On June 9, 2026, the V.M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine held a regular meeting of the Working Group of the project "Sports Law of Ukraine", dedicated to the current issues of regulatory and legal regulation of the activities of children's and youth sports schools in Ukraine.

The event was attended by scientists, practicing lawyers, representatives of the sports industry and heads of sports institutions. During the meeting, reports were made by the director of the Ring Youth Sports School in Kyiv Olesya Klyuchka and the director of the Atlet Youth Sports School in Kyiv Dmytro Pavlenko, who shared their practical experience in the functioning of sports schools and outlined the main challenges that institutions face in modern conditions.

The participants discussed the issues of improving the regulatory and legal support for the activities of children's and youth sports schools, the prospects for the development of the athlete training system, as well as possible areas of further work on improving legislation in the field of sports.

During the discussion, Yevhenii Promsky drew attention to the conceptual changes provided for by the draft Law of Ukraine “On Sports”, which may significantly affect the activities of children's and youth sports schools and their financing mechanisms.

According to him, the sports industry is in the stage of transformation, and future legislative changes will require sports institutions to have greater organizational and financial capacity. In this context, those institutions that are already preparing for new operating conditions today will have a special advantage.

Yevhenii Promsky emphasized the importance of conducting a legal assessment of the activities of sports schools, analyzing the compliance of their work with future legislative requirements, as well as developing competencies in attracting grant funding and other alternative sources of support.

Summing up the discussion, the participants noted the importance of timely preparation of sports institutions for future legislative changes and the need to further improve regulatory and legal regulation in the field of children's and youth sports. The proposals developed during the meeting will become the basis for the further work of the Working Group on the development of sports legislation in Ukraine.