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The Institute of World Policy has presented results of the unique survey on how the citizens of 8 EU member states perceive the Russia-Ukraine conflict.To download the publication click here.
Before the presentation, Alyona Getmanchuk, the Director of the Institute of World Policy emphasized importance of the survey that had been conducted in eight EU countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands.

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She mentioned that according to results of the survey conducted in June, the main association that citizens of the European Union had with Ukraine was war or military conflict. That is why the IWP decided to conduct the second part of the survey, with clarifying questions.
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Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director of IWP, presented the results of the survey.
You can download the presentation here
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After the presentation of the survey, discussion has been held, moderated by Sergiy Solodkyy, the First Deputy Director of the IWP.
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Andreas von Beckerath, Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine, Mariana Betsa, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Dr. André Härtel, DAAD Associate Professor for “German and European Studies” and Edmond Huet, French military expert, took part in the discussion.
The main theses of Andreas von Beckerath’s speech:
“The people and the Government of Ukraine are focused on integration into the European Union. That is an important fact for every Swede. However, the survey showed that every third Swede is against Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. Those people, who claimed that Ukraine cannot join the EU, believe that Ukraine is not able to maintain the rule of law. This notion is also supported by the fact that corruption is a major association with Ukraine in Sweden. Still, it is important to understand that the people of Ukraine also demand establishment of the rule of law. During the period of Maidan, the people have demonstrated their readiness for changes.”
“Last year, when the Marshall Fund conducted a survey on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, they have found out that 70% of Swedes believe that the Swedish Government should support Ukraine’s integration, despite Russia’s position.”
“Ukraine has fulfilled almost all association conditions; however, the main objective is to focus on the reforms, since they are of the most importance.”
The main theses of Mariana Betsa’s speech:
“Today, everyone understands that Russia’s actions are a direct aggression against Ukraine. All of our international partners stand with us. However, we should not forget a very powerful tool employed by Russia, which is propaganda. It is important for the Government to work with civil society, not only in Ukraine, but also abroad. Through image-building projects and communication strategy, we might overcome the Russian propaganda. We hope that it will affect the public opinion in other countries.”
“We know that everything depends on the reform process and its effectiveness, in the context of both integration into the European Union and adapting Ukrainian institutions to the European standards.”
The main theses of Dr. André Härtel’s speech:
“The Germans have more negative associations with Ukraine, and the main one of them is the war. The main reason for that is the Germans’ fear of the military conflict, regardless of its scale and location. Germans approach the issues of military crisis, military alliances and arms supplies cautiously. Those measures are not popular among the German people. The economic support of Ukraine is more important for them.”
“The main issue is that the Germans perceive Ukraine through the prism of Russian propaganda. Most of them believe that the two countries belong to the same cultural space, which is why the Germans do no support Ukraine’s membership in the EU.”
“The rule of law is even more important for the Germans than for the Swedes, and this is the main European value for them.”
The main theses of Edmond Huet’s speech:
“Nowadays, France is a battlefield for the large-scale and efficient propaganda war. Russia has formed a clear platform for information warfare, beginning with the Mistral helicarriers incident.”
“The lack of information is enormous. It even started to affect the Ukrainian Diaspora; only those who are interested in information are not subjected to the influence of propaganda. The pseudo-journalists, who had allegedly visited Donbas, write publications and feed fake information through TV channels.”
“The new ambassador of Ukraine to France works much better than his predecessor. However, many French media are already on Russia’s side. As for the private channels, they even have long-term contracts with Russian companies.”
“Particularly egregious example is the MH17 incident; when I was asked to provide a comment regarding Russia’s involvement, they’ve sent me the draft of “my” speech beforehand. There is a complete information blockade. France is the most misinformed country. The messages are disconnected from reality.”
“Sometimes, we hear about members of French Parliament visiting Crimea occupied by Russia. French politicians do not adhere to obligatory international norms. Trying to improve their image, the old politicians attempt to appease their voters. Same activity had been previously employed by the Communist Party of France for the benefit of the Soviet Union.”
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A significant number of Ukrainian and international experts and diplomats had also participated in the discussion.
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Mr. Iago Gil Aguado , Deputy Head of Mission of the Spanish Embassy to Ukraine, and Leonid Litra , senior analyst at the IWP.
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Marius Janukonis, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine, and Dr. André Härtel, DAAD Associate Professor for “German and European Studies”
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Pavel Buchek, Deputy Head of Mission of the Czech Republic Embassy to Ukraine, and Andreas von Beckerath, Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine
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Tsuyoshi Goroku, Japanese researcher, and Oleksandr Hara, expert of the “Maidan of Foreing Affairs”
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Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of Institute of World Policy, and Mariana Betsa, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson.
This survey continues the IWP’s sociological research on the perception of Ukraine in the EU. In June, first data of that research had been presented, the results of opinion polls conducted in six most populated countries of the EU: Spain, Italy, Poland, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Those opinion polls had been conducted by the TNS company on request of the Institute of World Policy within the framework of the “New European Policy: Filling the Awareness Gap” project supported by “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” (UNITER) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact Inc.

