Main EU-Ukraine Cooperation News. November 2015

Main EU-Ukraine Cooperation News November 2015 Ukraine joins Creative Europe programme Creative Europe is a European Union programme with a budget of €1.46 billion for 2014-2020 aimed at boosting the cultural, creative and audio-visual sectors of participating countries. On November 19, Ukraine signed an agreement to join the Creative Europe programme. Read more Unless Ukraine Changes its Business Culture, the Association Agreement won't Help Exports The entry of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to the EU market is an important issue. We spoke about this with Oleg Miroshnychenko, the author of the book, "The Internationalisation of Business and Access to EU Markets." Read more   EaP Civil Society Forum in Kyiv – Participants' Perspectives From November 19-21, Kyiv hosted the 7th Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, which brought together representatives of 236 NGOs. The slogan of this year's Forum was, "Promoting reforms in testing times." Read more   Commissioner Malmström: DCFTA is not a magic, it is possibilities Deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) between the EU and Ukraine, which enters into force on 1 January 2016, gives Ukraine a lot of possibilities. But, on the other hand, it requires the country to fulfill rules and to be competitive. This was stated by Cecilia Malmström, the EU Commissioner for Trade. Read more EU perspective on Ukrainian anti-corruption draft laws European practices around the forfeiture of assets acquired through criminal activities are stricter than those of Ukraine. This is what Maria Stogova, the anti-corruption sector manager of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine said on air in an interview on the Hromadske television channel. Read more Useful links: For more information on EU-Ukraine relations, consult the following resources http://euukrainecoop.com/useful-links/ Calendar of past and future events: http://euukrainecoop.com/calendar/ EU-Ukraine: for Democracy, Stability and Prosperity  Copyright © 2015 EU Delegation to Ukraine, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: euukrainecoop@gmail.com