{"id":789784,"date":"2025-12-18T15:47:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:47:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:47:38","slug":"komitet-asotsiatsiyi-z-lobiyuvannya-ta-prozoryh-polityk-pidbyv-pidsumky-2025-roku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/komitet-asotsiatsiyi-z-lobiyuvannya-ta-prozoryh-polityk-pidbyv-pidsumky-2025-roku\/","title":{"rendered":"EBA Committee on Lobbying and Transparent Policies summarises 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-700659 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-650x488.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-100x75.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>On 17 December, the <strong>European Business Association\u2019s<\/strong> <strong data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"279\">Committee on Lobbying and Transparent Policies<\/strong> held its year-end meeting, during which participants reviewed the Committee\u2019s work in 2025, set priorities for 2026, and announced the results of the elections for the Committee co-chairs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"530\"><strong data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"528\">For 2026, the Committee\u2019s co-chairs<\/strong> were elected as<strong data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"528\">: <\/strong>Artem Freyuk (Kyivstar), Felix Zinchenko (DTEK), Andriy Pidhainyi (Arzinger)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"704\"><strong data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"654\">Key Results of 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"704\">Among the Committee\u2019s main achievements were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"704\">Launch of the <strong>EBA Lobbying Talks<\/strong> format (5 meetings in 2025);<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"704\">Signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"704\">Organisation of the <strong>EBA Lobbying and Transparency Gathering<\/strong> event;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"704\">Active engagement with government authorities \u2014 40 meetings in various formats, including with the NACP and the relevant Verkhovna Rada Committee;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"704\">Support to the NACP in clarifying practical aspects of working with the Transparency Register.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1271\"><strong data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1229\">Plans for 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1271\">In 2026, the Committee will focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1271\">Surveying businesses regarding registration in the Transparency Register;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1271\">Preparing and promoting amendments to the Law of Ukraine \u201cOn Lobbying\u201d (draft registration planned for February 2026);<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1271\">Developing clarifications on the application of lobbying legislation jointly with the NACP;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1271\">Expanding the <strong>Lobbying Talks<\/strong> format and broadening Committee membership;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1271\">Analysing public consultation legislation and initiating amendments to the lobbying activity classification (NACE 70.20).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1789\" data-end=\"1918\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Committee on Lobbying continues to work on developing transparent mechanisms for interaction between business and government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 17 December, the European Business Association\u2019s Committee on Lobbying and Transparent Policies held its year-end meeting, during which participants reviewed the Committee\u2019s work in 2025, set priorities for 2026, and announced the results of the elections for the Committee co-chairs. 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