Інфографіка щодо становища кримських татар у Криму протягом останніх ста років, норм міжнародного права і світового досвіду у забезпеченні прав корінних народів
Prospects of Ukraine’s Accession to the European Common Aviation AreaEurope without barriers
Рolicy Brief "Prospects of Ukraine’s Accession to the European Common Aviation Area", based on research conducted by EWB. Four approaches to reach signing of the Agreement were proposed
Report on Barriers Faced by People with Disabilities When Applying for Scheng...Europe without barriers
Monitoring results of visa and migration services accessibilty for people with disabilities in Ukraine. Results of questioning the representatives of people with disabilities organisations in Kyiv and seven regions
De Revolutie van het Industrial Internet of ThingsMichiel Verheij
De Revolutie van het Industrial Internet of Things. Keynote presentatie voor congres Industrial Ethernet 17 maart 2016 in de Kuip in Rotterdam. Thema van de presentatie is geschiedenis van IIoT, het heden, de toekomst en hoe om te gaan met deze ontwikkelingen als organisatie. Deze presentatie is gegeven door Michiel Verheij, consultant / product owner bij TRIMM (www.trimm.nl, https://nl.linkedin.com/in/michielverheij)
Documents Security and Migration Policy: Assessments and Recommendations of t...Europe without barriers
The publication encompasses the research developed by the experts of international sector working group studying “migration policy” and “document security” issues as they serve as important components for Ukraine’s way towards visa free regime in its relations with the EU.
The publication includes analysis and evaluations of the conformity level of current state policy with the standards of the European Union in the sphere of migration and readmission, identity documents security as basic requirements for implementing the tasks and criteria of the Action Plan on Visa Liberalisation.
Expert conclusions and recommendations, international experience of reform implementation within the defined state policy areas constitute the methodological and practical value of the publication.
Contributors:
Iryna Prybytkova (Ukraine), Olena Malynovska (Ukraine),
Vladimir Petronijevic (Serbia), Miroslava Jelacic (Serbia),
Oleksandr Sushko (Ukraine), Sara Nikolic (Bosnia and Herzegovina),
Andriy Starodub (Ukraine), Nadya Dimitrova (Bulgaria),
Iryna Sushko (Ukraine), Andreja Stojkovski (Macedonia),
Viktor Chumak (Ukraine), Oksana Gyrych (Ukraine)
Schengen Consulates in Assessments and Ratings. Visa Practices of the EU Memb...Europe without barriers
With this publication Europe without Barriers (EWB) summarizes comprehensive data of the large scale field research conducted in the summer 2010 with the support of International Renaissance Foundation.
Visa issuance procedures applied by the EU and Schengen Member States was the main research target, as it still remains one of the most sensitive issues for Ukrainian citizens regarding all the EU agenda, mainly due to the complications during obtaining visas.
Nevertheless, the problems rising within visa application procedure are important not only for Ukrainian citizens who spend their time and money in order to obtain the right to enter the territory of the Schengen zone; the consulates are also affected, as complaints by the clients may indicate administrative deficiencies and detect a quality level of the services provided.
Long “real” and “virtual” queues, visitors’ complaints on the unfriendly treatment by the staff, ambiguous application of existing regulations cause wide spread disappointment on visa regime with the EU and negative perception of European visa policies and practices in the eyes of Ukrainians.
At the beginning of 2010 Edward Lucas, famous British analyst and journalist, reflected in Ukrainian mass media upon the discrepancies regarding high EU requirements in the sphere of public administration taking as an example the visa practice of particular EU consulates functioning on the territory of Ukraine.
Mr. Lucas mentioned that accountability and transparency as the main principles of European administration system should be symmetrically applied by all parties of the process. The expert advised to fight for adherence to all the principles mentioned above by compiling ratings of consular services on the basis of multilevel monitoring, which will detect the discrepancies among the Consulates and will serve as an important argument for promoting necessary elimination of existing drawbacks.
