On February 7, 2014 the working meeting on the Twinning project implementation “Assistance in Development of an Open and Transparent Agricultural Land Market in Ukraine” which is implemented in cooperation with the consortium of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Federal Republic of Germany and the Lithuanian Republic was held.

During the meeting the issue on the implementation of the Twinning project above mentioned was under consideration, in particular it touched upon the conference organization on occasion of the official opening of the project and the first meeting of the steering committee. Besides, some recommendations regarding preparation of the project documentation were provided, it was also agreed to conduct regular meetings with the representatives of the Twinning Programme Administrative Office.

The Resident Twinning Advisor Stephan Verbunt and the RTA Counterpart Olesya Shafranska took part in the event.

Anastasiya Terech, the Head of the Twinning Projects Coordination Unit of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union (the Center), and Olga Denysyuk, senior consultant of the Department of Project Management of the Center attended the meeting.

For reference: since 2005 according to the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated on
October 6, 2005 № 1424/2005 «The Issue on the Twinning Programme Implementation in Ukraine» the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service (the NAUCS) directs and coordinates the activity on preparation and implementation of the Twinning Programme in Ukraine. Moreover the NAUCS is considered to be the national coordinator of the institutional building instrument TAIEX and CIB Programme according to the relevant regulatory acts.