the Association of managers, Kommersant- Ukraine and Highest School of Management of St Petersburg State University on January 27, 2009. At the summit there were discussed the specifics of efficient CSR management, development of systemic approach to the introduction of the concept and CSR practice development, creation of tangible competitive advantages of business acquired through CSR, social strategies of business in an unfavorable market environment and CRS prospects. More than 200 representatives of top management of major corporations, international and civic organizations, state power, mass media, experts and science from Russia and Eurasian countries took part in the summit. More information is available at http://www.csrineurasia.com/news,1,14.htm; summit follow-up materials can be obtained from Nadija Shulga (shulga@kommersant.ua).

Meeting of the steering committee of the Third International Conference on CSR of the magazine Expert Ukraine.
The meeting of the steering committee of the Third International Conference on CSR of the magazine Expert Ukraine was held in early February to discuss the agenda, format of the conference and speakers. The conference is to be held on April 29, 2009. Alisa Perkovska, Expert Ukraine informed that participants of the conference will get the second edition of Corporate Social Responsibility of business: experts assessment and practice in Ukraine In Russian), K, 2008. The book consists of three parts, the first being CSR success stories, the second part contains the articles on CSR by Olena Lazorenko, Marina Saprikina, Marina Starodubska, Rodion Kolyshko and CSR experience of Ukrainian and foreign companies (DTEK, ISD, TNK-BP Commerce, Rusal, Microsoft Ukraine, KievStar, British American Tobacco and Ernst &Young (Russia); the third part is dedicated to the evaluation and monitoring of CSR responsibility.

Training "Appling the principles of Green Office in the organization".
February 25, 2009 - participants of the Global Treaty, including LPW members, took part in the training "Appling the principles of Green Office in the organization" held at Kiev Mohyla Academy. The training covered key issues to turn the offices into environmentally friendly businesses and was conducted by Olena Maslukivska, chair of ecology of Kiev Mohyla Academy.

LPW Publication «Manual on CSR. Fundamentals of corporate social responsibility. Kiev, 2008. Full version is available at http://lpw.org.ua/ua/publications/?pid=550
The authors of the book - Ukrainian and American experts and practitioners: Dr Lazorenko, Dr Kolyshko, Ms Kuts, Mr. Letenko, Ms Korshevna, Ms Yaresko, Ms Sevastuk, Ms Topchiy, Ms Saprykina -wanted to provide precise and exhaustive answers to the acute issues on CSR, namely: what is CSR, the advantages of introducing CSR into business practice, the first steps to be undertaken to develop CSR strategy, gender equality and practice of businesses on improving company`s and its environment.

LPW Presentation at the Second Annual International Conference "Women in Business", Kiev.
February 28, 2009 ðîêó – Kiev Resource Center for American Alumni (ACTR/ACCELS) held the second Annual International Conference "Women in Business". Olena Lazorenko, ICC director and LPW President, made a presentation Women Career Development and Social Network: LPW Case.

LPW is grateful to the LPW members for their voluntary activity this winter:

Marina Kobalinova (Bila Tserkva) for administrative support of the presentation on 05.02.09; Ludmila Filipovich and Sue Folger for their presentations on 05.02.09; Natalia Martynenko (Kiev) for preparing grant application on non-profit project; Olena Lazorenko (Kiev) for operational management, fundraising and organizing LPW events; Olga Klymko (Poltava) for developing the vents for the future non-profit project; Vladimir Ivanov (Kiev) for web-service provided by his company ActiveMedia and Olga Velychko (Kiev) for providing accounting services .

How women can register their membership– individual or associate – in the League or how man can become an LPW consultant?

  1. Visit LPW website www.lpw.org.ua/membership, fill out the form and submit it or file a request with your CV at lpw_network@i.ua
  2. Contact one of LPW Board members to set up the date for an interview, discuss membership fee (UAH 50/ E10/$10) and to be mapped into the internal network.
  3. Pay ANNUAL LPW membership fee of 200 UAH ($40) for members, 1200 UAH ($200/E200) for consultants (LPW account ¹ 26002013323541 in Podilsky division, KMF Ukrsocbank ÌÔÎ 322012, Code ÇÊÏÎ is 25194086, noting "Membership fee and your name " on the receipt.
LPW Board members at Large in 2007-2009:

President: Dr. Olena O. Lazorenko: lpw@voliacable.com
Information Network Coordinator & Fundraising : Natalia Martynenko: uupn@ua.fm
Business Committee Coordinator: Natalia Gurieva: natalie_guryeva@yahoo.co.uk
International Affair Coordinator: Sue Folger: suefolger@internews.org
LPW members Coordinator: vacant
Consulting Group Head: Prof. Olena V. Lazorenko: elena.vladim@i.ua
Revision Committee Head: Valentyna Leghka, MBA: vlegka@ufpaa.org

English version editor — Natalia Moroz
Ukrainian version editor — vacant
Project manager — Olena Lazorenko

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