On February 12, 2021, with the assistance of the project “Protecting national minorities, including Roma, and minority languages in Ukraine”, the Council of Representatives of Indigenous Associations of National Minorities of Ukraine under the Ministry of Education and Science had an online meeting with representatives of the Verkhovna Rada on human rights, deoccupation and reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, national minorities and interethnic relations of the Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights Office. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, the Department of Teaching Languages ​​of National Minorities and Foreign Literature.

The main issue for discussion was the realization of the right for education in the native language, the study of the native language, the study of the state language. Issues of consultation and participation in decision-making of national communities. Issues of legislative regulation and implementation of state policy to ensure the rights of national minorities.

Representatives of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights and National Minorities and International Relations informed the participants of the meeting about the Committee's work on the draft law "On National Minorities in Ukraine", as well as planned consultations with representatives of national minorities, monitoring visits to various regions of Ukraine.

The participants of the meeting noted that uniting around the issue of ensuring the rights and freedoms of national communities is currently an extremely important and topical issue. The participants of the event offered to expand the range of issues and participants of the victorious meetings for future cooperation.

The Council of Europe project “Protecting national minorities, including Roma, and minority languages in Ukraine” - Phase II is being implemented as part of the realization of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine for 2018-2022. The meeting was facilitated by the project.