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Viktor Shlinchak, Head of the Institute of World Policy’s Supervisory Council, delivered a speech at the International conference “Parliamentary elections in Ukraine, will they become a step to Europe?”, which was held in Warsaw. The conference was organized by the Institute of Ukrainian policy, the Foundation ´Ukrainian politics´ and the Studium for East European Studies at Warsaw University.Viktor Shlinchak, Head of the Institute of World Policy’s Supervisory Council, delivered a speech at the International conference “Parliamentary elections in Ukraine, will they become a step to Europe?”, which was held in Warsaw. The conference was organized by the Institute of Ukrainian policy, the Foundation ´Ukrainian politics´ and the Studium for East European Studies at Warsaw University.

The conference was attended by Ukrainian politicians, such as People’s Deputies Andriy Shevchenko (BYUT-Batkivshchyna), Yulia Lyovochkyna (Party of Regions), Oleh Zarubinskiy (Lytvyn’s Bloc) and famous experts – Kost’ Bondarenko ( Head of the Executive Board of the Institute of Ukrainian Policy), Yenhen Kopat’ko (President of the «R&B Group»), Volodymyr Fesenko (Head of the Executive Board of the Center for Applied political Studies “Penta”), Oleksandr Chernenko (Head of the Ukrainian voters’ committee), and Serhiy Rakhmanin (deputy editor-in-chief of the “Mirror of the Week” Weekly).

In his speech Viktor Shlinchak emphasized “the separation lines between Ukrainian authorities and opposition has been slowly, as each party in power in Ukraine tends to be an authoritarian one.” “On the one hand – he continued, – ruling coalition can not boast with efficient reforms, while, on the other hand, opposition has not come up with more effective development programs. All they do is racing for power. Opposition frequently plays according to the agenda written by Yanukovych’s Administration.”

Head of the IWP’s Supervisory Board also stated that “although society does expect the new faces in power, it does not come up and does not support new leaders. Authorities, as well as opposition, are also not interested in new leaders. Electoral ratings of both power and opposition are not growing. The majority of voters does not accept either former or current parties in power. However, one should admit that there are no preconditions for renovation of political configuration in the Parliament. It’s a shame. Enlargement of political parties can lead to polarization of the party system of Ukraine, where the Party of Regions with its satellites will be the one polar, while BYUT with its satellites will be on the opposite one.”

Pavel Kowal, Member of the European Parliament, Head of the EU’s Delegation to Ukraine-EU Committee for Parliamentary Cooperation talks on Ukraine’s European integration prospects at the Media Club of the Instiute of World PolicyTranscript of the discussion is available in Russian only.
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Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the IWP and Pawel Kowal, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the EP Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

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Andriy Zhygulin, “5 channel”, Victor Shlinchak, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the IWP, Serhii Tereshko, Administration of the President of Ukraine

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Pawel Kowal
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Vitaliy Portnikov
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Alyona Getmanchuk and Pawel Kowal
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Photo by Natalia Sagalata

The full transcript of the videoconference “Elections 2012: implications for Russia and the region”, which took place at the Institute of World Policy on March 14, 2012:The transript is available only in Ukrainian

The videoconference Kyiv-Moscow “Elections-2012: implications for Russia and the region” was held at IWP on March 14, 2012.The speakers in Moscow were Irina Prokhorova, Editor-in-Chief of the “Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie” Magazine and co-founder of Mikhail Prokhorov Fund and Nikolay Petrov, Chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center Society and Regions Program and Alexey Malashenko, expert of the Moscow Carnegie Center.
The event is co-organized by the Institute of World Policy and Carnegie Moscow Center.

Institute of World Policy organized the sixth Cinema-Club at which the film “Ne goruy!” (“Don’t grieve!”(1969) was demonstrated.This comedy is directed by famous Georgian film director Giorgi Danelia (“I step through Moscow”, “Mimino”, “Afonya”, “Kin-dza-dza”).
The film is directed after Claude Tillier’s novel My Uncle Benjamin, and is one of the most remarkable works by Giorgi Daniela. The film features a dazzling ensemble of actors: Sergo Zakariadze, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Sophiko Chaureli, Frunzik Mkrtchian.
The film was awarded 1970 – Mardel Plata, Special Jury Prize “Condor”, and Cartagena, Award for Best Actor,
The Cinema Club is supported by the Embassy of Georgian in Ukraine, within the framework of the Ukraine-Georgia Thematic Panel.

Sorry, this entry is only available in Ukrainian.

Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the Institute of World Policy, presented a speech during the Parliamentary Hearings dedicated to Ukraine, which took place on March 5, 2012 in the Parliament of Canada.She described the domestic political situation in Ukraine before the upcoming parliamentary election in October 2012 to Canadian MP’s and also answered numerous questions. IWP’s Director also called for Canadian Members of Parliament and governmental representatives, present at the hearings, to support the Ukrainian civil society more actively since it de-facto plays an opposition role in Ukraine these days.

The presentation of the annual rating “Top-10 Ukrainian Ambassadors Abroad” and “Top-10 Foreign Ambassadors in Ukraine” was held at the Institute of World Policy.The ten most successful ambassadors of last year were identified according to the results of the expert survey, in which more than 40 experts, foreign policy analysts, diplomats and journalists took part.

