Programme

10.00   Opening session

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

  • Mr Veselin Mitov, EU co-chair
  • Ms Olena Pavlenko, Ukrainian co-chair

10.15   Assessment of the state of play of the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

Keynote speakers:

  • Mr Richard Tibbels, Head of Easter Partnership - Bilateral Relations Division, European External Action Service
  • Mr Georg Ziegler, Support Group for Ukraine, DG NEAR, European Commission
  • H.E. Mr Maati Maasikas, Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine
  • Ms Nataliia Forsiuk, Director General, Governmental Office for Coordination of European Integration
  • Mr Serhiy Tereshko, Deputy Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU

Discussion

12.00   Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on increasing poverty and on vulnerable population

  • Ms Dovilė Juodkaitė, EU CSP Member
  • Ms Nataliia Harashchenko, Ukrainian CSP Member

Intervention by Ms Olha Revuk, Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine on European Integration

Discussion

13.00   Lunch break

14.30   Challenges in the implementation of Chapter 23 of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement with special focus on rural youth, and on digital and green skills

  • Ms Tatjana Babrauskienė, EU Member of the CSP, EESC
  • Mr Rodion Kolyshko, Ukrainian CSP Member

Intervention by Ms Siria Taurelli, Senior Human Capital Development Expert - Coordinator for Governance and Quality Assurance, European Training Foundation

Intervention by Ms Ivanna Malchevska, representative of Young European Ambassadors from Ukraine

15.30   Break

15.45   Discussion on the Joint declaration

13.00   Closing remarks

  • Ms Olena Pavlenko, Ukrainian co-chair
  • Mr Veselin Mitov, EU co-chair