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On July 6-8, the experts of the Institute of World Policy paid a working visit to Prague, the capital of the Czech RepublicDuring the visit IWP’s Director Alyona Getmanchuk, First Deputy Director Sergiy Solodkyy, and Senior Research Fellow Leonid Litra took part in public debates on the situation in Ukraine, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The debates were attended by the representatives of the Czech government and experts from the leading think tanks.
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On July 7, the experts of the Institute of World Policy opened an exhibition of political cartoons devoted to the European integration of Ukraine at the Czech Center Prague.

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Photos: Anna Pleslová
Twenty pictures developed in 2013 by the famous Ukrainian cartoonists under IWP request are depicting crucial spheres which should be reformed. Each cartoon consists of two segments. The first one is about state of affairs in different fields as it was in 2013. The second one is about what Ukraine would like to achieve as a result of the European integration.

‘We are glad to acknowledge that in a year after the Revolution of Dignity some of the pictures appeared to be irrelevant. For example, Ukrainians are proud today by its new police which has been introduced recently’, said Alyona Getmanchuk, IWP Director during the opening of the exhibition in Prague.
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This is a part of a larger set of cartoons (total amount is more than 50 pictures) exhibited outside Ukraine for the first time. Two years ago, the exhibition directed purely at Ukrainian public was displayed at more than 20 cities of Ukraine. During six months, IWP team drove more than 9000 kilometers, visiting thirteen regions of the country.
The initial goal of the project was to remind Ukrainian politicians what state they were promised to build and to remind Ukrainian citizens what country they should demand from the authorities. IWP does not idealize the European Union realizing all the shortcomings and challenges of the European project but there are also lots of positive examples in the EU which could be used by Ukrainians.

The working visit was organized under invitation of Petr Drulák, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and supported by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ukraine.