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IWP project “There is a better side of Europe” continues thanks to the initiative of the Network of European Information Centers. The new project “Europe Day 2014. Dialogue on values” was supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.The project aims to promote European values by NGOs and initiative groups in the cities of Ukraine, and to increase public awareness about the benefits of European integration processes for Ukraine.
The representative of the Network of European Information Centers Oleg Ovcharenko, director of the Institute of World Policy Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the European Program of International Renaissance Foundation Dmitry Shulga and program director of the festival DocudaysUA Gennady Kofman told about their expectations from the project and difficulties in implementing such initiatives in the Ukrainian regions.
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Web-page of the project: http://ukrcei.org, e-mail: [email protected]
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On the 29th of April the study “The reform of the peacekeeping mission in Transnistria: a premise for conflict settlement” was presented in Chisinau (Kishinev).The study was developed by the Institute of World Policy and IDIS “Viitorul” (Republic of Moldova) with the financial support of the German Marshall Fund.

The authors Corneliu Ciurea, Alyona Getmanchuk, Leonid Litra, Eduard Tugui examined the role of the peacekeeping mission in Transnistria and its evolution over the 22 years. Experts also analyze several scenarios of reforming it in the context of events happening in Ukraine and their impact on Moldova.
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According to the IDIS expert, Eduard Tugui while the EU and other international actors have developed peacekeeping missions that focus on crisis management, strengthening of the rule of law, civilian administration and civil protection, while the Russian peacekeeping mission model is peculiar with its hard security, and Russia uses it as a mechanism for legitimizing its military presence in the post-Soviet space.

The peacekeeping mission in Transnistria had a positive role when it was established. However, along with the changes in the region and in the conflict settlement process, the current mission no longer corresponds with the current needs. Already 22 years passed and the mission did not develop from a provisional mechanism designed to stop hostilities to a mission designed to create confidence in the process of conflict settlement and rapprochement between the two banks. Therefore, the current peacekeeping has to be transformed into an international civil monitoring mission, which would have a clear mandate, concrete tasks, impartial and would be in line with the UN standards, stated Leonid Litra.
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However, the transforming the current mission into an efficient international peacekeeping mission is not an easy task due to the changes in the area and a shaky status quo, as well as the unwillingness of Russia to accept it. That is why the situation will change, and several scenarios are possible. The most positive is the one in which parties agree to reform the mission. A process of reform would entail a rethinking of the decision-making process within the Joint Control Commission and a mechanism of rotation of senior officials as well as a mission that would be more focused on law enforcement and ensuring that human rights, including the free movement, are respected, explained Corneliu Ciurea.
The full text of the analytical paper in Ukrainian is here, аnd in English here.

The study will be further presented publicly in Kiev and Brussels.

On the 28th of April the Institute of World Policy held a discussion “Visa-Free Regime with the EU: When will Ukraine Catch up with Moldova?”Speakers:
Andrii Olefirov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Head of Staff
Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of World Policy
Iryna Sushko, Head of the Civic Initiative ‘Europe without Barriers’

Starting from April 28 the citizens of Moldova will be able to travel without a visa to 26 countries of the Schengen area. Meanwhile, Ukraine is still trying to fulfill the requirements of the EU. The participants of Media Club discussed what steps should be made in order to speed up the negotiations with Brussels. The main question whether the Ukrainians will travel to the EU without visas starting from the next year.
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Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Head of Staff Andrii Olefirov
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Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of World Policy Leonid Litra
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Head of the Civic Initiative ‘Europe without Barriers’ Iryna Sushko
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IWP Director Alyona Getmanchuk acted as a moderator of the discussion
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The Media Club was organized within the project “New European Policy” conducted with the support of the “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” (UNITER) project and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Pact.

