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PROJECTS
NARDA
PROJECT ON COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(PCaRD)
EU ACCESSION: PRACTICAL
IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE'S RELATIONS WITH ITS CENTRAL EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS
BLACK SEA STRATEGY GROUP
UKRAINIAN REGIONAL REPORT
UKRAINE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
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EU ACCESSION: PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE'S
RELATIONS WITH ITS CENTRAL EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS
Short
description
The project “EU
Accession: Practical Implications for Ukraine’s Relations
with its Central European Neighbors” was launched in August 2002 and is
designed to respond to the challenges of the EU enlargement eastwards.
Through comprehensive research the project seeks to provide concrete
information and in-depth analysis on which the involved parties (various
audiences in Ukraine, accession
countries and EU member states) can gain an in-depth understanding of the new
situation, rather than make assumptions based upon general political
considerations. The project will also suggest specific policy recommendations
for governments of Ukraine, EU member
states and Ukraine’s central
European neighbors, as well as make recommendations to relevant NGO and
business audience and provide advice to international donor organizations
operating in Ukraine.
For this purpose, the project will complete
three research studies, which will cover a spectrum of issues from the
general prospects of cooperation between Ukraine and the enlarged EU to
specific issues of trade and economic cooperation, movement of people and
cross border cooperation between Ukraine and EU accession countries, the
problems of Ukraine’s border management in the context of EU enlargement and
cooperation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs.
In the end, it
is believed the project will help policy-makers and key civil society actors
in Ukraine, accession
countries and the EU in making sound decisions, which will help enhance
benefits and minimize potential costs of EU eastward enlargement. It will
also improve mutual understanding and cooperation (both at the governmental
and non-governmental levels) between Ukraine and its Central
European neighbors, and between Ukraine and the EU.
Publications
“The European Union and Ukraine:
Strategies in View of Enlargement”. Conference proceedings, Kyiv, 23
September 2003.
Financial Source: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Project Manager – Ms. Iryna Solonenko
(e-mail: isolonenko@iews.org )
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