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Since August 15 the Institute of World Policy with support of the International Fund “Vidrodzhennia” has renewed its open air exhibitions in different regions of Ukraine. The main aim of the project “There is a better side of Europe” is to inform Ukrainian citizens about the benefits from European integration.Exhibitions, organized on the main streets and squares as “Street Eurouniversity”, gather Ukrainian citizens who can openly discuss about European integration with IWP experts and diplomats of EU member states. Ukrainians can visit an exhibition of caricatures which present two realities – Ukrainian and European – with relevant comments. Within the project were organised lectures about European integration given by Ukrainian experts and diplomats of EU member states.
According to Alyona Getmanchuk, IWP Director, the Institute plans to present this exhibition first and foremost in Central, Northern and Southern Ukraine where according to opinion polls citizens are not sure about their foreign policy preferences whether to support European integration or integration to the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The first city where the “Street Eurouniversity” will be organised is Chernihiv and will be launched by a lecture given by Martin Day, Deputy Head of Mission of the British Embassy in Ukraine.
“Street eurouniversities” will be organised on:
15 August – Chernihiv
16 August – Nizhyn
22 August – Poltava
23 August – Kremenchuk
29 August – Sumy
30 August – Konotop
5 September – Kirovohrad
6 September – Kryvyi Rih
12 September – Mykolaiv
13 September – Kherson
The EU Information centre is a partner of this project.
We would like to remind you that previously the IWP organised “Street Eurouniversities” in 4 cities with support of UNITER/Pact, USAID, Global Reporting and Swedish Institute. Exhibitions were organised twice in Kyiv, and also in Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa and Vinnytsia.
In Dnipropetrovsk “Street Eurouniversity” was launched by Jan Tombinski, Head of the Delegation of the EU to Ukraine. In Odesa, however, the exhibition was opened by Allain Remi, Ambassador of France to Ukraine.

The Institute of World Policy under the “Global Virtual Forum of Women Leaders” initiative is representing a selection of caricatures, which reflect a current gender situation in Ukraine and around the world. According to the last World Economic Forum, Ukraine has been ranked 64th out of 135 countries in upholding gender equalities rights.Our government has indeed accepted a number of regulations that tackle gender equality, yet a lack of a practical mechanism of implementing makes these regulations ineffective. There a huge gap between a legal theory and a practical reflection of equality. For example, salary of a female worker equals 72.5% of a male’s worker one. Does it mean, that women work less productive? No. According to independent research agency Ponemon Institute, women-employees work much harder than men. Maybe they work less? But neither that is true: a woman works 4-6 hours more than a man (in particular if we count unpaid domestic work of women). Thus, whilst women are working long-hours, men are signing different paper work. Gender stereotypes are seen not only in working field, but also in education and creation of a family. As such, 89% of families have only one single parent, who is usually a woman. Whereas there is only 2% of men in Ukraine, who take paternity leave. In general, an average father spends about 4 minutes on growing up his child. Studies show that employed women spend twice more time with their children than unemployed men do.

The selection of caricature on the topic of gender equalities leaves a scope to think about this gender situation in the country. Perhaps, in the eyes of artists the reality will be more convincing than analytical data and various statistics.

The project “Global Virtual Forum of Women Leaders” is being implemented with the support of Internews and USAID agency. The project aims to promote more active participation of Ukrainian women in political and public life by studying the international experience. Famous Ukranian artists Maryna Turovska, Kostyantyn Kazanchev and Oleksii Kustovsky created the caricatures for the Institute of World Policy.

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The director of the Institute of World Policy Alyona Getmanchuk held a meeting with former president of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus at Vilnius.A. Getmanchuk have introduced to the former president the daily operations of the IWP, in particular the advocacy campaign in support of European integration in Ukraine, which has been launched by Institute in different regions of the country. There have been also discussions on the topic of current relations between Ukraine and the European Union bearing in mind the possibility of signing an Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, which is done by the Lithuanian Presidency of the European Union.
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IWP held a Media Club with the Vice-Chairman of State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine Vitalii Bashinskii.Mr Bashinskii gave an expert feedback on the consequences of signing a Free Trade Zone agreement between Ukraine and the EU in terms of phytosanitary standards.
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Vitalii Bashinskii explained that creation of a free trade zone will not negatively affect the national manufacturing, even more – it will create conditions for the conquest of new markets. It also takes in account the protection of Ukrainian consumers.

Ukrainian journalists, who specialize in European integration, took part in the discussion.
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The Institute of World Policy has conducted a videoconference with the Vice President of the National Endowment for Democracy (Washington D.C.) on June, 26th.The Institute of World Policy has conducted a videoconference with the Vice President of the National Endowment for Democracy (Washington D.C.) on June, 26th.
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The videoconference was held within the framework of the project “Global virtual forum of women leaders,” which is supported by Internews, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Carnegie Center (Washington).
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The stenograph of the videoconference is available in Ukrainian only
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The Institute of World Policy has conducted a videoconference with the Vice President of the National Endowment for Democracy (Washington D.C.) on June, 26th.The digital videoconference questions and discussion were focused on gender equality in Ukraine, challenges to the democratization process in Ukraine, and aspects of Ukraine-American relations.
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Ms. Diuk underlined that democratization of the country is impossible without full involving women to the political and economic life of the country.

Nadia Diuk said: “Involving women to the political life makes the country more open and transparent.” This consideration correlates with the message of the first participant of the project “Global Virtual Forum of Women-Leaders”, then US Ambassador-At-Large for Global Women Issues Melanne Verveer “If there are more women on a higher level of the power, then the level of corruption is less.”

