On 22 November, BISR was visited by Ruslan Bortnik, Head of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management. During the meeting with Director Oleg Makarov and BISR analysts a wide range of issues concerning Ukrainian-Belarusian interaction, place and role of analytical structures in expanding bilateral cooperation were discussed.
Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation matters was signed between the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research and the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management.
The Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management is an independent analytical and consulting association of Ukrainian and foreign political scientists, experts and specialists in social sciences and technology, economics and culture.
This visit became one of the results of the BISR analysts' visit to Ukraine in September of this year. With the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Ukraine in Kyiv, negotiations were held with the management of Ukraine's leading think tanks, including the National Institute for Strategic Studies, the Ukrainian Institute for Policy Analysis and Management, Institute of Sociology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism", Razumkov Centre, the Ukrainian Institute of the Future.
The establishment of cooperation with Ukrainian "think tanks" is intended to promote expert dialogue aimed at strengthening Belarusian-Ukrainian relationships.
