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On Friday, 10 November, the Council of Europe and the European Union will present to media in Kyiv the results of their projects for Eastern Partnership countries, including Ukraine.

The five country-specific projects carried out in Ukraine under the Partnership for Good Governance[1] in 2015-2017, focused on strengthening human rights standards, penitentiary reform, freedom of media, fighting corruption, and supporting free and fair elections. The total budget of these projects is 3.2 million Euros. The projects are funded by the EU and the Council of Europe, and are implemented by the Council of Europe.

In addition to these country-specific projects, Ukraine also participates in 14 regional initiatives covering all Eastern Partnership countries.

Factsheet on results of projects in Ukraine
Factsheet on results of regional projects in which Ukraine participated

Marten Ehnberg, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine; Martin Klaucke, Head of Operations,Section 1 "Good Governance and Democratisation", European Union Delegation to Ukraine, Serhii Saienko, Partnership for Good Governance National Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and Pilar Morales, Head of Programming Department, Council of Europe  will present the projects and reply to questions from media representatives.

Journalists are invited to the presentation that will take place from 10:00 to 10:45 local time on Friday, 10 November 2017, at the Vozdvyzhensky Hotel, 60a Vozdvyzhenska Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01025. Language regime: English – Ukrainian (simultaneous interpretation).

Prior accreditation of media representatives is requested.  Media accreditation is done through the Council of Europe’s Office in Ukraine, contact person for accreditation:  Dmitriy PRYDATKO, +38 044 425 60 01.

Media contact: Tatiana BAEVA, Spokesperson/Media Officer, +33 (0)685 11 64 93

Background:

For more information see http://eap-pcf-eu.coe.int/ukraine


[1] Formerly named the Programmatic Cooperation Framework for Eastern Partnership countries

Kyiv 7 November 2017
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