Government Report on the implementation of Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union in 2017 was presented by the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration and Director General of the Government Office for the Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, as well as the EU Ambassador to Ukraine, the EU-funded project "Association4U" and other representatives of the European Union, Government, Parliament and civil society in Ukraine.

On 19 February, a two-weeks Induction Programme Training for Senior, Associate and Junior Legal Approximation and Sectorial Policy Fellows began at the Ukrainian State Employment Service Training Institute (USESTI).

Three years ago, Ukraine has made a clear choice in favor of European integration. Today realization of this choice requires coordination of joint efforts of state institutions, business and civil society, coordinating our efforts with you in favor of the country as a whole and each of us in particular.

To fulfill a number of commitments that Ukraine faces within the framework of the Association Agreement with the European Union is not so simple task, but it is possible with the existing partner support from the EU. In Ukraine, in order to strengthen and develop the capacity of government institutions, businesses and civil society, to effectively implement reforms, the implementation of technical assistance projects, respectively, aimed at helping businesses, supporting non-governmental organizations or government institutions.

EU Association4U project - "Support to the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement"

According to the EU-Ukraine Comprehensive Institutional Building Program (CIB), Ukraine is implementing the EU Project "Support to the Implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU" (Association4U), the main beneficiaries of which are the Government Office for the Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration with the Office of the Vice-Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine and the profile ministries, which implement Association Agreement in accordance with their commitments.

In turn, within the Association4U there is a "Fellowship Program" which purpose is to attract specialists in the field of legislative approximation, legal translation, sectoral policies, communications and public relations development and implementation - in order to help Ukrainian government institutions in time and fully implement the commitments undertaken by Ukraine under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.

Open Letter to Ukrainian Governmental Leaders and Leaders of Units in Governmental Institutions on the Association4U Fellowship Programme and its utilisation. 

19 грудня відбувся інформаційний захід для журналістів щодо підсумків виконання Угоди про асоціацію між Україною та ЄС в 2017 році, а також щодо запровадження європейських вимог до українського шоколаду.

On 1st December a new training program, initiated and conducted by Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the National Agency for Civil Service started.

On November 24, the first Training Task Force Meeting took place. The team of trainers of the EU project "Association4U" met with representatives of central executive bodies, universities of Ukraine and international projects to present and discuss the newly created Training Catalog of the project.

On October 30th, the A4U team launched a four-day training program for civil servants of the Ministry of Eсology and Natural Resources of Ukraine about the formation of public policy.