In September — October 2009 NGO "MAMA-86" organized and conducted a series of seminars — working conferences dedicated to the implementation of the Protocol on Water and Health in Ukraine.

• on September 18 in Feodosia, Crimea,
• on September 24 in Mykolaiv,
• on October 8 in Yaremche, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
• on October 16 in Poltava.

National Working Conference was held on October 27 in Kiev and summarized the regional discussions and reviewed the situation with the Protocol at national level.

National working conference program. (Ukrainian)

Ukraine participated actively in Protocol working on process and it was among first countries that ratified it in 2003. The main objective of the Protocol is to promote at all levels the protection of human health and well-being through improving water management and through preventing, controlling and reducing water-related.

Conferences participants - representatives of different stakeholders groups had the opportunity to discuss the objectives and ways of the Protocol implementation, analyze and present the current situation with the legal framework and water and health issues at local and national levels; prioritize problems and discuss possible targets and actions to address them under the Protocol.

Conferences results were included in the final document - Resolution of the National Working Conference and presented at the third meeting of the Steering Group of senior level at the National policy dialogue on integrated water resources management in Ukraine on October 29, 2009.

Activities went under the logo “Water supply, Sanitation and Hygiene for all in Ukraine!” (WASH) and were supported by the Women for Water Partnership (the Netherlands) and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), with financial support of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment of the Netherlands (VROM) and WSSCC.

Presentations and reports of the participants:

• Larissa Yurchak. “Protocol on Water and Health implementation in Ukraine”. (Ukrainian)
• Andrew Demidenko. “Place of the targets of the Protocol on Water and Health in the national planning system.” (Russian)
• Anna Tsvetkova. “On public participation - the Protocol requirements.” (Ukrainian)
• Michael Horev. “The current state of the country's water resources and implementation of integrated water resources management in Ukraine.” (Ukrainian)
• Mykola Prykhodko. “Rehabilitation of water resources as a strategic direction of water management under the anthropogenic stress and climate change.” (Ukrainian)
• Grygoriy Romanenko. The realities of the water complex functioning in South Podniproov'ya and their negative impact on the quality of water supply and socio-ecological situation in the region.
• Sergey Kapranov. “Assessing the impact of drinking water quality on public health in the socio-hygienic monitoring. Experience of city Alchevsk” (Russian)
• Olesya Zorina. “Key regulatory issues and legislative insurance of drinking water supply in Ukraine.” (Russian)
• Tatiana Gerasimova. “The problems of non-canalized areas of city Sevastopol” (Russian)
• Michailo Myron. “State of water supply and sanitation provision in schools and preschool children's institutions in Ukraine, example Ivano-Frankivsk oblast”. (Ukrainian)
• Jury Gamazin. “Problems of drinking water and health in conditions of extreme weather events.” (Russian)
• Galina Protsiv. “Diseases associated with water factor: the problem of water and health in the Ternopil oblast.” (Ukrainian)
• Antonina Kovalchuk. “Conclusions and recommendations of the seminar in Feodosia.” (Russian)
• Egor Sushevskyy. “Towards an integrated management of water resources.” (Russian)
• Marta Korchemlyuk. “Conclusions and recommendations of the seminar in Yaremche.” (Ukrainian)
• Julia Berezhna. "Conclusions and recommendations of the seminar in Poltava.” (Ukrainian)