The Delegation also cooperates with other EU institutions and services working on Ukrainian issues:
When there are important developments affecting Ukraine or EU-Ukraine relations, the Delegation's Chair often publishes statements.
The Parliamentary Association Committee
The Parliamentary Association Committee has met eight times since it was formed, most recently in September 2018. Venues have alternated between Ukraine and the European Parliament's premises in either Strasbourg or Brussels.
As the Committee's final recommendations reveal, the forum serves as a productive, lively platform to discuss all aspects of the EU-Ukraine relationship, the reform process (including legislative approximation with the EU in the framework of implementation of Association Agreement) and security situation in Ukraine, as well as other issues of mutual interest.
The Committee has developed a system of specialisation for its members, who work in tandem to monitor specific policy areas.
The Committee's members aim to spur successful democratic and economic reforms in Ukraine and the country's closer integration with the EU.
Origins of the Parliamentary Association Committee
This legal basis of the Committee lies in the Association Agreement between the by the EU and Ukraine, signed on 27 June 2014.
Article 467 of the agreement spelled out the creation and purpose of the Committee.
Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine
Article 467
1. A Parliamentary Association Committee is hereby established. It shall be a forum for Members of the European Parliament and of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to meet and exchange views. It shall meet at intervals which it shall itself determine.
2. The Parliamentary Association Committee shall consist of Members of the European Parliament, on the one hand, and of Members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on the other.
3. The Parliamentary Association Committee shall establish its own rules of procedure.
4. The Parliamentary Association Committee shall be chaired in turn by a representative of the European Parliament and a representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine respectively, in accordance with the provisions to be laid down in its rules of procedure.