A regular meeting of the Commission for the Coordination of Euro-Atlantic integration was held with participation of Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration
Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of
Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
chaired a regular meeting of the Commission for the Coordination of
Euro-Atlantic integration.
In particular, the participants of the meeting discussed the process of implementation
of the Annual National Program (ANP) under the auspices of the
NATO-Ukraine Commission for 2017 as well as the beginning of the preparation of
the new ANP for 2018.The Vice Prime Minister stressed the importance of the aforesaid
document which remains
the main document in terms of cooperation with the Alliance. It‘s
noteworthy that for the first time monitoring of the implementation of the
plans for 2017 will be held with the involvement of the civil society. The representatives
of the society are also to be participating in elaboration of the new plan for
2018.
The
participants of the event also focused on issues of implementation of "The Concept
of improving the public awareness of Ukraine's cooperation with NATO for the
period 2017-2020” and preparing of annual plans. As for now the State Committee
for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine is engaged in developing of
the relevant plan. A special attention is paid to activities in the regions.
Apart from that, the interlocutors considered the outcomes of the work of
National Coordinators for cooperation with NATO in 2016 as well as plans for
2017. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
also emphasized on the importance of intensifying work in this sphere.
Furthermore, among the topics for discussion was a gender policy, so the
participants emphasized the importance to strengthen the gender equality
component in the work of the security and defense sector in compliance with NATO
standards and policy. The representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
accentuated it proved necessary to apply the gender equality approach to the
work of the defense institution and to prolong the activities aimed at the
improvement of military equipment, medicine and etc. for female service
members. Apart from that, a peculiar attention was paid to the need for faster establishment
of an Office of Government Commissioner for gender equality policy and the
appointment of the relevant Commissioner at the national level.
In addition, the attendees singled out an issue of the preparation for
participation in international sporting competition the Invictus
Games, which is to be held this fall in Toronto, Canada.