TOWARDS A GREENER, DEMOCRATIC AND RESILIENT UKRAINE
The Foster Europe Foundation for strong European Regions and the Danube Civil Society Forum in collaboration with the Centre for Regional Studies, Rewilding Ukraine and Frumushika-Nova Ethno-village cordially invites you to attend the fourth Ukranian National Participation Day in the EUSDR, which will take place in the Odessa Region, 15-16 May 2024.
The event will aim to discuss a vision of Ukraine’s recovery and transformation, focusing on green recovery, democracy and innovative approaches to socio-economic development, and to prepare a message from Ukraine’s civil society to the 13th Annual Forum of the EUSDR and the 11th Danube Participation Day, Vienna.
The event is free of charge, but registration is required. Please contact this email in case you would like to join the event live.
PROGRAM
Day 1 – 15th May 2024:
11.00 – 12.30 Arrival of participants / Registration
12.40 – 13.50 Lunch
14.00 – 14.40 Welcome & Introduction
Anna YURCHENKO, Deputy Minister for European Integration, Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, EUSDR National Coordinator Ukraine (tbc)
Claudia SINGER-SMITH, Coordinator of the EUSDR PA 10 “Institutional Capacities and Cooperation”, City of Vienna (online )
Ugo POLI, Central European Initiative, Trieste (online)
Ivan KÜSSE, Chairman of the Borodino Local Community Council
N.N., Odesa Regional Military-Civic Administration
Alexander PALARIEV, Chairman and founding member of Civic Association “Agro-ecological and tourism cluster Frumushika-Nova”
Stefan August LÜTGENAU, President of the Danube Civil Society Forum, Director of Foster Europe – Foundation for Strong European Regions
14.40 – 15.40 Plenary session – EUSDR and its role in Ukraine’s EU accession, and recovery and
transformation
Moderator:
Igor STUDENNIKOV, Centre for Regional Studies / Danube Civil Society Forum
Keynote speakers:
Oleksands NIKOLAEV, Head of the European Integration Section, Department for International Cooperation and European Integration, Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (tbc);
Katharina LENZ, Pillar Officer, Danube Strategy Point, Vienna (online);
Olga MRINKSA, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (online – tbc);
Solomia BARAN, Lawyer, Environment-People-Law, a public interest environmental law organization (online – tbc).
Khrystyna KVARTSIANA, European Association for Local Democracy – ALDA.
Questions to discuss:
Ukraine and the EUSDR: the state of play.
Ukraine’s civil society and Ukraine’s EU accession, and recovery and transformation.
Ukraine’s recovery and transformation: a regional dimension (case study of BRIP).
On the way to green recovery of Ukraine.
Discussion
15.40 – 16.00 Tea / coffee break
16.00 – 16.30 Parallel working groups:
Green recovery of Ukraine
Moderator: Oleg DYAKOV, Rewilding Officer, Rewilding Ukraine
Democratic recovery of Ukraine (local democracy and human rights)
Moderator: Nadija AFANASIEVA, Director, Ukrainian Institute for International Politics (tbc)
Social innovation in the context of Ukraine’s recovery: finding solutions to social and environmental challenges through collaboration between government, business, scientific community, and civil society.
Moderator: Svitlana PORICHANSKA, Communication Manager, Business Incubator Group Ukraine (tbc)
16.30 – 17.15 Reports from the WGs
17.15 – 18.30 Local business and Ukraine’s recovery: case study of the Frimushika-Nova agro
ecological and tourism cluster
Presenter: Alexander PALARIEV, Founder of Civic Association
“Agro-ecological and tourism cluster Frumushika-Nova”
19.00 – 21.00 Dinner
Day 2 – 16th May 2024
09.10 – 09.50 Breakfast
10.00 – 11.15 Debate – Anchoring a vision of Ukraine’s EU membership in civil society participation
Moderator:
Igor STUDENNIKOV, Centre for Regional Studies / Danube Civil Society Forum
Keynote speakers:
N.N., Business Incubator Group Ukraine / Rostyslav KHYMYCH, Odesa Regional Military-Civic Administration (tbc)
Inna VOLKOVA, Odessa Rayon Council (tbc)
Bogdan VYHOR, CEO, WWF Ukraine (tbc)
Ivan KÜSSE, Chairman of the Borodino Local Community Council
Oleg LUKSHA, Executive Director of the Zakarpattia Branch of the Association of Ukrainian Cities; REGIONET Ukraine
Questions to discuss:
- Promoting cooperation between civil society, business community and the government.
- Promoting local democracy.
- Environmental CSOs as promoters
11.15 – 11.45 Preparing messages to the 13th Annual Forum of the EUSDR (19th June 2024) and the
11th Danube Participation Day, Vienna
Moderator:
Nadija AFANASIEVA, Director, Ukrainian Institute for International Politics
11.45 – 12.00 Closing the 4th NPD Ukraine
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 Departure