УГОДА ПРО АСОЦІАЦІЮ: ШЛЯХ ЗМІН

Конкурс для журналістів на найкращий матеріал про євроінтеграцію

Проект Association4U разом із Офісом Віце-прем’єр-міністра з питань європейської та євроатлантичної інтеграції України оголошують третю хвилю конкурсу журналістських публікацій в регіональних засобах масової інформації.

Мета конкурсу

• Підвищити обізнаність громадськості про Угоду про асоціацію / Зону вільної торгівлі між Україною та Європейським Союзом.
• Пояснити можливості, які дає Угода, та виклики, які постають у процесі її імплементації перед українськими державними інституціями, громадянами, неурядовими організаціями та підприємствами.
• Популяризувати успішний досвід українців, які вже отримують вигоди від впровадження Угоди, спонукати  до активного використання можливостей, що надаються Угодою про асоціацію між Україною та ЄС.
• Сприяти утвердженню європейських цінностей та європейської ідентичності України й українців.

Номінації

The Blue Guide 2016 is the Commission Notice explaining a wide range of matters related to the implementation of the EU product rules. These include, but not limited to, free movement of goods, the New Approach compared to Old Approach, conformity assessment, product requirements, accreditation, notification, market surveillance etc. These notions are frequently used in the EU acquis, which Ukraine has committed to implement according to the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.

The Blue Guide 2016 was translated into Ukrainian by translation experts of the “Association4U” Project.

The document should be treated as a trusted guidance for translators, lawyers, field experts, and wide public clarifying a number of basic matters related to product rules. 

Click here to download&read the Blue Guide 2016 in Ukrainian (in pdf).

Quality legal translations are the basis of the professional approximation of the Ukrainian legislation to that of the EU and, consequently, the key to reforming the country within the framework of the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU. The EU funded Project Association4U together with the European Commission Directorate General for Translation and the Government Office for Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration will hold on January 16-17, 2019 in Kyiv the first profile conference on translation issues in order to ensure a quality legislative approximation.

The EU-funded Project Association4U organized a workshop for regional journalists of Ukraine held by a German colleague.

On 23^rd November 2018 nine regional journalists - winners of the competition on the best material on the topic of European integration had the chance to discuss professional subjects and gain experience from their German colleague Ingo Petz. He is a freelance journalist who has been working for such newspapers as Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Der Standard. Ingo spoke about journalistic standards and how to stick to them in the difficult times of a hybrid war. Moreover, he shared the secrets of mastering feature stories.

On 23^rd November 2018 in Kyiv the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze together with the Press Attache of the Delegation of the EU to Ukraine David Stulik, the Editor-in-Chief of “Europeiska Pravda” Serhii Sydorenko, the Executive Director of the Ukrainian Center for European Policy Liuba Akulenko and the Association4U Key Expert on Public Communication & Outreach Liudmyla Kosar congratulated the winners of Ukraine-wide competition on best journalistic material about EU integration and awarded them with diplomas and prizes. The Vice Prime Minister encouraged journalists to continue explaining the benefits of the European integration to Ukrainians.

On September 25, 2018, took place the Fifth Steering Committee of the EU-funded project Association4U. The event was dedicated to discussing the results of the project implementation and its future prospects. It gathered the representatives of the project beneficiaries, the EU Delegation to Ukraine and the project implementing Consortium GFA Consulting Group together with the project key and short-term experts, as well as the main supporting force of all the project activities – its Fellows.

What is your negotiations style and what is the best way to use it?

What to do if the negotiations fail and why is it important to know it even before you start negotiating?

How to invent options for mutual gain and why you should not feed the wolves?

We were looking to answers to these and other questions at the Negotiations training delivered on 17-18 September by the Association 4U Training Team.

With the expert assistance of highly-qualified trainer Frank Little civil servants of line Ministries and Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine and Junior Fellows of the Association4U project practiced lobbying and mandate negotiations, analyzed parties involved in a conflict and their underlying interests and mastered their skills through practical exercises and role games.

The training introduced civil servants and A4U fellows to non-power-play approaches to negotiations and helped them to improve their ability to negotiate ethically and effectively in any situation.

On September 17, 2018, the International Conference “Improving the Methodology, Practice and Quality of Legislative Process and Legal Drafting” initiated and supported by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, EU Delegation and EU funded Projects EU4PAR and Association4U. The topic concerned the effectiveness of the legislative process in Ukraine, methods of its improvement and sharing the experience of some of the EU Member States with the aim to get ideas of dealing with the major issues of Ukraine on its way to the legislative approximation with the European Union in the framework of the Association Agreement.