Winners of this year’s ranking are Ambassador of Ukraine to the EU Kostiantyn Yelisieiev and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft, who are diplomats with different styles of work, but with the same ability to combine diplomatic activities with crisis management.

Ukraine’s ambassadors abroad

Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, Representative of Ukraine to the EU
1st place
223 points

Olexander Motsyk, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
2nd place
112 points

Markiyan Malskyy, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland
3rd place
106 points

Ihor Dolhov, Ambassador of Ukraine to Belgium, Head of Mission of Ukraine to NATO
4th place
82 points

Sergiy Korsunsky, Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey
5th place
77 points
Andrii Deshchytsia, Ambassador of Ukraine to Finland
6th place
55 points
Nataliya Zarudna, Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany

7th place

53 points

Yuriy Kostenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the People’s Republic of China and to Mongolia

8th place

50 points

Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia
9th place
48 points

Mykola Kulinych, Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan
10th place
44 points

Top-10 Foreign ambassadors to Ukraine

John Tefft, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
1st place
270 points
Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation in Ukraine
2nd place
234.5 points
Hans Jurgen-Heimsoeth, Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine
3rd place
225 points
Henryk Litwin, Ambassador of Poland to Ukraine
4th place
179 points
Grigol Katamadze, Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine
5th place
160.5 points
Jacques Faure, Ambassador of France to Ukraine
6th place
157 points
Lee Turner, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Ukraine
7th place
128.5 points

Mikhail Zurabov, Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine
8th place
90 points

Petras Vaitiekunas, Ambassador of Lithuania to Ukraine
9th place
49 points
Ion Stavila, Ambassador of Moldova to Ukraine
10th place
46 points

Experts polled by the Institute of World Policy
1. Bala Vitaliy, Director, Situations Modeling Agency
2. Balanutsa Oleksandr, Deputy Director, International Foundation “United World”
3. Bezsmertnyi Roman, former Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus
4. Chalyi Valeriy, Deputy of the Director General, Razumkov Center
5. Donskyi Serhiy, “Foreign and Public Policy” Program Director, Ukrainian Institute of Public Policy
6. Dzherdzh Serhiy, Chair, Ukraine-NATO Civic League
7. Fesenko Volodymyr, Head, Center for Applied Political Studies “Penta”
8. Fin’ko Anton, expert, Kyiv Center for Political and Conflict Studies
9. Getmanchuk Alyona, Director, Institute of World Policy
10. Heraschchenko Iryna, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Chairman of the Integration Public Information Subcommittee, Committee of European Integration, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
11. Karasyov Vadym, Director, Institute of Global Strategies
12. Katerynchuk Mykola, Head, European Party of Ukraine
13. Kohut Ihor, Chair of the Council, Legislative Initiatives Laboratory
14. Kostenko Maksym, Head of the Expert and Analytical Department, National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
15. Kravchenko Volodymyr, Foreign Observer, “Dzerkalo Tyzhnia” Weekly
16. Leshchenko Oleksiy, Vice-President, Gorshenin Group
17. Lutsenko Anatoliy, Director, GMT Group
18. Lymar Yulia, Editor-in-Chief, Glavcom Information and Analytical Agency
19. Makyeyev Oleksiy, Deputy Director General, Directorate General for Security and Political Affairs
20. Melnyk Oleksiy, Senior Expert of Military Programs, Razumkov Center
21. Perepelytsia Hryhoriy, Director, Institute of Foreign Policy of the Diplomatic Academy of MFA of Ukraine
22. Plotnikov Oleksiy, People’s Deputy, Chair of the Subcommittee for the International Economic Policy, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
23. Potyekhin Oleksandr, Director, Center for Humanities, Political and Applied Studies
24. Savin Kiril, Director, Heinrich Boell Foundation Office in Ukraine
25. Semeniy Oleksiy, independent expert
26. Shamshur Oleh, former Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA
27. Shcherba Oleksandr, Ambassador-at-large, MFA of Ukraine
28. Shlinchak Viktor, Chair of the Supervisory Board, Institute of World Policy
29. Shovkun Lesia, Political Observer, “Ukraina Moloda”
30. Shynkaruk Kateryna, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Economic Studies and Political Consultations
31. Sushko Iryna, Head, “Europe without Barriers” civil organization
32. Sushko Oleksandr, Research Director, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
33. Sydorenko Serhiy, Special Correspondent, “Kommersant”
34. Tarasiuk Borys, Head of the Committee of European Integration of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs
35. Triukhan Vadym, PhD Student, National Academy of Public Administration, former Director of the European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Bureau, Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
36. Todorov Ihor, Deputy Director, Center for International Security and Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Donetsk National University
37. Torop Oksana, Foreign Observer, Interfax News Agency
38. Udovenko Hennadiy, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
39. Veresen’ Mykola, journalist, TV Presenter
40. Viter Olena, Director, “Dixi Group”
41. Vozniak Taras, Editor, “Ji” Magazine
42. Weihe Thomas, Deputy Head of the Board on International Cooperation, Viktor Pinchuk Foundation
43. Zarembo Kateryna, Deputy Director, Institute of World Policy
44. Zhovnirenko Pavlo, Expert, Center for Strategic Studies

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