Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation (DIF) conducted 8 focus group interviews in the Donetsk oblast (Mykolayivka, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Slovyansk) and in the Luhansk oblast (Rubizhne, Svatove, Syeverodonetsk, Starobilsk) on 17-25 February 2018.
Andreas Umland, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, analysed why Moscow sent the Buk missile to Ukraine when such a weapon was not necessary to shoot down lower flying Ukrainian military planes.
Political Points of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform include a weekly expert analysis of the most important processes in Ukraine in areas of constitutionalism, political parties and elections, governance and public administration reform, judiciary, combatting corruption, criminal justice, etc.
DiXi Group presented new analytical report on key events in the energy sector of Ukraine and the region. The document covers all important developments, major political and business statements in the areas of gas, oil, electricity, renewables, and utility services.
The seventh issue of Ukrainian Law Enforcement Reform Digest is the result of the common project of NGO “Association UMDPL” and Centre of Policy and Legal Reform with the financial support of European Union.
The Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation together with the Razumkov Center conducted research on May 19-25, 2018 in all oblasts of Ukraine with the exception of occupied Crimea and the occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. 2,019 respondents from the age of 18 years and older were polled.
Travellers who regularly cross the border have opposing opinions on the impact of the visa-free regime on the border crossing procedure at Ukraine’s western border.
The Centre of Policy and Legal Reform analysed the situation with the development of Ukraine’s Anticorruption Strategy for 2018-2020 in the article for BlogActiv.
Highlights:
– Visa Union around the EU;
– Not Temporary Resettlers: 4 years in the Lives of IDPs in Ukraine;
– Privatisation 2018: Vital Need or Usual Habit?;
– New Food Legislation: Providing Information about Products;
–Environmental Policy and Law: UA Review (June 2018).
The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting preliminary estimated that the total economic gain from anticorruption measures is at 6% of GDP, or USD 6 BN.