“All my public awareness started at the Revolution of Dignity, in 2013. I was only turning 18 and it profoundly affected me. During all the events on Maidan, I volunteered as medical staff. This experience made me meet many people in the civil society sector, mostly human rights activists. At this moment in my life, […]
Today we are starting a new series of interviews, ‘Obverse and Reverse’, where we invite a representative from the establishment, on the one hand, and an expert from civil society on the other, to show that besides coming from different backgrounds, they often have more in common than differences. This episode is dedicated to prosecutorial […]
Ukraine is facing a historic opportunity to advance its Euro-Atlantic path
“I always smile when I recall the day my father called me and said that he had seen somewhere in a newspaper that the Donetsk Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had announced enrollment to the Traffic Police Faculty. It was in 2013, and at that time, I had just graduated with honours […]
“Hello, my name is Olha Svetlichna and I am the advisor on gender issues in the Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs. I am a happy person, as all my life I have been working in the human rights sphere. Deep in my heart, I firmly believe that the world free from violence and stereotypes […]
“I am still new to this Police system, but I have worked with the Patrol Police in Lviv for six years. Before that, I used to be a professional handball player, and I represented my country in many competitions. Everything started in 2014 after the Euromaidan events happened. Like many friends and colleagues, this wave […]
“Love at first sight. These are the words that come to my mind when I think about the time spent at the EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM). The story of this overarching love, so deeply rooted in my activities and views, symbolically began on 1 April 2015, as if a new page opened up in […]
“After serving in the military, I decided to join Spain’s Guardia Civil in 1993 and started to specialise in public order activities in 2005. I chose this specialisation for both professional and personal reasons. First, as a police officer, working on mass events requires a higher degree of management skills. Though it is very challenging, […]
“I joined the Public Prosecution Office because I believe that defending human rights and restoring justice is my calling. In my personal experience, I learnt the real value of these ideals and the real cost that one could pay to preserve them. Because of the events in Donbas in 2014, my life has completely changed […]
“‘Hello! My name is Saer Ammar, and I come from Germany.’ Every time I introduce myself to new mission colleagues, I see expressions of surprise. My name does not sound German, yet I am German and have chosen to represent my country in different international peace missions. In Sudan and South Sudan with the United […]
When he joined the KyivPride NGO, he was only 19 years old. Thanks to his background in advertising, Maxim Potapovych now creates content and social media for visibility for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people and other members of the LGBT+ community in Ukraine.
“Already at school and then at university, I knew that I had this special interest in the public area. And the protection of Human Rights is one key aspect of public life. It was in 2010 that I worked for the first time on serious activities in the field. In Kharkiv, citizens were protesting against […]
Ukraine’s vibrant civil-society sector plays a critical role in advocating for reform in the civilian security sector, and reform more generally.
In 2016, the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) joined the EU Delegation, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Liaison Office and the US Embassy to establish the International Advisory Group (IAG)* and to jointly support the reform of Ukraine’s security sector in general and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) in particular
For EUAM’s #AgentsofChange portraits series, Mstyslav Banik answers a few questions on how to bring innovation and digital transformation to the service of Ukrainian citizens.
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