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8-9 November, Kyiv
Ukrainian
Central
European
Forum 2024
The discussion platform bringing together prominent thinkers and pundits from all over the region to spot common challenges and craft common visions for a prosperous Central European future.
UCEF Position Papers
FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND TRANSPARENCY
Once again for Central Europe
The Russian full-scale attack on Ukraine became a crush-test for the numerous forecasts, theories and concepts that were aiming at explaining regional context, driving forces of reforms within the region as well as regional identity attributes. People-to-people contacts, solidarity and common values, common perception of threats and resilience became more than theoretical constructs and were approbated on ground.
ARSENALS AND
ALLIANCES
Unprecedented Focus on CEE in the Face of Adversity
Paradoxically, the Russian war against Ukraine alongside the emerging threat has also opened a window of opportunity for the region of Central and Eastern Europe. Never since the end of the Cold War, had the region been so much in the focus of global attention.
The 2025 Presidential Elections in Belarus: Implications and Prospects
The current electoral campaign is unique for the Belarusian dictator's regime
It is already quite clear that the 2025 presidential elections will end with the victory of Aliaksandr Lukashenka, for whom the next presidential term will be the seventh of his political career.
8
sessions
100+
Participants
14
countries
Speakers/Day 1
Hennadiy MAKSAK
Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
Remi DUFLOT
Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU to Ukraine (EU)
Ștefan GORDA
A Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova to Ukraine (MD)
Felix HETT
FES Director for Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova
Vadym HALAYCHUK
MP at Ukrainian Parliament, Sluha Narodu (UA)
Dmytro SHULGA
Europe and the World programme Director at International Renaissance Foundation (UA)
Ionela CIOLAN
Research Officer, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (RO/BE)
Pavel HAVLÍČEK
Marcin Król Fellow at Visegrad Insight. Research Fellow of Association for International Affairs (AMO) Research Centre (CZ)
Michal MATLAK
Central European University (BE)
Volodymyr SOLOVIAN
PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at theUkraine Crisis Media Center (UA)
Oleksandr KRAIEV
Director of North America Programme of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
Valeriy CHALYY
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2015-2019) (UA)
Igor JANKE
founder of Freedom Institute, journalist (PL)
Velina TCHAKAROVA
FACE Founder and CEO (AT/BG)
Olena TREGUB
Executive Director and Secretary General at the Ukrainian Independent Anti-Corruption Committee (NAKO) (UA)
Ivan NAGORNYAK
Head of European Integration at EasyBusiness NGO, European integration expert (UA)
George VISAN
Advisor at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute (RO)
Vlad KULMINSKI
Executive director of the Institute for Strategic Initiatives, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova (2021) (MD)
Olga PINDYUK
Economist at Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (AT)
Michal LEBDUŠKA
Research Fellow of AMO Research Center (CZ)
Agenda/Day 1
9:00
Registration
Welcome coffee
9:30-10:45
Opening Session. Turbulent times in turbulent region: election year in the EU and Central Europ
Moderator:
- Hennadiy MAKSAK, Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
Speakers:
- Remi DUFLOT, Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU to Ukraine (online)
- Ștefan GORDA, Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova to Ukraine
- Felix HETT, FES Director for Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova
- Dmytro SHULGA, Europe and the World programme Director at International Renaissance Foundation (UA)
10:45-12:15
European Parliament Elections: New Political Normality and Pendulum Swing to the Right
Moderator:
- Dmytro SHULGA, Europe and the World programme Director at International Renaissance Foundation (UA)
Speakers:
- Vadym HALAYCHUK, MP at Ukrainian Parliament, Sluha Narodu (UA)
- Pavel HAVLÍČEK, Marcin Król Fellow at Visegrad Insight. Research Fellow of Association for International Affairs (AMO) Research Centre (CZ) (online)
- Ionela Maria CIOLAN, Research Officer, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (RO/BE) (online)
- Volodymyr SOLOVIAN, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center (UA)
- Michal MATLAK, Central European University (BE) (online)
12:15-12:45
Coffee/Tea break
12:45-14:15
US Elections: In Search of Plan B and the New Understanding of European Self-Reliance
Moderator:
- Oleksandr KRAIEV, Director of North America Programme of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
Speakers:
- Valeriy CHALYY, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2015-2019) (UA)
- Igor JANKE, founder of Freedom Institute, journalist (PL)
- Velina TCHAKAROVA, FACE Founder and CEO (AT/BG) (online)
- Olena TREGUB, Executive Director and Secretary General at the Ukrainian Independent Anti-Corruption Committee (NAKO) (UA)
14:15-15:15
Lunch break
15:15-16:45
Ukraine’s EU Accession: Economic Shifts in Central Europe Amid Electoral Uncertainty
in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Moderator:
- Ivan NAGORNYAK, Head of European Integration at EasyBusiness NGO, European integration expert (UA)
Speakers:
- George VISAN, Advisor at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute (RO)
- Vlad KULMINSKI, Executive director of the Institute for Strategic Initiatives, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova (2021) (MD)