IWP launches a new initiative – the analysis of the events in Ukraine’s foreign policy not only by the experts, but also with help of the caricaturist’ pictures.Today we present to your attention the artwork of the famous cartoonist Oleg Smal, which concerns the scandalous situation around the Attorney General, who slows down the visa-free dialogue between Ukraine and the EU.
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On the 22d of October the Institute of World Policy held the discussion “How EU helps Ukraine to reform its security sector”.During the discussion Kateryna Zarembo , Deputy Director of the Institute of World Policy, presented the policy brief “EUAM’s First Year: Ambitions vs Reality”
Invited speakers:
Mizsei Kalman – Head of the EUAM (The European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform) in Ukraine and Oleksandr Lytvynenko – Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council and Defense of Ukraine
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Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director of the Institute of World Policy
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Mizsei Kalman – Head of the EUAM
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Oleksandr Lytvynenko – Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council and Defense of Ukraine
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They had an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the discussion.

Institute of World Policy in partnership with the ICEUR-Vienna organized a public discussion “European Ukraine: Real Prospects, Real Problems” dedicated to Ukraine’s progress in reforms.This event was an attempt at stimulating public discussion on the role and dynamic of post-Maidan Ukraine within a wider Europe against the backdrop of recent events (refugee and debt crisis, Russian involvement in Syria, agreement on Iranian nuclear programs).

Opening remarks: Alyona Getmanchuk, Director, Institute of World Policy

Panelists:
Oleh Rybachuk, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine on European Integration, Director of “Centre UA”
Vadym Miskyi, Expert of the Reanimation Package of Reforms
Dr. Erhard Busek, Former Vice Chancellor of Austria
Dr. Heidemaria Gürer, Head, Department for Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Eastern Partnership, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

Moderation:
Hans-Georg Heinrich, Vice President, ICEUR-Vienna
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Dr. Erhard Busek, Former Vice Chancellor of Austria, Oleh Rybachuk, Director of “Centre UA”, Dr. Heidemaria Gürer, Head of the Department for Eastern Europe of Austrian MFA, Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the Institute of World Policy
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Main remarks made by Dr. Erhard Busek, Former Vice Chancellor of Austria
Now the refugee question has primary consideration but this is not justified, because concerning the shape of Europe in the future Ukraine issue is extremely important. This is one of the key questions: Is Europe (member states of the EU together) able to handle the whole continent?
The next step what we have to do is (as a former member of the government I am always sceptical with governments really able to do something) to support the civil society, to push them forward and take more responsibility.
However, don’t leave the politics out, or the governments. I think we should establish for Ukraine something similar as ‘Berlin process’ (for the Balkans). When not only the politicians take part in the discussion of the problem, but also representatives of civil society and business community. It is a good start, it will create some obligations.
It is not necessary for Austria take the leadership because it is a common European responsibility to move things forward. However, the Austrians can push for this, together with some others within the European Union (Poland, for example).

The knowledge about Ukraine in Vienna and in the member states of the European Union is very limited. We should develop people-to-people contacts, especially exchange programs for youths.

There is a certain tendency in Austria saying it’s up to the foreign ministry. No, it’s up to the whole government to take the responsibility concerning Ukraine and its progress on reforms. Austria has been previously engaged in Ukraine.
Main remarks made by Dr. Heidemaria Gürer, Head of the Department for Eastern Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria
The idea of Vice Chancellor Busek (to establish some kind of Berlin process for Ukraine) is a good one, however maybe Austria is not the country to take the lead.

Because of the refuge crisis there is an impression that Ukrainian question has a tendency to be forgotten by the EU and Austria. I cannot share these opinions. Ukraine was in the centre of attention of the Austrian MFA even before this government. From the EU point of view and from the Austrian point of view – Ukraine is not forgotten.

Austria even decided to increase our development cooperation aid for Ukraine. We have only five focus countries in Europe. Ukraine is not one of those, but we are increasing our development cooperation for Ukraine this year and it will be continued next year. This is also a kind of expression of how we see the situation in Ukraine, and how close Ukrainian developments for Austrians politicians.

We hear from time to time some critics that the EU might not be involved enough in the solution of the Ukrainian crisis. The EU as organization does not take part in the negotiation formats created to solve the crisis; however the EU is represented there by its member states. Talking about OSCE monitory mission, the highest number of monitories comes from the EU member states. There is also the EU Ukrainian support group, to which member countries send their representatives.

All aid promises made by the EU to Ukraine amounts to 30 million dollars, 6 million of which have been already given to Ukraine. Sometimes, I hear that these funds are not enough, especially comparing with Greece, but Greece is a part of the EU and Ukraine is not.

I think there are enough signs that the EU has not forgotten about Ukraine. The EU is also pushing forward for a solution of the Ukrainian crisis, and on the other hand pushing forward Ukraine progress in reforms.

