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Email this citationCIAO DATE: 03/03
Report of the Conference on "Ukraine's European Choice and the Partnership with Poland and Italy"
March 2000
Abstract
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Italy’s major international affairs think tank organised an international conference on “Ukraine’s European Choice and the Partnership with Poland and Italy”, in cooperation with the Ukrainian and the Polish Embassies in Rome. The event took place in Rome on 22nd March 2000 and was supported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the NATO Office of Information and Press, the Office of the European Commission in Rome, and the Centre for European and International Studies and the Institute of International Relations, Kyiv.
The conference was attended by a very distinguished group of European diplomats, businessmen and scholars. The agenda of the conference and the list of participants are attached to this report.
The conference addressed five major topics, which were each discussed in separate sessions. The first two dealt with the implications and the problems regarding Ukraine’s willingness to enter the EU: “The Enlargement Process of the EU and its Implications for Ukraine” and “Ukraine’s European Choice: Political and Security Aspects”; the following three sessions were concerned with the relations between Ukraine, Poland and Italy in view of promoting Ukraine’s efforts: “The Polish Way to the European Union: a Model for Ukraine”, “Prospects for Economic, Technological and Environmental Cooperation between Ukraine, Poland and Italy” and “Larger Regional Cooperation in Promoting Ukraine’s European Choice”.
The purpose of this report is to highlight the major arguments which emerged from the presentations and from the discussions in the sessions. It will furthermore summarise the policy recommendations and suggestions proposed by the participants in view of coining more efficient strategies to help Ukraine’s European integration based on the Polish experience in that regard.
