Ukraine
JSMT News
John Grogan MP and new Trust Deputy Director Natalia Westcombe to visit Kiev
The Trust's new Deputy Director Natalia Westcombe is to travel to Ukraine with a UK parliamentary delegation from the 8th-12th September 2008. John Grogan MP (Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Ukraine Group), Natalia Westcombe and the delegation will attend a number of meetings at the Ukrainian parliament and will also meet with many John Smith alumni. Natalia will be promoting the work of the Trust and encouraging talented young leaders to apply to the 2009 Fellowship Programme.
JSMT hosts 2007 Networking Conference in Odessa, Ukraine
On 13th and 14th April, thirty-five John Smith Fellows from the Trust’s seven Fellowship countries took part in the 2007 John Smith Memorial Trust Networking Conference in Odessa, Ukraine, sponsored by Trust supporters Scottish & Newcastle plc. Read More
John Smith Fellow Olya Melen Awarded Prestigious International Prize
On 24th April 2006 it was announced that Olya Melen, 2004 Fellow from Ukraine, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's largest prize honouring grassroots environmentalists. Read More
Articles
Ukraine's future is safe thanks to the energy of youth
By Trustee Lord McCluskey
Great cities like Rome, Moscow, Paris or Edinburgh inevitably have a history of triumph and tragedy, success and failure stretching over centuries of human achievement, the achievements invariably tempered by folly and wickedness of a character that succeeding generations find bewildering.
Ukraine: what have been the consequences of the Orange Revolution?
A 21st Century Trust Study Tour Report: In late September 2006 the 21st Century Trust, in collaboration with the John Smith Memorial Trust, organised a study tour to Ukraine for a group of young leaders from the UK. Read More
Ukraine at the Crossroads
by Alexander Demyanets, 2005 Fellow
'This year’s political season in Ukraine has started on an extraordinarily high note. On September 8 2005, President Yushchenko sacked the government headed by his long-time political ally and No. 2 in the Orange Revolution Yuliya Tymoshenko .. signifying in unmistakably stark terms the end of the Yushchenko-Tymoshenko alliance...'
The Role of Political Parties in Electoral Reform: British Experience and Ukrainian Perspectives
by 2005 Fellow Mykhaylo Nakhod
Changing the rules of national elections is a peculiarity of weak political regimes. It is also an aspiration of under-represented opposition parties. The British Labour Party opposes electoral reform for Westminster, but accepts it for devolved territories where it does not have a stable majority.
Democratic Civilian Oversight of the Security Sector in Ukraine
by 2005 Fellow Alexander Demyanets
Democratic civilian oversight of the security sector is a sine qua non of any democracy. Although Ukraine has made real progress in this area thanks to its relationship with NATO, democratic oversight of security institutions in Ukraine continues to be weak and ineffective by Euro-Atlantic standards.
Globalization: The Case of Ukraine
by 2005 Fellow Victoria Mukha
Globalization is a relatively recent phenomenon that has an enormous influence on the future of our planet. It elicits contradictory reactions from economists, politicians, scientists and ordinary people. In addition to its benefits, globalization has dangers and risks.
Wind of Changes
An article by 2004 Fellow Sergiy Orlov
John Smith Fellows Association of Ukraine
The foundation meeting of the John Smith Fellows Association of Ukraine was held at the offices of the British Council in Kiev on the 10th November 2003. On behalf of the Trust, Catherine Smith spoke of the Trust’s view that the Fellowship Programme was only the beginning of a process. The Trust is keen for fellows to return to their country and use some of the experiences they had benefited from in the UK. The British Ambassador to Ukraine, H.E. Robert Brinkley is Honorary President of the Club, along with Baroness Smith and Lord McCluskey. Speaking at the launch, he expressed his delight that the Association was being set up and hoped it would become an important vehicle for good work in Ukrainian society. The meeting appointed Dr. Stanislav Shevchuk as Chairman, and established an “Initiative Group” with Yegor Kalashnikov, Olga Ryeka, Denys Zhmaev and Maxim Shkilov as first members of the Board. The meeting discussed a programme of work for 2004. An important priority will be to help members maintain contact with John Smith Fellows in other countries. The Association will join with LINKS, the British Association for Central and Eastern Europe and the Ukrainian Bar Association to develop a multi track project in support of the rule of law and legal reform in Ukraine.
