Tetiana Kovalchuk: Ministry of Internal Affairs deepens cooperation with NATO in gender policy and strategic planning
This was stated by the Deputy Minister of the Interior today, September 27, during a meeting with NATO representatives.
“The Ministry of the Interior consistently continues the process of reforming the system. And a particularly important issue remains the problem of gender equality. As a state institution, we understand that further development of the system is not possible without the observance of gender policy,” Tatiana Kovalchuk said.
The Deputy Minister stressed that all units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system are ready to train and cooperate with advisers and specialists on gender policy of the Alliance.
David Brown, chief analyst at NATO's Office of Defense Planning, noted that NATO specialists would be happy to familiarize themselves with the gender issues that arise in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are ready to cooperate in this direction.
He also stressed that NATO is impressed by the positive changes that have taken place in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and directly in the National Guard of Ukraine. He noted that the specialists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs perform all tasks within the framework of the Ministry's participation in the process of planning and evaluation of forces. Therefore, NATO specialists are ready to support all the initiatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Iryna Gubenko, Deputy Director of the Department of Organizational and Hardware Work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, thanked NATO representatives for the constant and consistent support of the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and stressed that only in the last six months of cooperation between NATO and the National Guard can we notice positive transformations and fresh ideas in the work of the National Guard. GOU.
The parties discussed further steps to implement the tasks arising from the new Law of Ukraine on National Security.
Recall that in 2017, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine together with NATO experts worked out three new goals of further partnership - gender policy, cyber protection, planning and budgeting. Considering the coordinating role of the Ministry in ensuring the further promotion of the reforms of the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system involved in the implementation of the objectives of the PPOS, as well as in order to ensure sustainable strategic guidance in the implementation of the specified Partnership Goals, it was decided last year to involve the Ministry of Internal Affairs in cooperation in the mentioned format — in dual status the direct executor of the Partnership Goals defined for the Ministry, and as a coordinator of the implementation of the Partnership Goals by the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system.
Department of Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
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