We are pleased to invite you to the 5th National Participation Day, taking place on 3–4 July 2025 in Frumushika-Nova, Ukraine!
The National Participation Day will bring together civil society actors and local community leaders to exchange ideas on how to support Ukraine’s green, democratic, and inclusive recovery. Together, we’ll also prepare a civil society message from Ukraine for the upcoming 12th Danube Participation Day.
You’re warmly welcome to join us — whether online or in person!
For details on how to register, please get in touch with Igor Studennikov from the Center for Regional Studies.
draft AGENDA:
Day 1 – 3th July 2025
10.00 – 12.30 Arrival / Accommodation / Registration
12.30 – 13.50 Lunch
14.00 - 15.10 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Dmytro RADULOV, Ph.D., Deputy Chairman of Odessa Regional State Administration (t.b.c.)
Claudia SINGER-SMITH, Coordinator of the EUSDR PA 10 “Institutional Capacities and Cooperation” (online) (t.b.c.)
Ivan KÜSSE, Chairman of the Budjak Territorial Community Council
Video message from the Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria (t.b.c.)
Vitaliy BARVINENKO, Dr., Chairman of Odesa Rayon Council, Head of the Institute for Danube Studies - Presentation of the Institute for Danube Studies
Antonella VALMORBIDA, Secretary General of ALDA (t.b.c.) - ALDA as a driver of Ukraine’s democratic transformation)
Stefan August LÜTGENAU, President of the Danube Civil Society Forum, Director of Foster Europe – Foundation for Strong European Regions - The 11th to the 12th Danube Participation Day)
15.10 - 16.30 PANEL DISCUSSION – TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES IN CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINIAN, MOLDAVIAN AND EU MEMBER COUNTRIES
Moderator:
Igor STUDENNIKOV, Centre for Regional Studies / Danube Civil Society Forum
Keynote speakers :
Liudmyla MAKARENKO, Head of Cross-border Cooperation Section, Department for International Cooperation and European Integration, Ministry of Communities and Territorial Development of Ukraine (t.b.c.)
Sergey GRINEVETSKIY, Member of Odesa Regional Council
Mykhalo PAVLIUK, Deputy Chairman of Chernivtsi Regional Council (t.b.c.)
Ivan KÜSSE, Chairman of the Budjak Territorial Community Council, Bessarabian Technology Hub Ukraine-Moldova
Volodymyr KHYMENETS, Head of the Department for Studies of Western Regions of Ukraine (t.b.c.)
Yuriy DIMCHOGLO, Founder of the Orlivka Ferry (t.b.c.)
DISCUSSION
16.30 – 17.00 Tea / coffee break
17.00 - 18.40 PANEL DISCUSSION – GREEN RECOVERY OF THE UKRAINIAN PART OF THE DANUBE REGION
Moderator:
Yuriy MASLOV, Dr., Chairman of the Danube River Basin Council, Member of Supervisory Board of the Decarbonization Fund of Ukraine
Keynote speakers :
Oleg DYAKOV, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Danube Biosphere Reserve, NASU / Executive Director, Rewilding Ukraine
Victor DEMCHENKO, Dr., Deputy Director of the Institute of Marine Biology, NASU
Olena KRAVCHENKO, Executive Director, Environment-People-Law, a public interest environmental law organization
Zinoviy BROYDE, Ph.D., Director, Eco-resource Centre, Advisor to the Chairman of Chernivtsi Regional State Administration
DISCUSSION
Day 2 – 4th July 2025
10.00 - 11.30 PANEL DISCUSSION – SOCIAL AND INCLUSIVE RECOVERY OF UKRAINE
Moderator:
Igor STUDENNIKOV, Centre for Regional Studies / Danube Civil Society Forum
Keynote speakers:
Olga VANDA, Acting Head of the Section for Veterans Policy, Odesa Regional State Administration
Oleg DYAKOV, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Danube Biosphere Reserve, NASU / Executive Director, Rewilding Ukraine
Oksana STELMAH, Coordinator of the “Barrier Free” Initiative, NGO “National Council of Healthcare and Safety”
Liliana GOLOGAN, President of the “Solidaritatea ROUA” Association, Coordinator of the Multicultural Education Centre, project of the Tulcea Branch of Red Cross (t.b.c.)
DISCUSSION
11.30 – 11.45 Closing the 5th NPD Ukraine
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