ANNEXES  //  81 Legislative Support Fund/Programme/Project Region/Country Included work on: Legislation Review Fund OSCE Region • Legal analysis of seven pieces of legislation, including on the independence of the judiciary (Poland and Ukraine), national human rights institutions (Iceland and Bulgaria), freedom of association (Poland), parliamentary oversight (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and political party financing (Spain) – including the first-ever opinions for Iceland, Bulgaria and Spain; • Preparation for a pre-assessment visit for the Opinion on the Law of Ukraine on the Judiciary and Status of Judges and follow-up meetings with national counterparts and key stakeholders on the opinions on parliamentary oversight in Bosnia and Herzegovina and on the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland; • Support and maintenance of co-operation with the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Assembly and Association and the Core Group of Experts on Political Parties; • Advisory research on media coverage of assemblies and on declarations of assets by directors and board members of associations; and • Participation in and co-organization of the ODIHR–Venice Commission Roundtable on Foreign Funding of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Strengthening Democratic Processes and Institutions in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia • Identification, collation and promotion of good practices on key aspects of lawmaking, through organization of a regional roundtable; • Organization of a meeting on transparency and public participation in lawmaking in Georgia; and • Restructuring and updating ODIHR’s legislative database, including its Russian-language interface (www.legislationline.org), providing improved access to national laws and international standards. Migration Fund/Programme/Project Region/Country Included work on: Programme of Assistance for Implementation of OSCE Commitments on Migration and Freedom of Movement OSCE Region • Organization of three regional policy roundtables on the rights and integration of migrants, including good practices for the work of local government in migrant integration and the repatriation of irregular migrants; • Publication of a policy study and development of practical guide on the role of local government in migrant integration; • Delivery of a national training workshop on rights of migrants and integration of migrants in line with OSCE commitments in Ukraine; • Co-organization of a global seminar in Manila with UN and international partners on the development of civil registration legal frameworks to guarantee access to fundamental freedoms including the right to freedom of movement; • Technical assistance to Ukraine to develop robust systems for issuance of travel documents; and • Production and publication of updated statistics on cross-border mobility in the OSCE region.

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