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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s Center for European Studies presents v
 isiting Fulbright scholar Mariana Semenyshyn.Local self-government (LSG) o
 r “decentralization” reform has been recognized as one of the most impress
 ive structural transformations of Ukraine since the Euromaidan (2013-2014)
  revolution. It gained a special significance in 2022 when Ukraine became 
 an EU candidate country and LSG reform was made a part of the accession ne
 gotiations between the EU and Ukraine.The reform has been supported by the
  EU as a part of its broader capacity building efforts aimed at enhancing 
 governance in Ukraine. However\, more than ten years since its start\, dec
 entralization remains unfinished. While the EU negotiations could accelera
 te the reform’s progress\, the complexity of necessary transformations mak
 es finding consensus on important reform milestones challenging.&nbsp\;In 
 her research\, Mariana Semenyshyn explores the EU’s role in supporting LSG
  reform and how Ukraine and the EU can further build on this reform as par
 t of the negotiations process.Mariana SemenyshynTeam Leader\,&nbsp\;Deutsc
 he Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH\, GIZ Ukraine
 Visiting Fulbright Scholar\,&nbsp\;Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsFor
  more than eight years Mariana has been responsible for designing and impl
 ementing capacity development measures for municipal officials from across
  Ukraine. Mariana holds a double master’s degree from the University of Gl
 asgow and University of Tartu focusing on Central and Eastern Europe. Sinc
 e October 2024 she is a visiting Fulbright scholar at the Moynihan Institu
 te of Global Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affai
 rs. Her research deals with the impact of local self-government reform on 
 Ukraine’s public governance in the context of EU’s integration.
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SUMMARY:The EU’s Role in Reforming Local Self-Government in Ukraine: From G
 overnance to Conditionality
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><p>The Moynihan Institute’s Center for Eu
 ropean Studies presents visiting Fulbright scholar Mariana Semenyshyn.<br>
 <br>Local self-government (LSG) or “decentralization” reform has been reco
 gnized as one of the most impressive structural transformations of Ukraine
  since the Euromaidan (2013-2014) revolution. It gained a special signific
 ance in 2022 when Ukraine became an EU candidate country and LSG reform wa
 s made a part of the accession negotiations between the EU and Ukraine.<br
 ><br>The reform has been supported by the EU as a part of its broader capa
 city building efforts aimed at enhancing governance in Ukraine. However\, 
 more than ten years since its start\, decentralization remains unfinished.
  While the EU negotiations could accelerate the reform’s progress\, the co
 mplexity of necessary transformations makes finding consensus on important
  reform milestones challenging.&nbsp\;</p></div><div>In her research\, Mar
 iana Semenyshyn explores the EU’s role in supporting LSG reform and how Uk
 raine and the EU can further build on this reform as part of the negotiati
 ons process.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(
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 o\; white-space: inherit"><strong>Mariana Semenyshyn</strong></span></div>
 <div>Team Leader\,&nbsp\;<span style="background-color: initial\; font-fam
 ily: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: 
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 >Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH\, GIZ 
 Ukraine</span><span style="background-color: initial\; font-family: inheri
 t\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; w
 ord-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">Visiting F
 ulbright Scholar\,&nbsp\;</span><span style="background-color: initial\; f
 ont-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-tran
 sform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: i
 nherit">Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</span></div><div><br></div><d
 iv>For more than eight years Mariana has been responsible for designing an
 d implementing capacity development measures for municipal officials from 
 across Ukraine. Mariana holds a double master’s degree from the University
  of Glasgow and University of Tartu focusing on Central and Eastern Europe
 . Since October 2024 she is a visiting Fulbright scholar at the Moynihan I
 nstitute of Global Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public
  Affairs. Her research deals with the impact of local self-government refo
 rm on Ukraine’s public governance in the context of EU’s integration.</div
 ><div><br></div>
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