The DCFTA is entering into force on the 1st of January 2016. To ease the tensions with Russian the EU has to continue talks with Russia about DCFTA and Association Agreement. However, this discussions and talks in no ways mean that Russia would get the power to veto these agreements with the EU.
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Hans-Georg Heinrich, Vice President of the ICEUR-Vienna and Vadym Miskyi, Expert on Reanimation Package of Reforms
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Jörg Wojahn, Head of the represantation of the European Commission in Austria
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Ambassador of Ukraine to Austria Olexander Scherba
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In the end of the last year the Institute of World Policy organized similar public debate on situation in Ukraine with the Italian policymakers and stakeholders in Rome. On September the public debate titled “Ukraine: What Model to Implement?” was held in Berlin.

The public debates in the EU capitals are organized under “New European Policy: Filling the Awareness Gap” project, conducted with the support of Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER), a program funded by USAID and implemented by Pact Inc.

Alyona Getmanchuk, the Director of the Institute of World Policy, participated in the conference «Security Policy of Ukraine», organized by the Stefan Batory Foundation in Warsaw on October 2.Alyona Getmanchuk told about the Ukrainian foreign and security policy, in particular notified the current challenges on the way of settlement of the conflict in Donbas, state of the partnership with NATO and the main trends of European integration.
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The Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Andrii Deshchytsia
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Aleksander Smolar, Paul Smith, Paul Zalewski, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz

The international exhibition of political cartoons was opened at the Scientific Library of Dnipropetrovsk National University on October 5.The project is implemented by the Institute of World Policy and the NGO «Euforion» (Slovakia) with the support of the International Visegrad Fund.
Address: Kazakova st., 8. The exhibition will take place till October 31.
There are more than 30 works of the famous cartoonists from the Czech Republic (Pavel Reyzenauer), Slovakia (Martin Shutovets), Hungary (Csaba Varga), Poland (Andrzej Mleczko), Ukraine (Oleg Smal), Georgia (Giorgi Gamezardashvili) and the USA (Daryl Keighl) represented at the exhibition. Each cartoon is the author’s view on the actual problems of the modern world.
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The international exhibition of political cartoons was opened in Uzhhorod on October 2. The project is implemented by the Institute of World Politics and NGO «Euforion» (Slovakia) with the support of the International Visegrad Fund.Place: Fentsyk sq. (near the Philharmonic)
The exhibition will take place till October 31.
More than 40 works of the famous cartoonists from the Czech Republic (Pavel Reyzenauer), Slovakia (Martin Shutovets), Hungary (Csaba Varga), Poland (Andrzej Mleczko), Ukraine (Oleg Smal), Georgia (Giorgi Gamezardashvili) and the USA (Daryl Keighl) are represented at the exhibition. Each cartoon is the author’s view on the actual problems of the modern world.
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Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Policy, took part in the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF), held on 23-25 September in Tbilisi, Georgia.Over 60 representatives of civil society, EaP governments and EU institutions gathered to discuss the progress and share experience in implementing Association Agreements (AAs) and creating Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).
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Successful implementation of the AAs/DCFTAs in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine has been identified as a key success factor of the Eastern Partnership initiative. A great number of the EaP CSF activities focus on different aspects of monitoring the implementation of these agreements.
This seminar was an opportunity for participants to compare the country situations in terms of structures, strategies and lessons on implementation of AAs/DCFTAs. As a result the EaP CSF role as a contributor to the monitoring and policy making process in the AAs/DCFTAs implementation should be strengthened.

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The panel sessions was followed by targeted parallel sessions (workshops). The participants of the workshops produced a set of recommendations for CSOs’ better impact in the EaP countries.

The Institute of World Policy in partnership with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) organized a public debate titled “Ukraine: What Model to Implement?” on September 22nd, in Berlin, Germany.Opening remarks were delivered by Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the Institute of World Policy, and Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider, Otto Wolff-Director of the DGAP Research Institute.

Speakers:
Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine
Johannes Regenbrecht, Head of the Working Group Ukraine, German Foreign Office
Oksana Nechyporenko, Member of the Council, Reanimation Package of Reforms
Peter M. Wagner, Deputy Head of the Support Group for Ukraine

Dr. Stefan Meister, Head of Program for Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the DGAP, acted as a moderator of the discussion.
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The public debate brought together more than 130 participants, including policymakers, stakeholders, academics, and journalists, to open conversation on the reform process in Ukraine.
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In the end of the last year the Institute of World Policy organized similar public debate on situation in Ukraine with the Italian policymakers and stakeholders in Rome.
The public debates in the EU capitals are organized under “New European Policy: Filling the Awareness Gap” project, conducted with the support of Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER), a program funded by USAID and implemented by Pact Inc.

The Institute of World Policy organized a Media Club with Henryk Litwin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to Ukraine, on September 15, 2015.The topic for the discussion: “The Ukrainian-Polish Relations: ‘Unrequited love’ or Temporary Difficulties?”
Full video (in Ukrainian)
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The discussion was moderated by Sergiy Solodkyy, First Deputy Director of the Institute of World Policy.
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The Media Club was organized with the support of Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER), a program funded by USAID and implemented by Pact Inc.