The Association Exchange Forum is a series of annual events uniting high-level officials, practitioners and- ex perts on Association Agreement implementation in Georgia, Moldova and from the three Associated countries, as well as the . The Forum provides a platform and encourages cross-country and multi-stakeholder networking to:

• Overview achievements, share experience, good practices and lessons learned in the Association Agree- ments implementation in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, in particular in the institutional set-up, implemen- tation monitoring and civil society/stakeholder involvement;

• Elaborate ideas on how to improve the AA implementation performance and make the most out of this process, inter alia, through peer-to-peer learning and cooperation between the Associated countries, finding joint solutions to common problems and defining shared expectations regarding the EU’s involvement and support;

• Discuss common interests of the three countries in advancing their European integration by exploring the opportunities, options and prerequisites of de facto integration, using the potential of the Association -Agree ments’ provisions on political association and economic integration, taking into account a broader context of the EU reform and future of Europe debate.

The 3rd Association Exchange Forum will take place in the period of change, after the elections have -re shaped political landscapes in Ukraine, Moldova and the European Union. It will allow to learn whether there will be further political leadership on all sides to advance implementation of the Association Agreements and deepen European integration of the three countries in the areas of their priority interests.

The Forum will also provide an opportunity to explore the potential of enhanced cooperation within the group of the associated countries around their EU integration goals, in particular, by discussing the specific common interests that Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine have in pushing together for deeper integration into European internal markets, as well as in building stronger ties between themselves. Participants will also explore the idea of a special track of relationship with the EU the three countries seek, and of the framework the EU can offer for the relationship of deeper integration without membership of the three countries. Organisers: The Forum is organized by the Civic Synergy Project, funded by the EU and implemented by the International Renaissance Foundation, in partnership with the Ukrainian Side of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform and the Ukrainian National Platform of the Civil Society Forum and with sup- port of the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine and the Governmental Office for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine. Day 1. 13 November 2019 Morning - arrival of participants 15:00 - 16:00 Registration of participants, welcome coffee 16:00 – 16:30 OPENING OF THE FORUM Welcome words: • , Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration • Luc DEVIGNE, Director for , Eastern partnership, Central Asia and OSCE, Dep- uty Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Ser- vice • Oleksandr SUSHKO, Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation Moderator: Dmytro SHULGA, Director, European Program, International Renaissance Foundation

16:30 – 18:30 Session I: PARTNERS IN EU INTEGRATION: PONDERING A NEW FORMAT OF REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR THE THREE ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES Georgia, Moldvova and Ukraine share European integration goals and face a common challenge of undertaking very ambitious reforms under the Association Agreements, while struggling with largely similar internal and external threats. Officials of the three countries have already declared their interest in strengthening cooperation and estab- lishing a separate trilateral format, additional to the Eastern Partnership, for joint deep- er integration into the EU. The panel will further explore this idea, discussing the coun- tries‘ common integration aspirations and possible priority areas and mechanisms for enhanced cooperation on their joint EU integration path. A. Governmental bloc Speakers: • Georgia: Vakhtang MAKHAROBLISHVILI, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia • Moldova: Vlad KULMINSKI, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Europe- an Integration of Moldova • Ukraine: , Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine • EU: Matti MAASIKAS, Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine Moderator: Oleksandr SUSHKO, Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation Q&A Session Discussion B. Civil society bloc • Georgia: Kakha GOGOLASHVILI, Co-Chair of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform, Director of EU Studies Centre, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies/Lasha TUGUSHI, Country Facilitator, Georgian National Platform, EaP Civil Society Forum, Chairman of the Liberal Academy-Tbilisi • Moldova: Ion MANOLE, Country Facilitator, Moldovan National Platform of the EaP Civil Society Forum, Director of the Moldovan Human Rights League Promo-LEX • Ukraine: Yuri VDOVENKO, Country Facilitator, Ukrainian National Platform, EaP Civil Society Forum, Director of the Centre for Cross Border Cooperation/a representa- tive of the Ukrainian Side of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform Moderator: Zoriana MISHCHUK, Civic Synergy Project Team Leader Q&A Session Discussion

Day 2. 14 November 2019 9:30 – 11:30 Session II: THE THREE ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES IN A WIDER EUROPE: A DE FACTO INTE- GRATION PERSPECTIVE? In the situation when the associated countries’ EU membership aspirations arenot matched with EU’s readiness to offer a clear membership perspective, alternative options of fulfilling the countries’ integration ambitions should be explored. Can deeper integra- tion into EU markets without the EU membership satisfy the associated countries’ needs? What should be the priority areas for such integration? How much ‘room for growing’ do the AAs allow and what instruments can the EU apply to help the associated countries to undertake the integration reforms more effectively? What lessons can be learned from the EEA experience of integration without membership? What framework EU policy for the associated countries should look like? Speakers: • Michael EMERSON, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels • Daniel SZELIGOWSKI, Head of the Eastern Europe Programme at the Polish Institute of International Affairs • Taras KACHKA, Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine/Trade Representative of Ukraine • Marius VAHL, Head of EEA Policy Coordination, European Free Trade Association Secretariat • Luc DEVIGNE, Director for Russia, Eastern partnership, Central Asia and OSCE, Dep- uty Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Ser- vice Moderator: Olga STEFANISHYNA, Independent Expert, Advisor to the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration Q&A Session Discussion