Institute of World Policy held the discussion “Successful Ukraine: where to start?” in Donetsk on the 16th of April, 2014.Leading Ukrainian experts and European diplomats took part in the discussion: Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine Andreas von Beckerath, Ambassador of Austria to Ukraine Wolf Dietrich Heim, executive director of the Anticorruption Action Centre Daria Kaleniuk, member of the Board of Center for Political and Legal Reforms Roman Kuybida, Ambassador of Norway to Ukraine Jon Elvedal Fredriksen, and experts of the Institute of World Policy – Viktor Shlinchak, Chair of the Supervisory Board, Alyona Getmanchuk, director, and Serhiy Solodky, first deputy director. They were joined by the regional experts, leaders of civil society, and journalists.
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Chair of the Supervisory Board of the IWP Viktor Shlinchak opened the discussion
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Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine Andreas von Beckerath
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Ambassador of Austria to Ukraine Wolf Dietrich Heim
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Ambassador of Norway to Ukraine Jon Elvedal Fredriksen
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Member of the Board of Center for Political and Legal Reforms Roman Kuybida and executive director of the Anticorruption Action Centre Daria Kaleniuk
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The discussion was organized in the framework of IWP’s project “New European Policy” with the support of UNITER project “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Pact.

The project started with the discussion “Window of Opportunity: What does the EU Expect from Ukraine and Ukraine from the EU?”, held on the 12th of March in Kyiv.Similar meetings took place in Dnipropetrovsk (18th of March) and Odessa (3rd of April). In May the IWP will hold a final meeting in Kyiv.

The Institute of World Policy (IWP) has launched the “European President” project. It is an expert study that aims to determine whether the main presidential candidates are capable to integrate Ukraine to the European Union.“The aim of the project is to weed out the Euro-populists and particularly the enemies of the European integration; to analyze who is ready to implement the European agenda in practice. Our project is a kind of a microscope that aims to define an anti-European virus in order to cure Ukraine forever”, – stresses the director of the Institute of World Policy Alyona Getmanchuk.
The “European president” project consists of several elements. First of all, Ukrainian and foreign experts will evaluate the “Europeaness” of the candidates during a polll. Secondly, the actions of candidates connected to the European integration will be analyzed. And thirdly, the IWP will ask the participants of the election race to fill in “European president” questionnaire.
The last element is of particular importance, as the answers of the candidates will be published. It will help to control the actions of future president (as well as the defeated politicians), and demand the explanations, if they decide to change their stand next day after voting. The presentation of the project will take place on the eve of Election Day.
The “European president” initiative is conducted within the framework of the “New European policy” project and with the support of the “The Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” (UNITER) project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Pact.

Institute of World Policy held the discussion “Successful Ukraine: where to start?” in Dnipropetrovsk on the 3rd of April, 2014.Leading Ukrainian experts and European diplomats participated in the discussion: Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski, Deputy Head of Mission at the Austrian Embassy Aigner Johannes, Deputy Chief of Mission at the British Embassy in Ukraine Martin Day, Executive Director of Transparency International Ukraine Oleksii Khmara, CEO of the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms Igor Koliushko, and experts of the Institute of World Policy – Alyona Getmanchuk, director, and Serhiy Solodky, first deputy director. They were joined by the regional experts, representatives of the local government and leaders of civil society.

Participants discussed the first steps that Ukrainian government should make in order to start a real “Europeanization” of Ukraine; in particular, anti-corruption policy, judicial reform, and police reform.
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Deputy Chief of Mission at the British Embassy in Ukraine Martin Day and Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski
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Representative of MFA of Ukraine in Odessa Konstantin Rzhepishevskyy speaking
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Executive Director of Transparency International Ukraine Oleksii Khmara speaking
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Deputy Head of Mission at the Austrian Embassy Aigner Johannes
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CEO of the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms Igor Koliushko
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First Deputy Director of the IWP Serhiy Solodky, Director Alyona Getmanchuk, and Member of the Odessa City Council Dmytro Spivak
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The discussion was organized in the framework of IWP’s project “New European Policy” with the support of UNITER project “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Pact.

