EAEU: Assessment and Popularization of Achievements

Abstract

The subject of the study is the problem of assessing and perceiving the contribution of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to the economy of the member states. In the first part, a variant of calculating the role of the Union is proposed on the basis of an additive model summarizing the results of trade and investment cooperation within the Union over the period of its activity; the val- ues obtained are correlated with the GDP of the member states. The conclusion is made about the leading role of trade and economic ties in the EAEU space in the development of Kyrgyzstan, Bela- rus, Kazakhstan and Armenia. It is recommended to take into account the statistics of mutual trade turnover, rather than the balance, in the description of the role of the EAEU; significant differences in estimates are shown depending on the chosen approach. In the second part, the tools of infor- mation support and coverage of the organization’s activities are tracked, contributing to the popu- larization of the benefits of integration. The ways of development of the information and communi- cation policy of the EAEU are proposed, including taking into account the experience of the rele- vant policy of the European Union. In the passive forms of communication, according to the author, it is advisable to create official Internet portals explaining the legislation of the EAEU; it is valua- ble to focus attention in information publications on quantitative achievements and integration benchmarks; among the active forms, the organization of network conferences on the present and future is proposed, contributing both to awareness of the benefits of integration and further disclo- sure of the potential of the EAEU.

Keywords

• eaeu
• benefits of integration
• trade and investment cooperation
• communication tools
• information and communication activities