Vasyl Shevchuk
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Vasyl Yakovych Shevchuk was Ukraine’s environment minister
in 1998-2000 and 2002-2003 and a deputy minister of economy
for sustainable development in 1993-1998. Under his leadership, Kyiv hosted the UN
“Environment for Europe” Fifth Ministerial Conference in 2003. Shevchuk also held scientific and advisory positions at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
and at the Parliament of Ukraine
(at the Speaker
’s Secretariat and the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine).
Shevchuk has been the President of Ukraine Nature Conservation Society (UkrTOP)
since 2002 and previously volunteered and served on its Board.
prepared, inter alia, The Foundation of the National Security of Ukraine, The Concept of Sustainable Development of Ukraine, National Report of Ukraine on the Status of Implementation of Agenda 21
for the Sustainable Development Summit in Johannesburg in 2002
.
Professor Shevchuk serves at the National Academy of Sciences as the head of Noosphere
and Harmonious Development
Theories Section and a member of Environment and Sustainable Development Council.
region of Ukraine, to Yakiv (father, 1917–79) and Olha (mother, b.1926) who were farmers. Shevchuk’s wife Oksana Nezhentseva (b.1959) is an economist and their daughter Yulia (b.1983) is a lawyer. Shevchuk graduated as an economist from Kyiv National Economics University in 1975 and defended his doctoral dissertation at the Council on the Productive Forces of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1981. Shevchuk has the title of master of sports in international сheckers
.
Environment ministry
The Ministry of Environment is a high executive official of government in charge of environment and natural resources political.Environment ministry may refer to:* Ministry of Environment...
in 1998-2000 and 2002-2003 and a deputy minister of economy
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Ukraine)
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power in formation and providing realization of state regulatory policy of economic and social development , regulation of price, industrial, investment, external economic...
for sustainable development in 1993-1998. Under his leadership, Kyiv hosted the UN
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe was established in 1947 to encourage economic cooperation among its member states. It is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of United Nations headquarters. It has 56 member states, and reports to the UN Economic and...
“Environment for Europe” Fifth Ministerial Conference in 2003. Shevchuk also held scientific and advisory positions at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine , locally referred by its abbreviation RNBO, is an organizational state body in Ukraine tasked with developing national security policy on domestic and international matters in advising the President of Ukraine .The Council was originally created in...
and at the Parliament of Ukraine
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
(at the Speaker
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The speaker presides over the parliament and its procedures. They are elected by secret ballot from the parliament's deputy ranks...
’s Secretariat and the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine).
Shevchuk has been the President of Ukraine Nature Conservation Society (UkrTOP)
Ukraine Nature Conservation Society
Ukraine Nature Conservation Society is a non-governmental environmental organization, foundation of which was a predecessor of the Khrushchev thaw during his time in Ukraine. In 1967, under the pressure of UkrTOP, the Ukrainian Government founded the State Committee for Nature Protection as a...
since 2002 and previously volunteered and served on its Board.
Public Service and the Academia
Professor Shevchuk is the author of some 150 scientific works, including more than 20 monographs, including Macroeconomic Issues in Sustainable Development, Encyclopedia of Water, Natural Resource Economics, Nature Restoration and Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Economics. He was involved in drafting numerous laws, policy papers and national programs. Under his scientific leadership, the governmentGovernment of Ukraine
Government of Ukraine is often associated with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. However it should be considered that Ukraine is a country under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government...
prepared, inter alia, The Foundation of the National Security of Ukraine, The Concept of Sustainable Development of Ukraine, National Report of Ukraine on the Status of Implementation of Agenda 21
Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is an action plan of the United Nations related to sustainable development and was an outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992...
for the Sustainable Development Summit in Johannesburg in 2002
Earth Summit 2002
The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental...
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Professor Shevchuk serves at the National Academy of Sciences as the head of Noosphere
Noosphere
Noosphere , according to the thought of Vladimir Vernadsky and Teilhard de Chardin, denotes the "sphere of human thought". The word is derived from the Greek νοῦς + σφαῖρα , in lexical analogy to "atmosphere" and "biosphere". Introduced by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1922 in his Cosmogenesis"...
and Harmonious Development
Harmonious society
The construction of a Harmonious Society is a socio-economic vision that is said to be the ultimate end result of Chinese leader Hu Jintao's signature ideology of the Scientific Development Concept. It serves as the ultimate goal for the ruling Communist Party of China along with Xiaokang society,...
Theories Section and a member of Environment and Sustainable Development Council.
Biography
Shevchuk was born on January 19, 1954, in Andriyevychi Village, ZhytomyrZhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on September 22, 1937....
region of Ukraine, to Yakiv (father, 1917–79) and Olha (mother, b.1926) who were farmers. Shevchuk’s wife Oksana Nezhentseva (b.1959) is an economist and their daughter Yulia (b.1983) is a lawyer. Shevchuk graduated as an economist from Kyiv National Economics University in 1975 and defended his doctoral dissertation at the Council on the Productive Forces of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1981. Shevchuk has the title of master of sports in international сheckers
International draughts
International draughts is a board game, one of the variants of draughts. It is played on a 10×10 board with alternatingly dark and light squares, of which only the 50 dark ones are used. There are two players on opposite sides, with 20 pieces each, light for one player and dark for the other...
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