ENP in Ukraine:what lessons learned can be useful for WEI

Victor Liakh,

East Europe Foundation

Date

Ukraine: setting the scene

• Freest country in CIS (2008)• Highest level of corruption in CIS (2008)• Uneasy Russia-Ukraine relations• Rapid development of civil society for recent

decade• Political clinch between powers• Presidential elections in 2010• Euro 2012 Cup

Ukraine-EU cooperation: ENPI mechanism

• NATIONAL INDICATIVE PROGRAMME 2007-2010

• Main channel of EU support for Ukraine for 2007-2010 with budget of € 494 M

• Support is provided through other EC programmes and agencies, (e.g. TEMPUS, Erasmus Mundus)

• Two additional mechanisms: the Neighborhood Infrastructure Facility and the Governance Facility

Challenges for ENP implementation

• Policy objectives are too wide; too vague to be measured

• Low involvement of stakeholder in ENP elaboration• Contradiction between a tradition of a highly

institutionalized process and weak institutionalization of the implementation

• Limited opportunities for NGOs to participate at the Program

WE: lessons learned from ENP in Ukraine

•Formulate concrete “traceable” objectives•Involve stakeholders in the WEI target countries and

abroad into the formulation of the WEI objectives and actions; approaches to implementation of the WEI

•Facilitate exchanges between Finnish partners and partners in WEI target countries

•Coordinate efforts with other donors •Explore role of private sector in some program areas

Thank you for your attention!!!

Contact information

Victor Liakh, Executive Director

East Europe Foundation

vliakh@eef.org.ua

www.eef.org.ua