INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLE DEDICATED TO THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF NATO "THE ROLE OF NATO IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN SECURITY SYSTEM"

On April 4, 2024, an international round table dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO was held at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service together with the Educational and Scientific Center "Institute of Biology and Medicine" of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv on the topic: "THE ROLE OF NATO IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN SECURITY SYSTEM".

The event was opened by Larysa KOMAKHA, Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, who emphasized the importance of this event, which gathers leading  specialists in this field both from Ukraine and abroad and involves student youth in discussing these issues.

The participants of the event were greeted by the Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Prof. Volodymyr BUGROV, who emphasized the importance of holding these events, as this format of meetings allows to discuss the role of NATO in the evolution of the European security system in the conditions of modern challenges and threats and about the common path of Ukraine and NATO, which forms the European security space.

Guests addressed the participants of the event with welcoming words: Serhii MUL, Deputy Director of the Department of Work Organization, Planning and Control of the Administration of the State Border Service of Ukraine, major general, doctor of psychological sciences, professor; Yurii KISIEL, Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Transport and Infrastructure; Valentyn PETROV, Head of the military security department of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, doctor of political sciences, associate professor; Rimantas JARMALAVICIUS, Commander of the General Adolfas Ramanauskas Combat Training Centre (Lithuania).

Moderator of the event, Nataliia KLYMENKO, professor of the Department of Global and National Security of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, noted the urgency of the issue of Ukraine's integration into NATO in order to ensure European security in the face of modern challenges and threats.

At the round table meeting, the following spoke with reports:

Volodymyr HANDZIURA, Professor of the Department of Ecology and Zoology of the Educational and Scientific Center "Institute of Biology and Medicine" of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor – NATO cooperation with Ukraine in the field of eco-security of the military sector in the conditions of martial law and the post-war revival of Ukraine;

Jean Pascal ZANDERS, Doctor of Political Science, Іnternational expert with CBRN, Doctor of Science, Head of the Trench (Belgium) – THE BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS CONVENTION CONFRONTING FALSE ALLEGATIONS AND DISINFORMATION;

Maksym BILAN, Deputy Head of the Research Center for Scientific Work of the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor – Transformation of military education to NATO standards;

Oleksandr BIRCHENKO, Deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine "Ukraine to NATO" – Informing the population about joining NATO;

Petro KANANA, Expert on Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, military diplomat, deputy head of the Office of Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Cabinet of Ministers – The role of NATO cooperation with Ukraine in the transformation of Ukrainian society;

John CALLAHAN, Dr., Associate Professor of International Relations, New England College (США) – NATO shifts Eastward - New Priorities and new Energy;

Oleh MASHKOV, Professor of the Environmental Safety Department of the State Environmental Academy of Postgraduate Education and Management of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the Field of Science and Technology – Ukraine's cooperation with NATO in the field of environmental security;

Accumulation of such experience should also be useful for students and postgraduates in further research work in this field.