25 Facts About Vasyl Shevchuk

Vasyl Shevchuk has been the President of Ukraine Nature Conservation Society since 2002 and previously volunteered and served on its Board.

Vasyl Shevchuk was educated at the Kyiv Institute of National Economy, Faculty of Accounting and Economics.

Vasyl Shevchuk graduated from the graduate school of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces of Ukraine ANU.

Vasyl Shevchuk was a leading researcher and head of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

In 1992 -1993 Vasyl Shevchuk worked as a senior consultant of the Economic Service of the President of Ukraine and coordinated the development of investment policy.

Vasyl Shevchuk headed the development and implementation of the economic mechanism of rational use of nature and environmental protection and reproduction of water resources and ecosystems, financial support of nature reserves.

Vasyl Shevchuk provided the development and implementation of the main directions of state policy of Ukraine in the field of environmental protection, use of natural resources and environmental safety.

Vasyl Shevchuk's responsibility was the development of a policy to stimulate investment activity in Ukraine, which made it possible to overcome the recession and restore economic development.

Vasyl Shevchuk provided state regulation of nuclear, radiation and man-made environmental safety; liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster; development and implementation of environmental audit and non-capital modernization of production.

Vasyl Shevchuk founded the National program of ecological rehabilitation of the Dnipro river basin and improvement of drinking water quality and State program for the protection of the Black and Azov seas.

Vasyl Shevchuk headed the delegations of Ukraine at the forums of the IAEA, the UNECE, the Global Environment Facility, which contributed to the growth of support for Ukraine.

Vasyl Shevchuk organized the preparation of materials for meetings of the National Security and Defense Council on important issues, including scientific and technological safety and innovation policy, water safety and drinking water quality, global climate change and national policy in this area, ensuring technogenic and environmental safety, etc.

Vasyl Shevchuk headed the scientific development of the draft Concept of National Security of Ukraine, which was approved by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the Law "On the Fundamentals of National Security of Ukraine" and provided a course for European integration and accession to NATO.

Vasyl Shevchuk initiated the establishment of the Interdepartmental Commission on Scientific and Technological Security under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

Vasyl Shevchuk provided the preparation of the National Report of Ukraine on the state of implementation at the national level of the "Agenda for the XXI Century", participated in the state delegation of Ukraine in the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

From 2002 to 2003 Vasyl Shevchuk was a Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

Vasyl Shevchuk headed the Delegation of Ukraine and the National Organizing Committee of the 5th Pan-European Conference of Ministers "Environment for Europe".

Vasyl Shevchuk ensured the signing and ratification by Ukraine of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which brought Ukraine's economy more than $ 1 billion investment.

On behalf of Ukraine, Vasyl Shevchuk signed the Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians, a number of international conventions and protocols, bilateral interstate agreements with many European countries.

From 2003 to 2006 Vasyl Shevchuk was a Head of the Secretariat of the Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Vasyl Shevchuk was awarded the Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Vasyl Shevchuk is married with Oksana Nezhentseva who is an economist.

Professor Vasyl Shevchuk is the author of more than 200 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.

Vasyl Shevchuk was involved in drafting numerous laws, policy papers and national programs.

Professor Vasyl 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.