Also, the public woman emphasized the two main aspects, which should be developed for strengthening gender equality, in particular the legislative regulation at the institutional level and transformations in the political culture.

The videoconference was held within the framework of the project “Global virtual forum of women leaders,” which is supported by Internews, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Carnegie Center (Washington).

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Olena Lazorenko, President at NGO “League of Professional Women”

The goal of “Global virtual forum of women leaders” is to discuss questions of gender equality and foster more active participation of Ukrainian women in political and social life. Ukrainian politicians, the representatives of NGO, experts, and journalists will take part in the event.

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IWP presented the cartoon exposition “There is a better side of Europe” at Mariinsky park.The cartoon exposition was presented one more time at the grandiose event “Unite with the Rhythm of Change”.
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Roland Kovats, Chief of Party of the USAID-funded Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER) project at Pact, director of IWP Alyona Getmanchuk, deputy director of IWP Serhyy Solodkyy

This time Kyiv authorities did not prevent presentation of the first “Street Eurouniversity,” which, despite many obstacles, was successfully conducted at Mykhailivska Square on May, 18th – Europe Day.

The event took place within the framework of the project “Soft Power of Ukraine in the EU.” The project is supported by the Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER) project, which is implemented by Pact and made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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The “Street Eurouniversity” is also supported by Global Reporting and the Swedish Institute.

Institute of World Policy presented “Street Eurouniversity”in Vinnytsia. Its official opening took place on June 14th on Teatralna Sq.{1}
Institute of World Policy organizes series of “Street Eurouniversities” that is the exhibition of cartoons about the most important obstacles for Ukraine on its road to European integration.
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Cartoons illustrate two realities in more than twenty spheres of social, economic, political life of Ukraine and member-states of the EU.
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During the exhibition, residents of Ukrainian cities have an opportunity to directly communicate with prominent experts and diplomats.

“Street Eurouniversity” successfully took place in Kyiv (May 18-19th, 2013), Odesa (May 25-26th, 2013), Dnipropetrovsk (June 6-7th, 2013). The Ambassador of France to Ukraine Alain Remy, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Olefirov, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Volodymyr Ohryzko, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Odesa Kostyantyn Rgepishevskiy, OSCE special representative for conflicts Andriy Deshchytsa and others.
The event took place within the framework of the project ‘Soft Power of Ukraine in the EU’ is supported by Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER) project, which is implemented by Pact and made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The project Street Eurouniversities was also supported by Global Reporting and Swedish Institute.

The Institute of World Policy held the 4th meeting of the Strategic Discussion Club.Andrii Deschytsia, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for conflicts; Borys Tarasiuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (1998 – 2000; 2005 – 2007), Member of the Parliament of Ukraine; Matthew Rojansky, Deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States of America; Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation, Washington.
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Mr. Deschytsia mentioned that resolving conflicts is a priority during his chairmanship of Ukraine at OSCE. The Special Representative informed the Strategic Discussion Club that he “actually meets the representatives of the conflicting parties every week.”
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Andrii Deschytsia, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for conflicts
Mr. Deschytsia evaluated the reconciliation of negotiations and emphasized that conflicting parties can come to agreement. This possibility can be exemplified by the protocol resolution, which was signed in the “5+2” format on May 24th, on the dismantlement of the ropeway over the river Dnister.
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Borys Tarasiuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (1998 – 2000; 2005 – 2007)
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Matthew Rojansky, Deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States of America
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Leonid Litra, semior policy fellow at IWP

The ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Borys Tarasiuk, stressed the role of Moscow in resolving protracted conflicts on the post-Soviet space, remarking that “there is no sense in expectation of resolving protracted conflicts without the will of Russia”.
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Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation, Washington

The Strategic Discussion Club aims to create opportunities for meaningful regular public discussions on strategic issues of national security of Ukraine in an informal setting.

The event was held with the support of the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine and the Embassy of Norway in Ukraine.

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Serhyy Solodkyy, First Deputy Director of IWP
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Igor Semyvolo, Executive Director of the Association of Middle East Studies AMES
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Cornel Ciurea, Senior Fellow, Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) “Viitorul”
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Institutte of World Policy presented “Street Eurouniversity” in Dnipropetrovsk. Its official opening took place on June 6th on the European Sq.The Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski, who was the honorary guest of the exhibition, opened the event.

We propose the photo essay of the second day of the exhibition.

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Jan Tombinski, the Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine

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Jan Tombinski, Zoltan Saali, Political, Head of the Press and Information at the EU Delegation in Ukraine, Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the IWP, Leonid Litra, senior analyst of the IWP, Sergiy Solodkyy, the first deputy director of the IWP

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IWP organizes series of “Street Eurouniversities” in several Ukrainian cities that is the exhibition of cartoons about the most important obstacle for Ukraine on its road to European integration. Cartoons illustrate two realities in more than twenty spheres of social, economic, political life of Ukraine and member-states of the EU. Moreover, residents of Ukrainian cities have an opportunity to directly communicate with experts from the IWP, ask them questions about the European integration path of the country.
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The Institute of World Policy expresses its special gratitude to the Dnipropetrovsk City Administration and Delegation of the European Union in Ukraine
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“Street Eurouniversity” successfully took place in Kyiv and Odesa where thousands of Ukrainians visited the exhibition. The Ambassador of France to Ukraine Alain Remy was honorary guest of the exhibition in Odesa.
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The event took place within the framework of the project ‘Soft Power of Ukraine in the EU’ is supported by Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER) project, which is implemented by Pact and made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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The project Street Eurouniversities was also supported by Global Reporting and Swedish Institute.