How to mobilize wider support in the EU Member States in favour of lifting visa regime for Ukraine? Which internal reforms are supposed to become a priority? How to use Eastern Partnership’s mechanisms to liberalize visa regimes? Which place does Ukraine take on the EU «visa map»?
Responses to these and other issues will be given at the press conference that will take place on September 10-th, from 10.30 to 11.30 am by Public initiative «Europe without Barriers». Address: Kyiv, Khreshchatyk, 4, the conference hall of UNIAN news agency.

How to mobilize wider support in the EU Member States in favour of lifting visa regime for Ukraine? Which internal reforms are supposed to become a priority? How to use Eastern Partnership’s mechanisms to liberalize visa regimes? Which place does Ukraine take on the EU "visa map"?

Responses to these and other issues will be given at the press conference that will take place  on September 10-th, from 10.30 to 11.30 am  by Public initiative "Europe without Barriers". Address: Kyiv,  Khreshchatyk, 4,  the conference hall of UNIAN news agency.

Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine and Public initiative "Europe without Barriers" supported by International Renaissance Foundation will present the results of the project aimed at developing tactics and strategies of the movement towards visa-free regime of Eastern Partnership (EaP), including Ukraine, relations with the European Union.

Cooperation established with the European Policy Centre (Brussels) and the European Stability Initiative (Brussels-Berlin-Istanbul) promotes transformation of public initiative "Europe without Barriers" into international project that has sufficient expertise and lobbying resources.

Publication “Visa-Free Europe for the Eastern Partnership: a way to achieve”  will be presented. The publication contains  professional recommendations for Ukraine and other EaP countries as for technical, legal and political challenges on the way towards criteria for visa-free regime with the EU.

Statistics of issuing visas to the citizens of Ukraine and the other states of the world by the EU consulates in 2009 will be presented. Statistics data published for the first time, accompanied by the comments of independent experts.

The press conference participants:
Iryna Sushko,  Head of "Europe without Barriers" Public initiative, Iryna Solonenko, director of European programme of the International Renaissance Foundation, Oleksandr Sushko, a leading expert "Europe without Barriers", Olexiy Vradiy, Expert of Centre for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine.

Contacts: tel. 044 2386843,  iryna_sushko@ukr.net

How to mobilize wider support in the EU Member States in favour of lifting visa regime for Ukraine? Which internal reforms are supposed to become a priority? How to use Eastern Partnership’s mechanisms to liberalize visa regimes? Which place does Ukraine take on the EU «visa map»?
Responses to these and other issues will be given at the press conference that will take place on September 10-th, from 10.30 to 11.30 am by Public initiative «Europe without Barriers». Address: Kyiv, Khreshchatyk, 4, the conference hall of UNIAN news agency.

How to mobilize wider support in the EU Member States in favour of lifting visa regime for Ukraine? Which internal reforms are supposed to become a priority? How to use Eastern Partnership’s mechanisms to liberalize visa regimes? Which place does Ukraine take on the EU "visa map"?

Responses to these and other issues will be given at the press conference that will take place  on September 10-th, from 10.30 to 11.30 am  by Public initiative "Europe without Barriers". Address: Kyiv,  Khreshchatyk, 4,  the conference hall of UNIAN news agency.

Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine and Public initiative "Europe without Barriers" supported by International Renaissance Foundation will present the results of the project aimed at developing tactics and strategies of the movement towards visa-free regime of Eastern Partnership (EaP), including Ukraine, relations with the European Union.

Cooperation established with the European Policy Centre (Brussels) and the European Stability Initiative (Brussels-Berlin-Istanbul) promotes transformation of public initiative "Europe without Barriers" into international project that has sufficient expertise and lobbying resources.

Publication “Visa-Free Europe for the Eastern Partnership: a way to achieve”  will be presented. The publication contains  professional recommendations for Ukraine and other EaP countries as for technical, legal and political challenges on the way towards criteria for visa-free regime with the EU.

Statistics of issuing visas to the citizens of Ukraine and the other states of the world by the EU consulates in 2009 will be presented. Statistics data published for the first time, accompanied by the comments of independent experts.

The press conference participants:
Iryna Sushko,  Head of "Europe without Barriers" Public initiative, Iryna Solonenko, director of European programme of the International Renaissance Foundation, Oleksandr Sushko, a leading expert "Europe without Barriers", Olexiy Vradiy, Expert of Centre for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine.

Contacts: tel. 044 2386843,  iryna_sushko@ukr.net