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EUAM facilitates dialogue between Verkhovna Rada and Donetsk region

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EU Advisory Mission Ukraine supports a field session in Zakarpattia for a Parliamentary committee

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EUAM hands over 14 Mission vehicles to police in Luhansk region

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PRAVO Police Steering Committee reiterates priorities in supporting Ukraine’s law-enforcement reform

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Maxim Potapovych from KyivPride expects ‘around 10,000 participants for the 2021 edition’

I am glad Ukraine is getting closer to the European Union’s values and increasingly respecting LGBT+ rights. A few months ago, in the Verkhovna Rada, they adopted a new law 5488 to criminalise hate crimes. It is an outstanding bill to protect the groups discriminated against based on their skin colour, gender or sexual orientation.

When he joined the KyivPride NGO, he was only 19 years old. Thanks to his background in advertising, Maxim Potapovych now creates content and social media for visibility for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people and other members of the LGBT+ community in Ukraine. The young activist agreed to participate in our #AgentsofChange series and answer a few questions on his commitment and on the organisation of the Equality march taking place this Saturday 19th September.

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How building trust between police and citizens makes society a better place

EUAM advisor and trainer on community policing Ralf Hoegedal explains the community policing concept and why it is crucial not only for Denmark and Ukraine, but for all countries in the world, to deal with the concept in a professional manner.

EUAM facilitated a field visit to Zakarpattia of the EU Integration Parliamentary Committee

On 15-16 September, EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) facilitated and supported a field visit to Zakarpattia region of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s integration into the EU. During the visit, the delegation that comprised members of the committee, Head of EUAM Antti Hartikainen, as well as representatives of the EU Delegation in Ukraine and Support Group for Ukraine (SGUA), accompanied by the representatives of State Border Guard Service, State Customs Services, visited a number of border crossing points to see how Integrated Border Management System (IBM) is being implemented.

During the second day, the Committee held its meeting to discuss key takeaways from the visit and to plan way forward concerning IBM implementation and trans-border cooperation.