- Olga PINDYUK, Economist at Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (AT) (online)
- Michal LEBDUŠKA, Research Fellow of AMO Research Center (CZ)
16:45-17:15
Coffee/tea break
17:15-18:45
Graduation of PULS School
Speakers/Day 2
Mariia KOVAL-HONCHAR
European Studies Program Expert of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
Sergiy GERASYMCHUK
Deputy Executive Director, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
Andras RACZ
Senior Research Fellow at DGAP Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia (HU/DE)
Sabine FISCHER
Senior Fellow of the SWP (DE)
Christopher FORST
Representative for Belarus and Director of Regional Office Dialogue Eastern Europe, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (DE)
Oleksii GONCHARENKO
MP and President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (UA)
Alina KOUSHYK
Member of United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus (BY)
Dr. Tatsiana CHULITSKAYA
Senior Researcher in the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS) at Vilnius University (BY/LT)
Pavlo RAD
Russian and Belarusian Studies Programme Expert of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
Yulia SHAIPOVA
Center for Economic Recovery (UA)
Lukasz ADAMSKI
Deputy Director of the Mieroszewski Centre (PL)
Wojciech PRZYBILSKI
Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Insight and President of the Res Publica Foundation (PL)
Edwin BENDYK
Chairman Of The Board at Stefan Batory Foundation (PL)
Julia SOLDATIUK-WESTERVELD
Senior Research Fellow EU & Global Affairs, Clingendael Institute for International Relations (the Netherlands)
Bob DEEN
Head of Security Unit, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute for International Relations (The Netherlands)
Dr. Ruhee NEOG
Director of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, (India)
Prof. Dr. Yoko HIROSE
Professor at Keio University, (Japan)
Dr. Simon MASON
ETH Zürich
Prof. Dr. Krisitan Berg HARPVIKEN
Peace Research Institute Oslo (Norway)
Lyndon ALLIN
Ukraine Country Manager for CMI
Dr. Tetiana KYSELOVA
Mediation and Dialogue Research Center, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, UCoDP
Agenda/Day 2
09:30-11:00
German Elections - time for a change of course or leadership style? In the wake of another Zeitenwende
in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Moderator:
- Mariia KOVAL-HONCHAR, European Studies Program Expert of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
Speakers:
- Sergiy GERASYMCHUK, Deputy Executive Director, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA) (online)
- Andras RACZ, Senior Research Fellow at DGAP Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia (HU/DE) (online)
- Sabine FISCHER, Senior Fellow of the SWP (DE)
11:00-11:30
Coffee/tea break
11:30-13:00
“Elections” in Belarus: What is on the Horizon for 2025?
in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Moderator:
- Christopher FORST, Representative for Belarus and Director of Regional Office Dialogue Eastern Europe, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (DE)
Speakers:
- Oleksii GONCHARENKO, MP and President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (UA) (online)
- Alina KOUSHYK, Member of United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus (BY)
- Tatsiana CHULITSKAYA, Senior Researcher in the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS) at Vilnius University (BY/LT)
- Pavlo RAD, Russian and Belarusian Studies Programme Expert of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” (UA)
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
13:30-15:00
Polish elections: facing West and East at the same time
Moderator:
- Yulia SHAIPOVA, Center for Economic Recovery (UA)
Speakers:
- Lukasz ADAMSKI, Deputy Director of the Mieroszewski Centre (PL)
- Wojciech PRZYBILSKI, Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Insight and President of the Res Publica Foundation (PL) (online)
- Edwin BENDYK, Chairman Of The Board at Stefan Batory Foundation (PL) (online)
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:30
Securing Ukraine’s Just End to the War: Why Process Expertise Matters, Regardless of Electoral Turbulence in the Region
in partnership with the Clingendael Institute
Moderator:
- Julia SOLDATIUK-WESTERVELD, Senior Research Fellow EU & Global Affairs, Clingendael Institute for International Relations (the Netherlands)
Speakers:
- Bob DEEN, Head of Security Unit, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute for International Relations, The Netherlands
- Dr. Ruhee NEOG, Director of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, India
- Prof. Dr. Yoko HIROSE, Professor at Keio University, Japan
- Dr. Simon MASON, ETH Zürich
- Prof. Dr. Krisitan Berg HARPVIKEN, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway (TBC)
- Lyndon ALLIN, Ukraine Country Manager for CMI
- Dr. Tetiana KYSELOVA, Mediation and Dialogue Research Center, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, UCoDP
17:30-18:00
Closing Remarks
18:00-18:15
Signing memorandum of cooperation for launching Ukrainian Central European Fellowship
18:30
Commemoration at The Wall of Memory of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian War at St. Michael's Gold-Top Cathedral
How it was last year/ UCEF 2023
Organizers
Ukrainian Central European Forum is organized by the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism, in partnership with the International Renaissance Foundation within the EU-funded "European Renaissance of Ukraine" Project. The Forum enjoys the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Representation in Ukraine.
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