Promotional event “Enforcement of EU Values in Ukraine: Presentation of the Project” (September, 27, 2018)
The need of the event is based on the necessity to convey basic information about the project to both students and university lecturers, as well as to the general public (legal practitioners, civil society representatives, other interested persons). Conducting the event will not only increase the awareness of the local residents about the content of European values, but also raise the general interest in the European Union as a whole and involve participants of the event into further work in the project (for example, through the use of distance-learning courses). So, this event targeted at achieving Jean Monnet aims: “equip students and young professionals with knowledge of European Union subjects relevant for their academic and professional lives and enhance their civic skills; “promote excellence in teaching and research in EU studies” and “improve the quality of professional training on EU subjects”.“Enforcement of EU Values in Ukraine: Presentation of the Project”
Main objectives of the event were:
- to familiarize participants with the project and explain its main goal;
- to announce the measures envisaged by the project, explain their content, disseminate materials related to the project;
- to explain the meaning of European values and their implications for the legal system of the European Union;
- to indicate the need to implement the values of the European Union in Ukrainian legislation;
- to point out the shortcomings of Ukrainian legislation and law enforcement practice in the context of respect for the values of the European Union.
Target groups: students, teachers and other university staff, civil society representatives, legal practitioners and other professional groups, general public.
The methodology of the event includes a brief presentation of the project, participants’ reports on the problems of implementation of EU values in the Ukrainian legislation and both judicial and law-enforcement practice, discussion, dissemination of project materials among the participants of the event and announcing main project’s events to all interested persons.
Outcomes:
- distributing of information about the project and increasing of the number of its potential participants;
- growing of interest in the values of the EU and the EU as a whole.
- Short-term benefits for participants:
- updating of knowledge about the European Union;
- obtaining of information on the opportunities opened by implementation of the Association Agreement in the educational and professional fields;
- obtaining of information on the opportunities of participating in project events.
Long-term benefits for participants:
- increasing of understanding and perception of European integration and EU values;
- possibility of constant use of project materials in educational, teaching and professional activity;
- potential growth of civic activity.
Given the fact that such project will be implemented in the region for the first time, there is a need for the widest possible dissemination of information among the general public and students. The event will not only help to form a positive impression of the European Union among its participants, but will also show a real example of cooperation with the European Union in the educational sphere. Seeing a successful example of the implementation of European integration processes, the event participants will be more active in promoting European values and European integration in their spheres of activity (law enforcement, teaching, public activity, etc.).
