On June 10, New Europe Center held an annual event – NEC Club, which allowed to discuss in the informal atmosphere the foreign policy challenges of Ukraine. One of the main goals of the meeting was to identify the most relevant topics for future analytical materials by think tanks.
In particular, Vadym Prystaiko, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration; Hanna Hopko, Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; Olga Stefanishyna, Director General of the Government Office for Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration; Vasyl Khymynets, Director of the First European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; Petro Beshta, Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine represented the Ukrainian authorities.
The participants of the NEC Club included the specialists on international relations and security issues ranging from think tanks experts (non-governmental sector) to officials.
New Europe Center Club is an annual event, aimed at discussing the further development of the organization with our key partners in the informal atmosphere. Find more information about the past year meeting here.
Mission of the New Europe Center is to develop policy papers and conduct project activities in order to promote European standards and practices in Ukraine, as well as to increase support of Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic prospects among opinion leaders and officials of the EU and the NATO.
NEC aims to pursue three strategic priorities:
- Enhancing the effectiveness of Ukraine’s foreign and security policy
- Communicating European and Euro-Atlantic choice in Ukraine
- Communicating Ukraine in the EU and the US
Find more information about the results of our work during the last year here.
Please find below pictures from yesterday’s meeting of NEC Club (photographer Anna Korbut).
NEC team: Leonid Litra, Anastasiia Shtanieva, Marianna Fakhurdinova, Alyona Getmanchuk, Kateryna Zarembo, Tetiana Levoniuk, Sergiy Solodkyy
Coffee-break discussion
Oksana Osadcha, Senior National Political Officer at NATO Representation in Ukraine, Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director of the New Europe Center and Nadia Koval, Head of the Central European Studies Program of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”
Oleksiy Haran, Research Director at the Democratic Initiatives Foundation with NEC team – Leonid Litra, Marianna Fakhurdinova and Tetiana Levoniuk
Before the NEC Club meeting
Sergiy Korsunsky, Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine and Yevhen Hlibovitsky, Nestor Group Expert
Yulia Tyshchenko, Head of the Democratic Processes Support Program at the Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research (UCIPR) and NEC representatives – Sergiy Solodkyy, First Deputy Director of the New Europe Center and Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the New Europe Center
Dmytro Shulga, European Program Director of the International Renaissance Foundation
Haidai Daria, Adviser of Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine
Serhiy Sydorenko, chief in editor of the European Truth, Dmytro Shulga, European Program Director of the International Renaissance Foundation, Vasyl Khymynets, Director of the First European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director of the New Europe Center.
Vadym Prystaiko, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration on Foreign Policy Issues and Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the New Europe Center
Discussion by NEC Club participants
Hanna Hopko, Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Vadym Prystaiko, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration on Foreign Policy Issues
Oleksiy Haran, Research Director at the Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Sergiy Korsunsky, Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine and Yevhen Hlibovitsky, Nestor Group Expert
Olena Snigyr, leading specialist in Centre for International Studies in the the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine and Yulia Tyshchenko, Head of the Democratic Processes Support Program at the Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research (UCIPR)
NEC Club meeting
Olga Stefanishina, Director General of the Government Office for the Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
The event was organized within the Think Tanks Development Initiative for Ukraine, implemented by the International Renaissance Foundation in partnership with the Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE) and with financial support from the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine.
The event was conducted by New Europe Center as part of its project implemented under the USAID/ENGAGE activity, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact. The content of this event are the sole responsibility of New Europe Center and Pact and do not necessary reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
