Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2000-4
THE UKRAINE
9 Prorizna street, apt. 20
01034 Kiev
Tel.: +038 044 228-8687
Fax: +038 044 244-3453
E-mail: info@uceps.com.ua
Internet:
http://www.uceps.com.ua/
Management: Rachok, Anatoliy - general director
Year of foundation: 1994
Staff: 24
Main fields: UCEPS is a non-profitable public organisation that
carries out its studies in the following areas: domestic policy; social and
economic development of the the Ukraine; energy policy; international economy;
foreign policy; national security and defence; military reform; international
and regional security; peacekeeping. UCEPS goals are:
* to develop the models of social and economic development of the the
Ukraine, the mechanisms for realisation of these models;
* to assist in building a constructive co-operation between the different
branches of state power;
* to assist in reforming the Ukraine's state military organisation, which
shall be effective, sustainable and subject to democratic civilian control;
* to improve the relationships among the state authorities, local
communities, and the public;
* to facilitate well informed, substantiated, and effective decision-making
process within the government;
* to establish good working relationships with leading foreign analytical
centres and non-governmental organisations;
* to provide unbiased independent information to the public.
Research topics:
* Social and economic situation in the Ukraine and prospects for its
development;
* Maintaining political and social stability in the Ukraine during the
transition period;
* the Ukraine in a context of global economy: a modern situation and
prospects;
* the Ukraine and the European Union: a modern status and prospects for
co-operation;
* Shadow economy and organised crime in the Ukraine;
* Constitutional process in the Ukraine: problems and prospects;
* The Ukraine's Armed Forces: current state and problems of reforming;
* Mass media: freedom of speech and state authorities in the Ukraine;
* Religion, community and the state authorities in the Ukraine;
* Economic and foreign policy priorities of Ukrainian political parties;
* Military reform in the Ukraine: start, or another false start?
* International image of the Ukraine: myths and realities;
* Reform of the Ukraine's insurance system: conceptual background;
* The Administrative reform in the Ukraine: will the closed circle be broken?
* The Ukraine on the international markets: problems and prospects
* The Ukraine's relations with NATO within the context of European security
Surveys: The Centre conducts the public opinion polls in all 27
regions of the the Ukraine.
Publications/ papers: The Centre offers full text publications
at its Internet site (see below). It publishes (in English) the journal
"National Security and Defence" which contents can be
found via http://www.uceps.com.ua/eng/-journal_e.html
Services: UCEPS provides the following analytical materials:
monitoring of the national security threats; political analysis and strategic
forecast; analytical reports, bulletins, and articles; opinion poll results;
timely commentary for mass media on the most urgent issues.
Events: UCEPS organises seminars, conferences, workshops and
round-tables.
The following full text publications (in English) can be loaded in PDF or in
text format via
http://www.uceps.com.ua/eng/publications_e.html
* Bychenko, Andriy; Polyakov, Leonid. 2000. How much of NATO do the
Ukranians want?
* Chaly, Valeriy. 2000. the Ukraine's international image: expert opinion.
* Chaly, Valeriy; Pashkov, Mykhail. 2000. The opposite side of the
strategic partnership.
* Grytsenko, Anatoly. 2000. Civil-military relations in the the Ukraine.
From form to substance.
* Grytsenko, Anatoly. 2000. Government program: does anything like this
exist?
* Korniyevskiy, Oleksandr. 2000. Unemployment in the Ukraine; estimates
and forecasts.
* Sidenko, Volodymyr. 2000. the Ukraine's export potential: the priorities
of integration.
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