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A policy brief prepared by Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director of the Institute of World PolicyTo download the pubication click here.
The European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform (EUAM) has been operating in Ukraine for almost a year. This is the first mission under the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) sent to Ukraine, and the third mission of this kind in the post-Soviet area1. For the first time Ukraine has become a beneficiary of the CSDP, before it only participated as a partner in the CSDP’s missions
around the world. The Mission is also unique given the fact that it was dispatched during the hot phase of the conflict, while the CSDP, according to the Lisbon Treaty, is a post-crisis tool.
Obviously, the duration of the EUAM’s activity in Ukraine is too short to sum up its work. Nevertheless, we can already assess whether the Mission’s mandate meets Ukraine’s needs, if the cooperation of the Mission with Ukrainian partners is efficient and what is its potential for the future. Also, the Mission’s mandate is being reviewed now by the EU Political and Security Committee, and this study is an analytical contribution by the civil society to this revision.

This policy brief is based on a series of interviews conducted with representatives of the Advisory Mission and its partners in Ukraine; in particular, with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor General`s Office, the State Penitentiary Service, the State Border Guard Service, the State Fiscal Service, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security and Defense Council. The Security Service of Ukraine has not responded to the request of the Institute of World Policy.