Programme

DRAFT PROGRAMME

9.00   Opening session

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

  • Mr Rodion Kolyshko, Ukrainian co-chair
  • Mr Veselin Mitov, EU co-chair

9.15   Tasks and challenges in the field of European integration on the eve of the revision of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU (panel discussion):

Speakers:

  • H.E. Mr Maati Maasikas, Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine
  • Ms Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine (TBC)
  • Ms Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union (TBC)
  • H.E. Mr Mykola Tochytskyi, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Mr Richard Tibbels, Head of Eastern Partnership bilateral relations division, European External Action Service
  • Mr Georg Ziegler, Deputy Head of the Support Group for Ukraine
  • Representative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Discussion

11.15   Break

11.30   Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socio-economic situation in Ukraine and Europe in the fields of: 

  • Tourism
  • Digital economy
  • Labour Market

12.15   Break

12.30   Discussion on the Joint Declaration

12.45   Planning of the next CSP activities and meeting wrap-up

13.00   Closing remarks

  • Mr Rodion Kolyshko
  • Mr Veselin Mitov