Proposals for Possible Amendments to the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, on the other hand

Abstract

An analysis of the achievements of Ukraine as a result of the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, as well as the limitations that indicate the need to update it in accordance with new challenges and challenges. The article contains proposals of experts of the Institute of Industrial Economics on appropriate amendments to the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, concerning Chapter V “Economic and sectoral cooperation”, namely Ukraine’s integration into the European Research Area (Chapter 9 “Cooperation in Science and Technology”) and integration of Ukraine’s environmental policy in the field of industrial and regional policy of the state (Chapter 6 “Environment”). In particular, proposals were made to include in Chapter 9 the following provisions: approval of research institutions of Ukraine as important subjects of the European Research Area; coordination of Ukraine’s scientific policy with EU scientific policy; active participation of universities, National and branch academies of sciences of Ukraine in European scientific and technical cooperation; joint use and development of the European research infrastructure, integration into the European cloud of open science. The expediency of supplementing Chapter 6 with provisions on the development and deepening of cooperation in the field of revitalization of abandoned and abandoned industrial facilities has been substantiated in the framework of the improvement of the Association Agreement signed with the EU. Recommendations are also provided for Section III “Justice, Freedom and Security” to increase the level of social protection of workers in the context of Ukraine’s integration into the EU digital market (Article 17 “Treatment of employees”).