International Center for Policy Studies (ICPS)

• 2005: ICPS facilitated the submission to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine two bills: one to change state policy regarding the illegal dissemination of narcotic substances and the second to change the rules in existing anti-discrimination laws regarding race, nationality and ethnicity from merely declarative to effective.
• 2006 – 2009: Together with the Conference Board of Canada, ICPS carried out a series of projects to train government officials to use benchmarking methods in order to assess potential and evaluate performance.
• 2007: ICPS’s proposed vision of policy to combat illegal migration in Ukraine, especially with regard to establishing a transition period and sharing the financial burden with the EU, was taken into account when Ukraine signed a readmission treaty with the EU.
• Starting in 2001, ICPS analysts have regularly held workshops on policy analysis for government officials and NGOs in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
• Since 2008, ICPS has been involved in developing Ukraine’s positions during Association Agreement negotiations with the EU.
• 2011: ICPS analysts developed a universal algorithm for effective implementation of reforms in Ukraine. On this basis, they prepared maps of the land, pension, education and labor reforms and a series of recommendations for regional integration and consumer protection.
• 2012: At the initiative of ICPS and in cooperation with the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council, a Civic Platform for the support of land reform was set up in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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Current ICPS Projects

• Impact analysis on what signing an Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU and setting up a Deep Free Trade Area will do for Ukraine’s economy and individual sectors.
• Research and impact analysis of the tax reform initiatives of the Ministry of Revenues and Charges.
• A cycle of public consultations on the socio-economic transformations that will bring Ukraine more in line with the Copenhagen criteria for membership in the European Union.
• School for Leaders of Reforms, which involves setting up a network of individuals with leadership qualities who can potentially carry out reforms in the country and facilitate European integration in Ukraine.

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• The economic situation in Ukraine and forecasts for further developments;
• Eurointegration processes and the economic impact on Ukraine of the Deep Free Trade Area with the EU;
• Energy policy.

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