On July 16, 2010 in border city Rava-Ruska (Lviv region) was held international seminar-training on the theme: “Branding and promotion of small towns according to the standards of the European Union: experience of the Visegrad Group countries for Ukraine”. The event was held in the framework of the international project, which carried out by Institute of Society Transformation (IST) together with the International Visegrad Fund.

In the article Oleh Soskin, Institute of Society Transformation Director, analyzes the current state and the defects of the tax system of Ukraine, shows dialectic of tax changes in the country since 1992, tdefines the principles and directions of the domestic tax system transformation taking into consideration the necessity of modern, competitive economic model of Ukraine introduction.

In this article Oleh Soskin, Institute of Society Transformation Director, presents the theoretical and methodological substantiation of the essence and specificity of the model of people’s capitalism realization in Ukraine; provedes that exactly this model is the most acceptable for our country in the sense of competitive development of Ukrainian economy providing and the level of citizen welfare increasing; proposes the mechanisms of the model of people’s capitalism implementing in the actual practice of economic transformations in Ukraine.

In this article Oleh Soskin, Institute of Society Transformation Sirector, outlines and analyzes the main vectors of globalization-civilizational changes in the global environment and their impact on the development of national economies, the author presents his own approach to classification and prospects of development of modern civilization, disclosed the nature and Euro-Atlantic civilization brought to its membership of Ukraine, offered practical mechanisms of adaptation of Ukrainian economic development model adaptation to the on-going civilization and global changes in the world dimension.

In this article of Oleh Soskin, Institute of Society Transformation Director, the economic models of development inherent in different socio-economic systems are analyzed; the modern features of economy of Ukraine are output. Nowadays Ukraine develops on three models – state socialism, state-monopoly capitalism and national capitalism. It is proved by the author, that the introduction of national capitalism model to the greatest degree answers national economic interests of Ukraine as European state [Scientific economic journal "Current Economic Issues" №1(103)/2010].

In this article of Oleh Soskin, Institute of Society Transformation Director, theoretical-methodological approach to financial and economic risks analysis at a national level developed by the author is represented; the modern financial and economic risks which have arisen in Ukraine during crisis 2008–2009 years are determined, and also the basic measures of effective national risk-management are offered, activities are proposed which realization at a level of the state will enable to reduce negative influence of financial and economic factors on development of economy of Ukraine.

The process of national and state development is concerned about the formation of national bourgeoisie. If the people don’t realize the need of proper conditions for its development, the society will be never transformed into the valuable nation, and won’t be able to create effective, powerful, and creative state. The problem of national bourgeoisie creation is very critical for Ukraine. Lack of ability of Ukrainian nation to create national bourgeoisie let Ukrainians, who have their own territory, language, culture, traditions, not to create national state and for the last three centuries Ukraine was a colony of different empires. [Analitycal article of Oleh Soskin, Institute of Society Transformation Director].

All-Ukrainian National Assembly of Leaders of Local Communities and Public Organizations apply to Mr. Dick Marty, Chair of the PACE Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe to take under personal control the monitoring process of putting in order Ukrainian election legislation according to the PACE Resolution №1549 (April, 2010).

Participants of the Second All-Ukrainian National Assembly of Leaders of Local Communities and Public Organizations ( March 3, 2010, Kiev) appeal to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich as to the newly elected Head of state, guarantor of Ukraine Constitution observance, man and citizen rights and freedoms, with the demand to pay appropriate heed to the issue of local government reformation in Ukraine and, first of all, the electoral legislation reformation.

The Second All-Ukrainian National Assembly of the Leaders of Local Communities and Public Organizations dedicated to the issues of the election system reformation and self government system reformation in Ukraine were held on March, 3 in Kyiv. The meeting was conducted by Institute of Society Transformation as a coordinator of the All-Ukrainian National Assembly of the Leaders of Local Communities and Public Organizations. Resolution!