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break 12:00 – 13:30 Session III: WHERE ARE WE NOW? THE ACTUAL PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE THREE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENTS Considering the length of the AA implementation period behind, the three countries have already gained significant hands-on experience of undertaking EU integration reforms. How do governments and civil society assess the AA implementation performance so far? What are the main lessons learned? Are institutional arrangements and policy-mak- ing processes already fully in tune with EU integration goals? What should be changed to implement the reforms more effectively? What are the next integration priorities for Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine? Speakers: • Yulia GARYACHA, Acting Director of the Government Office for Coordination of the European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine • David BUJIASHVILI, Head of the EU Assistance Coordination and Sectorial Integra- tion Department, Directorate General for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Comments from civil society platforms representatives: • Liuba AKULENKO, Executive Director, Ukrainian Centre of European Policy • Iulian GROZA, Executive Director of the Institute for European Policies and Reforms, Member of the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform, • Kakha GOGOLASHVILI, Co-Chair of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform, Director of EU Studies Centre, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies Moderator: Zoriana MISHCHUK, Civic Synergy Project Team Leader Q&A Session Discussion

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch 14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Session IVa: DCFTAS IN ACTION: ECONOMIC EFFECTS AND FURTHER GOALS More than five years have passed since the launch of the DCFTAs in Georgia and Mol- dova and more than three years in Ukraine. How do different stakeholders evaluate the progress in the implementation of the DCFTAs, in particular in such areas as TBT and SPS? Do the countries move forward as expected? Should they go faster or slower? What do business communities experience? What further ambitions do the countries have in terms of economic integration? Speakers: • Jana HERCEG, Head of Trade Section, EU Delegation to Ukraine • Veronika MOVCHAN, Academic Director, Institute for Economic Research and Polit- ical Consultations (Ukraine) • Lali GOGOBERIDZE, Expert, Reformatics (Georgia) • Denis CENUȘĂ, Associated Expert, Expert-Grup (Moldova) • Alexandra POPA, Manager of Policy and Advocacy, European Business Association Moldova Moderator: Anne BERCIO, Head of the ImpAcT Project (Implementation of DCFTA sup- porting activities in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia), GIZ Q&A Session Discussion

Parallel Session IVb: JUDICIAL REFORM IN FOCUS: COMPARING PROGRESS IN UKRAINE, GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA The independence, quality and efficiency, as the essential elements of effective justice systems, are crucial for upholding the rule of law and the values upon which the EU is founded. For all the three countries, the judicial reform is a priority. The session will de- bate how much the three countries progressed to the goal of an effective justice system over the last years? What are the proper indicators for success and what are the key stra- tegic dilemmas for the reform? How effective has been the EU support in this sphere and what should be recommended further? Speakers: • Mykhailo ZHERNAKOV, Chairman of the Board, DEJURE Foundation (Ukraine) • Arkadiy BUSHCHENKO, Judge of the Supreme Court (Ukraine) • Ilie CHIRTOACA, Legal Officer, Legal Resources Centre (Moldova) • Giorgi CHITIDZE, Manager, Human Rights Program, Open Society Georgia Founda- tion (Georgia) Moderator: Nataliya PETROVA, Deputy Director, USAID Justice Sector reform, Program “New Justice” (Ukraine) Q&A Session Discussion

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break 16:30 – 18:00 Parallel Session Va: DIGITAL MARKETS HARMONISATION: BILATERAL PRIORITIES AND COMMON GOALS With digital revolution being a defining trend in today’s economy and public life, Europe- an integration in this sphere draws increased attention. What is the countries’ progress in the digital markets harmonisation under the Association Agreements? What priorities do Ukraine and other associated countries see for themselves and what further integration ambitions do they have in this area? What are the perspectives for abolishing roaming fees? What EU assistance is available? Speakers: • Gulsanna MAMEDIEVA, Advisor to the Vice Minister for Digital Transformation of Ukraine • Oleksander ZHYVOTOVSKYI, Chairman of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization • Ihor SAMOKHODSKYI, Head of the IT and Telecom Sector, BRDO (Ukraine) • David TSISKARIDZE, Chairman of the International Business and Economic Develop- ment Center (Georgia) Moderator: Yulia GARYACHA, Acting Director of the Government Office for Coordination of the European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Q&A Session Discussion

