EST-SWE-UKR cooperation project (EDK) - Trilateral Professional Capacity Building Project

In the first semester, the project preparations and negotiations between the parties took place, the preliminary curriculum, program and budget were drawn up. In the second half of the year, the first activities took place for all three target groups indicated as beneficiaries in the project. Of these, one seminar was held in Baku and two were held in Kyiv. Within the framework of the UKRAINE EUROPEAN WAY project, several hundred senior officials and diplomats of Ukraine will be able to improve their knowledge of the European Union within two years. In order to implement the project, a memorandum of understanding was signed by ESTDEV, the Swedish Institute (SI), the Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy (DAU) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Estonian Diplomatic School (ESD) and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE-Riga), with the aim of growing the skills of Ukrainian diplomats and senior officials' knowledge of the European Union. As part of the program, Ukrainian civil servants receive training on European integration, development of cross-border cooperation, digitalization of public services, information security and cyber threats arising during hybrid warfare. Participants will be given an overview of policy making and processes in the EU. They get acquainted with practical examples and techniques related to EU negotiations and gain knowledge about the EU and its sectoral problems.