EWB experts not only made that idea real, providing unbiased expertise of visa issuance by the EU and Schengen zone members; they also continued comprehensive evaluations of implementation of existing regulatory framework, including the Agreement between Ukraine and EU on the Facilitation of the Issuance of Visas (Visa Facilitation Agreement – VFA) and the EU Visa Code that entered into force on April 5th 2010.
The data and assessments provided here were presented at the roundtable held by EWB in Kyiv on October 27th 2010. Among others, 14 top officials out of 20 consular services surveyed participated in the event.
We hope that increased publicity and openness demonstrated by many consulates of the EU Member States is only the first step towards productive atmosphere of transparency, openness and trustworthy dialogue between the consulate officials and Ukrainian society which will contribute to the solution of the problems restricting the freedom of people to people contacts.
This publication is about the strategy and tactical priorities on the path toward visa-free regime for the countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) with the European Union. Assessments and recommendations developed by the expert group disclose available mechanisms and opportunities for further visa liberalisation. The research is aimed for strengthening and further professionalisation of international public impact and lobbying of the freedom of movement in Europe. Famous European think tanks and NGOs such as European Policy Centre (Brussels) and European Stability Initiative (Berlin-Brussels-Istanbul) contributed to this project.
Public Monitoring of the EU Member States’ Visa Issuance Policies and Practic...Europe without barriers
Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine presents the results of large scale research project which was carried out during the second half of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. The research was focused on monitoring of visa issuance policy and practice conducted by EU Consular establishments in regard to Ukrainian citizens after the Schengen zone expansion (on December 21st, 2007) and after the Agreement on Facilitation of the Issuance of Visas between Ukraine and the EU (VFA) had entered into force (on January 1st, 2008).
The publication offers and independent assessment evaluation of the implementation of two legislative acts: the EU-Ukraine Visa-Facilitation Agreement (VFA), the EU Visa Code. Positive and negative tendencies of the EU Visa Policy’s specific components are also reflected in the analysis.
Інфографіка щодо становища кримських татар у Криму протягом останніх ста років, норм міжнародного права і світового досвіду у забезпеченні прав корінних народів
Prospects of Ukraine’s Accession to the European Common Aviation AreaEurope without barriers
Рolicy Brief "Prospects of Ukraine’s Accession to the European Common Aviation Area", based on research conducted by EWB. Four approaches to reach signing of the Agreement were proposed
Report on Barriers Faced by People with Disabilities When Applying for Scheng...Europe without barriers
Monitoring results of visa and migration services accessibilty for people with disabilities in Ukraine. Results of questioning the representatives of people with disabilities organisations in Kyiv and seven regions
De Revolutie van het Industrial Internet of ThingsMichiel Verheij
De Revolutie van het Industrial Internet of Things. Keynote presentatie voor congres Industrial Ethernet 17 maart 2016 in de Kuip in Rotterdam. Thema van de presentatie is geschiedenis van IIoT, het heden, de toekomst en hoe om te gaan met deze ontwikkelingen als organisatie. Deze presentatie is gegeven door Michiel Verheij, consultant / product owner bij TRIMM (www.trimm.nl, https://nl.linkedin.com/in/michielverheij)
Documents Security and Migration Policy: Assessments and Recommendations of t...Europe without barriers
The publication encompasses the research developed by the experts of international sector working group studying “migration policy” and “document security” issues as they serve as important components for Ukraine’s way towards visa free regime in its relations with the EU.
The publication includes analysis and evaluations of the conformity level of current state policy with the standards of the European Union in the sphere of migration and readmission, identity documents security as basic requirements for implementing the tasks and criteria of the Action Plan on Visa Liberalisation.
Expert conclusions and recommendations, international experience of reform implementation within the defined state policy areas constitute the methodological and practical value of the publication.
