The Chief of Staff of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Viacheslav Shtuchnyi, and the Secretary General of the Austrian Parliament, Harald Dossi, agreed to further close cooperation during a bilateral meeting.
The parties discussed European integration initiatives, in particular, joint exchange programmes and expert support at the level of committee secretariats, as well as deepening cooperation between research services and educational centres, exchange of experience between staff members and studying best practices of digital tools.
“Ukraine is actively integrating into the European Union. Austria, as the EU member state, is already providing and plans to increase its expert and other assistance in this process, including for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,” said Viacheslav Shtuchnyi, Chief of Staff.
For reference. The meeting was part of a study visit of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine delegation to the parliaments of Austria and the Czech Republic, organised by the USAID RADA: The Next Generation Programme.