Online legal advice is now available to residents of Chernihiv region

On January 23, 2014, the first meeting of the Remote Point for Providing Legal Consultations was held in the premises of the Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library named after V.G. Korolenko.

The pilot session was attended by Volodymyr Bobruyko, Deputy Head of the Main Department of Justice in Chernihiv Region, Igor Puzan, Head of the Department of Land Management and Land Protection of the Main Department of the State Land Agency in Chernihiv Region, Svitlana Gretska, Head of the Department of Personalized Accounting and Control over the Appointment and Payment of Pensions of the Department of Social Protection of the Population of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, and Nataliya Piddubna, Lawyer of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights.

At the appointed time, 4 district and two city (Nizhyn and Pryluky) libraries were connected to the video link. In total, representatives of government agencies and lawyers provided 11 consultations related to the registration of ownership of a house or land plot, transfer of ownership, donation of land plot, collection of debt for utility services, crediting insurance experience upon retirement, and others.

Chernihiv region is one of eight regions where the all-Ukrainian project has started. It involves the creation of remote consultation points in regional centers, which will operate on the basis of regional libraries. Residents of the districts will be able to receive free legal assistance using computers connected to the Internet in local libraries. It is the local libraries that have the necessary equipment for video link that have become access points to the consultation points.

Specialists from the Main Department of Justice in Chernihiv Oblast, the Main Department of the State Land Agency in Chernihiv Oblast, the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Chernihiv Oblast, and the Department of Social Protection of the Population of the Chernihiv Oblast State Administration are also involved in such interactive communication, since most of the citizens’ appeals concern their competence.

The Remote Advisory Point will operate continuously on the basis of the Chernihiv Oblast Universal Scientific Library named after V.G. Korolenko every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, starting from January 23, 2014 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

The next session of the Remote Advisory Point will be held on February 13, 2014 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

To receive free legal advice at the appointed time, residents of the Chernihiv region can contact local libraries in

Bakhmach, Varva, Gorodna, Kozeltsa, Novgorod-Siverskyi, Sosnytsia, Nizhyn and Pryluky

and receive consultations in video mode.

The remote consultation point was created by the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights with the assistance of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration and the All-Ukrainian Coalition for the Provision of Legal Aid.