Programme

14th meeting of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform

9.30 Opening by Mr Oliver Röpke, EESC President

Welcome words by co-chairs of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform

  • Mr Marcin Nowacki, EU co-chair
  • Ms Nadja Afanasieva, 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:

  • Mr Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine 
  • Ms Halyna Tretyakova, Chair of the Committee on Social Policy and Veterans' Rights Protection, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 
  • Ms Ivanna Klympus-Tsintsadze, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 
  • Mr Serhiy Tereshko, Deputy Head of Mission of Ukraine to the EU 
  • Ms Anna Carin Krokstade, Deputy Head of Ukraine Division, European External Action Service 
  • Mr Tanel Tang, Team leader, Inter-institutional, Coordination of Relief and Reconstruction Unit, Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission 

Discussion

11.30 Ukraine's green recovery and agrarian sector

  • Ms Tamara Malkova, CSP member, focus on environment
  • Ms Natalia Harashchenko, CSP member, on reform of the research and innovation system and the role of civil society for green recovery
  • Mr Alexandre Detroux, DG Environment, European Commission
  • Ms Larysa Starikova, CSP member, on agrarian sector during the war

13.00 Lunch break

14.30 Intervention by CSP members on:

  • Impact of the war on vulnerable groups -  Ms Sintija Bernava
  • Economic integration of Ukraine and the EU - Mr Oleksandr Yavorskyi
  • Equal access to justice during the war in Ukraine - Mr Oleksandr Vozniuk
  • Lobbying regulation - Mr Sergii Moskvin
  • Impact of the war on the labour market in Ukraine and prospects for its development in the post-war period - Mr Vasyl Shylov
  • Building back and securing the resilience of Ukraine's healthcare system – Ms Małgorzata Bogusz

16.15 Tasks of the Joint Consultative Committee and thematic objectives

Discussion on CSP activities and the Work plan

16.30 Adoption of the joint declaration