The New Europe Center kindly invites to join the 4th EU Accession Exchange Forum which is a key expert platform for all candidate countries for membership of the EU, whose task is to exchange lessons learned in the process of accession talks and develop recommendations on how to make the EU enlargement process more effective.
The event will be held on October 21 and will be streamlined online on the Facebook page and Youtube channel of the New Europe Center.
Working language: English.
Start: 9:30 am (UTC+3).
Final agenda of the event will be available closer to the date.
The Forum is an international gathering of practitioners and experts on the issues related to the European integration of the candidate countries. It aims to provide a platform and encourage cross-country and multi-stakeholder networking to take stock of the accession process, good practices, and lessons learned. It is also meant to discuss new ideas and explore the opportunities in the relations between the European Union and Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and the Western Balkan countries.
The discussion panels will be devoted to the following issues:
- the role of Ukraine in reshaping the enlargement process;
- sectoral benefits and advantages of the new enlargement for the EU;
- further development of security for Ukraine and Europe;
- the question of fundamental reforms in Ukraine as a key prerequisite for the accession.
Among the speakers:
- Katarina Mathernova, Ambassador of the European Union in Ukraine,
- Oleksandr Ilkov, Director General of the Government Office for Coordination on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine,
- Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Chair of the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
- Drita Abdiu-Halili, Former State Secretary at the Secretariat for European Affairs and Former Deputy Chief Negotiator, North Macedonia,
- Lia Quartapelle, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy.
The EU Accession Exchange Forum is organized by the New Europe Center in partnership with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, the International Renaissance Foundation, and the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (Republic of Moldova), with Ukrinform and European Pravda serving as media partners. The EU Accession Exchange Forum is taking place with EU support, within the EU-funded “Whole-of-Society Accession” project implemented by the International Renaissance Foundation.
