During the international scientific conference ‘Europeanization’ of third countries legal orders – implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which was held in the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, with the support of the Association4U, participants had the opportunity to exchange ideas with Ukrainian and international experts, both researchers and practitioners on legal perspectives and challenges arising within the scope of the implementation process of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and on how to address these challenges.

On June 8 at the Agro 2017 Exhibition Association4U project together with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine held a one-day training on "Legal, economic and political aspects of the Association Agreement and DCFTA."

On 30-31 May 2017 a two-day in-service training on Legal Approximation and Soft Skills for civil servants was conducted by the training team of the EU-funded project “Association 4U” in the Ministry of Ecology.

During May-June, 2017 a series of in-service trainings on soft skills development for civil servants will be conducted by the training team of the EU-funded project “Association 4U”.

Within the framework of the series of trainings six in-service trainings are planned to be held.  They will address the following topics: Organizing Effective Meetings, Negotiations and Human Resource Management. They will aim at improving such competences as: ability to develop strategies and agendas for meetings, knowledge and skills in managing human resources in public service, competences in note-taking, skills in choosing appropriate negotiation strategy etc.

У рамках проекту Association4U відкрито конкурс для журналістів на найкраще роз’яснення положень і висвітлення результатів впровадження Угоди про асоціацію між Україною та Європейським Союзом. Буклет про конкурс можна знайти тут: http://bit.ly/EUUAJournalistContest

Мета конкурсу:

• Підвищити обізнаність суспільства про Угоду про асоціацію/Зону вільної торгівлі між Україною та Європейським Союзом;
• Пояснити можливості та виклики, які постають в процесі імплементації Угоди перед українськими державними інститутами, громадянами, неурядовими організаціями та господарюючими суб’єктами;
• Популяризувати успішний досвід українських громадян та заохотити до активного використання можливостей, що надаються Угодою про асоціацію;
• Сприяти утвердженню європейських цінностей та європейської ідентичності України й українців.

On March 29, 2017 Mr. Jan Truszczynski, ex-Director General for Education and Culture, European Commission (currently- expert of the EU-funded “Association4U” project) held a workshop “Education and Culture in the EU” for senior officials from the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The meeting was moderated by the senior training fellow Ms.Svitlana Batsyukova.

The level of consciousness of Ukrainians has greatly increased during the last few years. Citizens are willing to take responsibility for the words and actions and to participate in policy that could certainly be useful for Ministries. The efficiency of public consultations depends not only on public understanding and support of public policy, but often on the quality of decisions on important issues of public life. Due to this important role of consultations Associate Communication Fellow of the project Association4U Lidia Yershykhina has conducted the training for the Line Ministries to explain mechanisms of improving the consultation process within the law. 

Every team of all the Ministries requires such a basic but important document as brief. In order good writing and effective communication we need to follow certain rules - that were said by Greek short-term expert Yiannis Kaminis.

Before writing the brief, you should remember and take into account points of view and positions of our Leaders. Once you have written the brief - send it to Directors for approval. If changes need to be made, get it revised until it is approved! When you have reached agreement you are free to go ahead with creative development.