The main goal of this paper is to analyse cross-border cooperation (CBC) of Ukraine with the EU in order to present a set of ideas and activities, which turned the EU into a key actor of multi-level cooperation. The main research questions are the following: researching the aims of cross-border cooperation of the EU and Ukraine; analyses of the EU’s CBC politics in the areas of fighting corruption and bringing multilateralism and transparent politics to Ukraine; researching the example of the EUBAM as the EU experience in the sphere of CBC