The inter-factional parliamentary association “Three Seas Initiative – Ukraine” was created in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the initiative of twenty-three people's deputies.
The head of this association was People's Deputy of Ukraine Yuriy Oleksandrovych Kamelchuk, the press service of the Ukrainian Parliament reports.
The goal of the inter-factional deputy association is joint advocacy with the public and experts to develop new legislative initiatives. These initiatives should be aimed at protecting Ukraine's national and international interests.
In addition, the new parliamentary association plans to create a communication and coordination mechanism. This mechanism will allow every citizen, association of citizens and enterprise to act as a “subject of legislative initiative” regarding the development of various areas of cooperation between EU member states, participants in the interstate “Three Seas Initiative”.
To ensure the activities and coordination of the inter-factional deputy association, an executive office and secretariat will be created in cooperation with the Public Union “Three Seas Initiative-Ukraine”, headed by Andriy Yuriyovich Smorodin.
The main goal of the Three Seas Initiative is to develop transport, energy and digital infrastructure, stimulate investment and innovation activities to achieve sustainable socio-economic development of the participating states. This involves the involvement of political and scientific elites, the business community, public figures, youth and students.
