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

16.30 Coffee break

16.45 Adoption of the joint declaration