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Despite the unprecedented challenge of advancing EU integration while resisting Russia’s full-scale aggression, Ukraine has demonstrated remarkable progress on its path toward EU accession. Accession negotiations began formally in June 2024, and by September 2025, Ukraine and the EU completed the bilateral screening process. This progress reflects strong political commitment in both Brussels and Kyiv, as well as a growing recognition that Ukraine’s EU accession is a central pillar of Europe’s long-term security. Yet, the speed of negotiations alone will not determine success, and the screening is one of the easiest parts of the negotiation process. Once the first negotiation cluster has officially been opened, Ukraine will have to move to the most challenging part of the negotiations: the implementation phase. Its success will largely depend on the institutional capacity of Ukraine’s system of governance and in particular the success of the public administration reform (PAR).Against this backdrop, the Ukrainian Centre for European Policy (UCEP) conducted a study at the initiative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Kyiv Office. The study assessed progress and remaining challenges in Ukraine’s public administration reform, exploring how EU accession instruments could address these challenges. The study explores how institutional mainstreaming—the systematic integration of administrative capacity-building across all negotiation areas—can strengthen the effectiveness, sustainability and irreversibility of Ukraine’s EU accession reforms. It furthermore focuses on how to assess and reinforce the institutional capacity of public authorities to ensure not only the adoption of EU-compliant legislation, but also its effective implementation with adequate human and financial resources.
To present the key findings of this study, we invite you to join us for a study presentation and panel discussion followed by a networking lunch at the Europe Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation. Why is the public administration central to Ukraine’s EU accession process? How far has Ukraine’s PAR come? And how can the EU mainstream Ukraine’s PAR to accelerate EU accession ?
Hier finden Sie das Programm zum Download: Program 26-01-27 Ukraine.pdf
