All professionals and academics listed below have completed the 2022 Full CEE&CA Summer Academy and obtained the CEE&CA Summer Academy diploma, having proved that they have gained a good understanding of human rights in a business context, have knowledge of key BHR standards and approaches, as well as key trends. All experts below, have agreed to be featured as a BHR contact point for their country and assist others who would like to learn about BHR implementation there and/or identify relevant partners to undertake cooperation or gain insight into local situation. Many are also members of the CEE BHR Association.
The page also features civil society organizations and academic centres present in the region that have expertise in the Business & Human Rights area and undertake awareness raising and capacity building activities aimed at helping to operationalise the UNGPs in business day-to-day practice.
CEE&CA Summer Academy DIPLOMA holders / Contact points in the region
Azerbaijan
- Ruhiyya Isayeva: ruhiyya.isayeva@gmail.com; rulexconsulting@gmail.com
Bulgaria
- Olya Peneva: nikollolya@gmail.com
Georgia
- Nanuli Khechikashvili: nana.khechikashvili11@gmail.com
- Akaki Kukhaleishvili: akakukha@gmail.com
Kyrgyz Republic
- Gulnaz Baiturova: Gbaiturova@gmail.com
- Murat Karypov: m.karypov@gmail.com
North Macedonia
- Ana Dangova Hug: ana.dangovahug@gmail.com
Poland
- Sandra Dziel-Latanowicz: sandra.dziel-latanowicz@bnpparibas.pl
- Mariusz Kośla: kosla.mariusz@gmail.com
- Franciszek Nowak: Franciszek.szymon.nowak@gmail.com
Ukraine
- Valeriia Poiedynok: valeriia.poiedynok@knu.ua
- Snizhana Shevchenko: shev.snizhana.v@gmail.com
ORGANIZATIONS WITH BHR expertise (non-profit or academia)
Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Foundation for Business and Human Rights (orig. БФБПЧ – Българска фондация за бизнеса и правата на човека), Bulgaria
Website: https://bfbhr.org/
Contact person: Olya Peneva (e-mail: info[at]bfbhr.org)
Poland
- Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business, Częstochowa/Warsaw, Poland
Website: www.pihrb.org
Contact person: Beata Faracik (beata.faracik[at]pihrb.org)
Ukraine
- International Lab on business and human rights | Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Website: https://nlu.edu.ua/en/training-and-research-centres-and-laboratories/international-laboratory-of-business-and-human-rights/
Contact person: Olena Uvarova (e-mail: o.o.uvarova[at]nlu.edu.ua or uvarova.info[at]gmail.com)
