European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
16th meeting of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform
11.30 Welcome words by co-chairs of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform
- Mr Marcin Nowacki, EU co-chair
- Mr Oleksandr Shubin, , Ukrainian co-chair
State of play of the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and progress in implementing the seven steps outlined by the Commission in its opinion on Ukraine's application for membership of the European Union
Speakers:
- Oksana DIiakun, Deputy Head of Mission of Ukraine to the EU
- Marta Wytrykowska, Deputy Head of Ukraine Division, European External Action Service
Discussion
13.00 Lunch break
14.30 Ukraine Facility – state of play - focus on Pillar II and Pillar III
- Oleksii Sobolev, First Deputy Minister of Ukraine
- Pierre-Arnaud Proux, Deputy Head of Inter-institutional, Coordination of Relief and Reconstruction, DG NEAR
- Oleksandr Ilkov, Director General, Government office of Coordination of European and Euro Atlantic integration of Ukraine
- Sven Röben, Head of Ukraine team, European Investment Bank
- Karol Tofil, Head of International Partnerships Office, Department for International Development Instruments, Polish Development Bank
- Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce
- Oleksander Vozniuk, CSP member, intervention on the impact of institutionally strong NGO sector for Ukraine's investment attractiveness and recovery
15.30 Agricultural sector in Ukraine – current challenges and prospects for EU enlargement
- Vincent Cordonnier, Deputy Head of Neighbourhood enlargement & pre-accession assistance unit, DG AGRI, European Commission
- Larysa Starikova, CSP member, intervention on 'Current challenges and prospects at the stage of revival of the agrarian sector of Ukraine'
- Stoyan Tchoukanov, EESC, rapporteur on Enlargement and the EU agri-food sector
- Mykhailo Bnoairiian, Federation of Employers of Ukraine