Russian
Foundation for Legal Reform
Russian
Foundation for Legal Reform (RFLR) is a government/public non-profit
organization created to provide comprehensive assistance in legal system
reformation to institutions of state and local governing, public organizations.
Functions
Improvement
of Russian legal system is a complex and multilevel task. It is being solicited
by power authorities, NGOs, charity, science, educational and remedial
organizations. RFLR promotes the coordination of activities among the
above-mentioned organizations, fund-raising activities and effective management
of the funds provided for specific projects for development of legal system.
Founders
RFLR
was founded in April 1996 according to President Decree No.81 of 22.02.1996. The
founders were Administration of the President of Russian Federation, Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Justice, Federal Commission on securities and stock market
of RF Federal Government, Russian Academy of Science.
Projects
and Programs
Legal
Reform Project
has been executed since September 1996 and is aimed on
improvement of Russian legal system in the terms of approaching to market
economy and legal society. The project includes activities on establishing
viable mechanisms promoting increase in the quality of the federal and regional
laws being developed, creating citizen's legal culture, improvement of the
system of creation and dissemination of legal information, professional
education of judges, legal education in middle-schools, reforming of high-school
legal education.
TACIS
Project EDRUS 9607
"Strengthening
of Legal Society and Legal Education in the Terms of Market Economy" is
carried out since January 1998 conjointly with the "High School of
Economics" State University.
RFLR
programs in Primorsky region
1998
- Victor Serdyuk (Lesozavodsk) and Svetlana Gosteva (Artyomovskiy) completed
training by "Legal Education in School" Program
2000
- Natalia Vitkovskaya (FECEE Director) took part in "Problems of Legal
Education in General Educational Institutions" conference, which was held
in Moscow by the initiative of Administration of the President, Ministry of
Education, Ministry of Justice and Russian Foundation for Legal Reforms.
You
can find more about Russian Foundation for Legal Reform at RFLR website:
www.rflr.ru
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