Road to the EU of the Visegrad countries: lessons for Ukraine

EUROPEUM’s research fellow Věra Říhová is managing a project designed to introduce the topic of public opinion towards European integration in Eastern and Southern regions of Ukraine.

Project Manager: Věra Řiháčková

Timeframe: August 2014 – December 2014

Executive Summary: 

The main aim of the project is to contribute to responding to prejudices of public opinion towards European integration in Eastern and Southern regions of Ukraine by organizing public discussions on possible solutions of problems Ukraine might face on its way to the EU using experience of its neighbouring countries.

Outputs: 

• 4 expert opinion polls
• 6 regional round tables
• Publication of 5 policy papers
• Final conference in Kyiv

Partners: 

Democratic Initiatives Foundation (Leading partner, Ukraine)
Institute for Public Affairs (Slovakia)
Center for Social and Economic Research (Poland)

Donors:

International Visegrad Fund

Věra Řiháčková Pachta
Associate Research Fellow

Expertise: EU foreign policy, western EU partners,EU cooperaton and develpmnet, EU security and counterterrorist policy