Democratization, Good Governance and EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
What can be done to overcome corruption? What is “good governance” and how can it be achieved? What change is possible within the state administration of Ukraine? How best can we engage the citizens of Ukraine in determining, managing and realizing meaningful reforms to the justice system?
August 23, 2011
On 20 Years of Independence: Vira Nanivska, ICPS director, interviewed in Den
| The radical change in economic and political systems that took place in the early 1990s, the institution of private property and the dismantling of the Communist Party’s monopoly, to this day, are not supported by the institutions necessary in a democratic, market-oriented government. By maintaining immunity for the ruins of the soviet state machine and centralized, command principles of law, we hung onto the rule of power without establishing the rule of law. |
August 08, 2011
Reforming Labor Relations
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The main problem with labor in Ukraine is the incompatibility between existing regulations and their institutional support, which is entirely soviet in essence and will never ensure real relations between workers and employers that are standard for democratic countries with market economies.
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August 01, 2011
Education Reform: Increasing employability
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Ukraine has every possibility to improve the quality of education and to ensure that it is connected to the labor market. All stakeholders agree that reform is very much needed. However, the means for undertaking such reforms and the depth of reform needed are seen very differently.
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February 02, 2010
One sickness, many cures: Spain’s anti-crisis prescription
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Popular opinion notwithstanding, Ukraine has much in common with other European countries—at least when it comes to economic problems. And although each country resolves these problems on its own, borrowing from other countries in this area could prove helpful to Ukraine’s President-elect.
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October 06, 2007
What next, after the election?
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Both international and Ukrainian observers agree that the snap election to the Verkhovna Rada took place fairly, openly and democratically. Despite numberless technical problems, observers commented on the better quality of organization and the upholding
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August 03, 2006
Viktor Yushchenko—Ukraine’s Lincoln
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After this last night, it is impossible not to compare Viktor Yushchenko to Abraham Lincoln. After victory in the Civil War, President Lincoln’s determination to abolish slavery and to unify the country encountered tremendous opposition among both the Con
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June 14, 2006
Coalition talks unlikely to terminate
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Nasha Ukraina’s threat to walk out of coalition and SPU’s ultimatum regarding the post of Speaker are both tactical rather than conclusive maneuvers in the end-game of coalition talks—the division of the main posts, says ICPS political analyst Ivan Presny
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ICPS News
Two keys to reforming the energy sector: substance and organization The main problem in Ukraine is the gap between the conditions the EU sets for market surveillance and what Ukraine can realistically undertake at this time Ukraine’s economy grows more vulnerable to external shocks Season's Greetings! The European Union-Ukraine association agreement: Waiting for Godot?
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