Dennis Bazilevych
Ukraine
Dennis has been working as Executive Relations Manager for the Parliamentary Development Program in Kyiv since 2008. As principle liaison for the project, he is responsible for developing strategies and mechanisms for improved legislative development based on research, analysis and public input. His further duties are assistance in the coordination and management of the executive branch participation in the activities of policy development working group and participates in the introduction and management of an internship program in executive offices.
Further, Dennis is founder and director or the Professional Lobbying and Advocacy Institute, a non-governmenal and non-profit organization. The mission of the organization is to separate out legitimate from corrupt influences on the formation and realization of state policies through support of bringing about a legal definition and strengthening instituting lobbying in Ukraine. To achieve this, the purpose of the Institute is to encourage the heightening of society’s understanding of the role and function of lobbying and advocacy in governmental administrations and in their effective utilization in solving significant socio-economic problems as well as creating an academic forum for conducting a professional discussion about the possibilities of such activity in Ukraine.
You can find more information about the Professional Lobbying and Advocacy institute here.