Contributors:
Iryna Prybytkova (Ukraine), Olena Malynovska (Ukraine),
Vladimir Petronijevic (Serbia), Miroslava Jelacic (Serbia),
Oleksandr Sushko (Ukraine), Sara Nikolic (Bosnia and Herzegovina),
Andriy Starodub (Ukraine), Nadya Dimitrova (Bulgaria),
Iryna Sushko (Ukraine), Andreja Stojkovski (Macedonia),
Viktor Chumak (Ukraine), Oksana Gyrych (Ukraine)
Schengen Consulates in Assessments and Ratings. Visa Practices of the EU Memb...Europe without barriers
With this publication Europe without Barriers (EWB) summarizes comprehensive data of the large scale field research conducted in the summer 2010 with the support of International Renaissance Foundation.
Visa issuance procedures applied by the EU and Schengen Member States was the main research target, as it still remains one of the most sensitive issues for Ukrainian citizens regarding all the EU agenda, mainly due to the complications during obtaining visas.
Nevertheless, the problems rising within visa application procedure are important not only for Ukrainian citizens who spend their time and money in order to obtain the right to enter the territory of the Schengen zone; the consulates are also affected, as complaints by the clients may indicate administrative deficiencies and detect a quality level of the services provided.
Long “real” and “virtual” queues, visitors’ complaints on the unfriendly treatment by the staff, ambiguous application of existing regulations cause wide spread disappointment on visa regime with the EU and negative perception of European visa policies and practices in the eyes of Ukrainians.
At the beginning of 2010 Edward Lucas, famous British analyst and journalist, reflected in Ukrainian mass media upon the discrepancies regarding high EU requirements in the sphere of public administration taking as an example the visa practice of particular EU consulates functioning on the territory of Ukraine.
Mr. Lucas mentioned that accountability and transparency as the main principles of European administration system should be symmetrically applied by all parties of the process. The expert advised to fight for adherence to all the principles mentioned above by compiling ratings of consular services on the basis of multilevel monitoring, which will detect the discrepancies among the Consulates and will serve as an important argument for promoting necessary elimination of existing drawbacks.
EWB experts not only made that idea real, providing unbiased expertise of visa issuance by the EU and Schengen zone members; they also continued comprehensive evaluations of implementation of existing regulatory framework, including the Agreement between Ukraine and EU on the Facilitation of the Issuance of Visas (Visa Facilitation Agreement – VFA) and the EU Visa Code that entered into force on April 5th 2010.
The data and assessments provided here were presented at the roundtable held by EWB in Kyiv on October 27th 2010. Among others, 14 top officials out of 20 consular services surveyed participated in the event.
We hope that increased publicity and openness demonstrated by many consulates of the EU Member States is only the first step towards productive atmosphere of transparency, openness and trustworthy dialogue between the consulate officials and Ukrainian society which will contribute to the solution of the problems restricting the freedom of people to people contacts.
This publication is about the strategy and tactical priorities on the path toward visa-free regime for the countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) with the European Union. Assessments and recommendations developed by the expert group disclose available mechanisms and opportunities for further visa liberalisation. The research is aimed for strengthening and further professionalisation of international public impact and lobbying of the freedom of movement in Europe. Famous European think tanks and NGOs such as European Policy Centre (Brussels) and European Stability Initiative (Berlin-Brussels-Istanbul) contributed to this project.
Public Monitoring of the EU Member States’ Visa Issuance Policies and Practic...Europe without barriers
Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine presents the results of large scale research project which was carried out during the second half of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. The research was focused on monitoring of visa issuance policy and practice conducted by EU Consular establishments in regard to Ukrainian citizens after the Schengen zone expansion (on December 21st, 2007) and after the Agreement on Facilitation of the Issuance of Visas between Ukraine and the EU (VFA) had entered into force (on January 1st, 2008).
The publication offers and independent assessment evaluation of the implementation of two legislative acts: the EU-Ukraine Visa-Facilitation Agreement (VFA), the EU Visa Code. Positive and negative tendencies of the EU Visa Policy’s specific components are also reflected in the analysis.