Institute of World Policy held the discussion “Successful Ukraine: where to start?” in Dnipropetrovsk on the 18th of March, 2014.Leading Ukrainian experts and European diplomats participated in the discussion: Ambassador of France in Ukraine Alain Remy, Deputy Head of Mission at the Austrian Embassy Aigner Johannes, Executive Director of Transparency International Ukraine Oleksii Khmara, CEO of the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms Igor Koliushko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007-2009) Volodymyr Ohryzko, and experts of the Institute of World Policy – Alyona Getmanchuk, director, and Serhiy Solodky, first deputy director. They were joined by the regional experts, representatives of the local government and leaders of civil society.
Participants discussed the first steps that Ukrainian government should make in order to start a real “Europeanization” of Ukraine; in particular, anti-corruption policy, judicial reform, and police reform.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007-2009) Volodymyr Ohryzko, CEO of the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms Igor Koliushko, and Ambassador of France in Ukraine Alain Remy
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French Ambassador to Ukraine Alain Remy
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CEO of the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms Igor Koliushko speaking
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First Deputy Director of the IWP Serhiy Solodky and Director Alyona Getmanchuk
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Executive Director of Transparency International Ukraine Oleksii Khmara speaking
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Deputy Head of Mission at the Austrian Embassy Aigner Johannes
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Journalist, political scientist Yuri Reichel
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Representative of civil society Victor Zhyh
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The discussion was organized in the framework of IWP’s project “New European Policy” with the support of UNITER project “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Pact.

Institute of World Policy has launched the project aimed at giving Ukrainians a better understanding of the advantages of the European integration.Within the project the IWP will hold a series of public discussions in Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk. Regional experts, representatives of the local government and leaders of civil society will have a possibility to talk with leading experts from Kyiv and Ambassadors of the EU member states about obstacles of European integration; for instance, anti-corruption policy, judicial reform, police reform and others.
The project started with the discussion “Window of Opportunity: What does the EU Expect from Ukraine and Ukraine from the EU?”, held on the 12th of March in Kyiv.
During the discussion the IWP presented an analytical report “A Call for the EU — Time to Step in. Ukraine’s Expectations from the European Union”. The full text of the paper in Ukrainian and English is here.

Similar meetings will take place in Dnipropetrovsk (18th of March), Odessa (3rd of April), and Donetsk (16th of April). And in May on the eve of presidential election the IWP will hold a final meeting in Kyiv.
The discussion was organized in the framework of IWP’s project “New European Policy” with the support of UNITER project “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Pact. The partners of the IWP are Centre for Political and Legal Reforms, Transparency International in Ukraine and Anticorruption Action Centre.

On the 12th of March the Institute of World Policy held a discussion “Window of opportunity: What does the EU expect from Ukraine and Ukraine from the EU?”Leading Ukrainian experts and European ambassadors were invited to participate in the discussion.

Today Ukrainians face a number of serious internal and external challenges which could be overcome only in presence of close cooperation between the EU and Ukraine. The participants held a profound discussion of steps which the Ukrainian authority should take in order to stabilize situation and make Ukraine a prosperous European country.
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Roland Kovats, Country Director of Pact, and Viktor Shlinchak, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of World Policy
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Alyona Getmanchuk, Director, Institute of World Policy, Danylo Lubkivsky, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Jan Tombinski, Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine, and Borys Tarasyk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (1998-2000; 2005-2007)
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Jan Tombinski, Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine
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Wolf Dietrich Heim, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Austria to Ukraine, and Inna Pipluska, Executive Director Deputy of the International Renaissance Foundation
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Simon Smith, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Great Britain to Ukraine, Alain Remy, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France to Ukraine, Sehiy Solodky, First Deputy Director of the Institute of World Policy, and Volodymyr Ohryzko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007-2009)
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Oleksandr Sushko, research director, Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

IWP presented an analytical paper “A Call for the EU — Time to Step in. Ukraine’s Expectations from the European Union?”.

The full text of the Policy Brief in Ukrainian and English is here.

The discussion was organized within the framework of the IWP project “The new European policy” supported by the “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” (UNITER) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pact.

The Institute of World Policy has decided to dismantle the most widespread myths around Russian-Ukrainian conflict.{3}
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