The Danish Parliament has entered into two new collaborative agreements with Verkhovna Rada. The purpose of these agreements is to aid the Ukrainian Parliament in its efforts to develop its administrative capacities. For example, the Danish Parliament may now inform Ukrainian civil servants of how the Danish Parliament’s administration supports Members’ work by drawing up politically neutral material for them.  

 

The first agreement concerns the Verkhovna Rada sending Ukrainian civil servants to the Danish Parliament as part of efforts to exchange knowledge and offer further education. In particular, the Ukrainian Parliament has expressed an interest in European integration skills, in which case the European Affairs Committee of the Danish Parliament and general procedures for processing European legislation will be valuable inspiration for the Ukrainian administration. 

The second agreement is about the EU INTER PARES project. The Danish Parliament offers to help by supplying competences regarding, e.g. European integration, budget management, consultancy services and control mechanisms. Other EU Member States’ parliaments have also agreed to take part in cooperating with Verkhovna Rada. 

 

“Denmark shows solidarity with Ukraine in many ways. In addition to supplying military and economic support, we are also helping to reconstruct Ukraine. President Zelenskiy visited us just recently. His visit underlined Danish parliamentary support for Ukraine and her people. The Danish Parliament has now entered into two new collaborative agreements, which mean, among other things, that we will be sharing valuable experience of running a parliament, even under difficult circumstances, simply to help Ukraine”, says the Leader of the Danish Parliament, Søren Gade. 

Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, has kept parliamentary work going since the Russian invasion. While physical plenary sessions and voting have been held, at times, for security reasons, committee work has been undertaken on a virtual platform.