Due to the Arseniy Yatseniuk «Open Ukraine» Foundation support and financial support of NATO Public Diplomacy Division an active participant of trainings and Foundation programs, Postgraduate student of Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Ilya Gavrilenko is taking part in a visit to the NATO headquarters and NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE).
The event will be held 21-24 October 2015 in Brussels in the framework of information cooperation between Ukraine and NATO.
Illia Havrylenko is one of 15 winners of various competitions concerning security and NATO that took place in 2014-2015.
The visit program includes meetings with NATO senior representatives, carrying out of briefings and discussions on topical issues of the Alliance activity and the development of relations between Ukraine and NATO.
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Illia Havrylenko is a postgraduate student of International Organizations and Diplomatic Services Department of Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He is writing a thesis work on “Soft power in modern diplomacy” (on the example of USA). He worked as a translator for «Eastern Partnership Media Freedom Watch» project in the sphere of protection of journalists’ rights in the Eastern Partnership Countries of EU, moreover he did practical work in the Department of cooperation with the WTO and trade defense of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and 9-month internship in the Committee for European Integration of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He is a participant of more than 20 scientific conferences, author of 14 scientific articles and reports at scientific conferences. He is a member of the NGO «Center for Democratic Revival», Youth Council of the US Embassy in Ukraine, the Scientific Association of Students and Postgraduates of the Institute of International Relations, NGO «Youth Alternative».
The «Open Ukraine» Foundation is an international foundation, established in July 2007, at the initiative of Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Zbigniew Dzhymala for strengthening and development of Ukraine’s reputation in the world. The main tasks of the Foundation are improving international reputation of Ukraine and increasing its promotion abroad, romoting international cooperation with Ukraine and public diplomacy.
NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine (NIDC) was established in May 1997, on the eve of signing the NATO-Ukraine Charter on a Distinctive Partnership, which serves as the founding document for the relationship between NATO and Ukraine. The NIDC is part of the NATO Public Diplomacy Division and was the first information office established by NATO in a Partner country. The Centre’s main tasks are enhancing general information and knowledge about NATO in Ukraine, its activity and current affairs, promoting awareness in Ukrainian society at large on the various aspects of NATO-Ukraine cooperation, providing Ukrainian citizens and organizations with wide access to NATO’s information materials, assisting Ukraine in implementing the Annual National Programmes, supporting NATO-Ukraine Political Dialogue, holding regular press briefings by the Director and giving interviews on NATO events and developments to the local media, providing NATO produced publications in English, French, Ukrainian and Russian. More information about the Center can be found at following link: http://www.nato.int/cps/uk/natolive/topics_64610.htm
