The implementation of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will not be possible without active involvement of civil society. Such an opinion is unanimously shared by the participants of the Assembly of the Ukrainian Party of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform, which was held in Kyiv lately.
The implementation of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will not be possible without active involvement of civil society. Such an opinion is unanimously shared by the participants of the Assembly of the Ukrainian Party of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform, which was held in Kyiv lately.
The event was organized with the support of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation.
Representatives of more than 130 non-governmental organizations from all regions of Ukraine, state authorities and international institutions spoke about the priorities of the European integration and challenges that stand in Ukraine’s way to implementing the Association Agreement.
Hugues Mingarelli, Head of the EU Delegation of Ukraine, identified five conditions for the successful implementation of the Association Agreement:
- mutual responsibility of Ukraine and EU for the commitment undertaken;
- defining clear priorities for each year;
- strengthening cooperation between the government and Parliament of Ukraine at all stages of the legislative process;
- comprehensive monitoring to ensure an objective evaluation of the course of reforms;
- establishing effective communication regarding objectives and importance of the implementation of the Association Agreement in the society.
A special role in this process is played by the Ukrainian Party of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform, whose main objectives are to prepare an impartial analysis of the Agreement implementation in different sectors, to develop recommendations on priority steps to accelerate reforms; to clarify objectives and significance of the Association Agreement for the general public and to establish cooperation with the European civil society.
During the meeting new members of the Ukrainian Party of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform were also elected to represent civil society in the process of the Association Agreement implementation within the next two and a half years. It includes 15 representatives from civil society organizations, employers and trade unions. The civil sector will be represented by: Ivan Kulchinsky (European Innovation Agency), Lilia Oleksyuk (All-Ukrainian Association
for Information Security and Information Technologies) and Olena Pavlenko (DiXi Group).
The full list of members of the Ukrainian Party of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform can be viewed here: https://goo.gl/UkoTS9
The Assembly was held within the framework of the project “Civil Synergy: Enhancing Public Participation in the European Integration Reforms through the Ukrainian Party of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform (UP CSP) and the Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (UNP), funded by the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation”.