Parallel Session Vb: ENERGY SECURITY AND INTEGRATION INTO EU ENERGY MARKETS All the associated countries are members of the Energy Community aiming to establish an integrated energy market based on EU rules. Does the recent update of the AA energy annex between Ukraine and the EU bring this goal closer? How do the three countries perform in general as regards their energy sector commitments under the AA? Mean- while, the trilateral talks on the future of transit of Russian gas via Ukraine to the EU as of 2020 have not yet brought results, and the developments around Nord Stream 2 are not bringing good news either. Winter is coming, so how much are Ukraine, Moldova, and the EU prepared for a new gas crisis? How united is the EU and what can be recommended to strengthen common energy security? Speakers: • Torsten WOELLERT, Team Leader Energy and Environment, Support Group for Ukraine • Serhii MAKOHON, Director of Strategy and Business Development, ‘Ukrtransgaz’ and general manager at Gas TSO of Ukraine • Denis CENUȘĂ, Associated Expert, Expert-Grup (Moldova) • Murman MARGVELASHVILI, Founder and Board Member, “World Experience for Georgia” (Georgia) • Julian RÖPCKE, Political Editor, Bild (Germany) Moderator: Olena PAVLENKO, President, DIXI Group Q&A Session Discussion

18:00 Buffet Dinner

Day 3. 15 November 2019 09:00 – 10:20 Session VII: REGIONAL SECURITY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION STRATEGIES: A SPACE FOR TRILATERAL COOPERATION? All the three countries have non-controlled territories effectively occupied by Russia, with international negotiations and mediation efforts lasting for years, and all of them are a battlefield for Russia’s hybrid warfare. Yet, there are differences in situations and con- flict resolution strategies applied. Does the threat perception in the countries also differ? What practical steps could be taken for cooperation on security matters? What are the expectations from each other and from the EU? Speakers: • Oleksandr LYTVYNENKO, Director of the National Institute of Strategic Studies, Ukraine • Paata GAPRINDASHVILI, Director, Georgia’s Reform Association (GRASS) • Victoria ROȘA, Defense and Security Advisor to Prime Minister of Moldova Moderator: Vitalii Martyniuk, Acting Executive Director, Centre for Global Studies “Strat- egy XXI”, Ukraine Q&A Session Discussion

10:20 – 11:30 Session VI: EASTERN PARTNERSHIP BEYOND 2020: VIEWS FROM BERLIN Though the Eastern Partnership was initiated by other EU member states, the German support was crucial for its launch. Ten years after, does Berlin have a plan to move it for- ward? How much drive for integration of the three associated countries can be expected from the most powerful EU actor? Should the ‘Ostpolitik’ tradition be forgotten or- be come an inspiration for the future EU policy in the region beyond 2020? Speakers: • Hans-Jürgen HEIMSOETH, Special Representative for Eastern Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany • Cristina GHERASIMOV, Research Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations • Nikolaos GAVALAKIS, Director of the Regional Office „Dialogue Eastern Europe”, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Moderator: Oleksandr HOLUBOV, Journalist, Deutsche Welle • Mattia NELLES, expert, Center for Liberal Modernity Q&A Session Discussion

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break 12:00 – 13:00 Session VII: POLITICAL VISION: A NEW FORMAT FOR THE THREE + EU? The EU has a huge soft transformative potential for the three countries who signed AAs and benefited from DCFTAs and visa free regime. Do the profound changes in the region that took place during the last decade require establishing a new format for dialogue between the three countries and the EU institutions? Should the EU+3 format be further institutionalised and how? What would it mean for the future of the Eastern Partnership? Speakers: • Mihai POPȘOI, Deputy Speaker, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova • Svitlana ZALISHCHUK, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine (tbc) • Andrius KUBILIUS, MEP, Euronest Co-Chair, former Prime Minister of Lithuania Moderator: Kataryna WOLCZUK, Professor of East European Politics, Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Q&A Session Discussion

13:00 – 13:30 WHAT NEXT? FORUM WRAP-UP 13:30 Buffet Lunch

Departure of participants Liubov Akulenko is Executive Director of the -based non-government think tank Ukrainian Centre for European Policy/UCEP. Liubov is a graduate of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine) and obtained a PhD de- gree in Public Administration at the National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine. Her field of expertise is EU-Ukraine relations with the focus on the implementation of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine. Besides, she conducted numerous successful sectoral ad- vocacy campaigns for fulfilment of Ukraine’s commitments under the Associa- tion Agreement.

Anne Bercio is heading the GIZ project ImpAcT - Implementation of DCFTA sup- porting activities in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. Her main field of expertise is TBT and the nowadays very famous ACAA topic. Before joining German tech- nical cooperation in Ukraine she has been training many thousand civil servants inf the current EU candidate countries – always with a smile. Anne started her career at the German Federal Ministry of Environment, working on Climate change mitigation.

David Bujiashvili is a Director of EU Assistance Coordination and Sectoral Inte- gration Department. Prior to this position he served as a Director of EU Assis- tance Coordinating Department (2016 - 2017). From 2012 – 2013 Mr. Bujiashvili was a Chief Adviser to the State Minister on European Integration. From 2011 – 2012 he was working as a Deputy Head of European Integration Department.

Arkadiy Bushchenko – is a judge of the Criminal Court of Cassation, . He began his career in 2003 as a lawyer, was engaged in hu- man rights activities. In 2007 and 2019, Mr. Bushchenko was a candidate for the position of Judge of the European Court of Human Rights. Since 2008 he headed NGO “Institute for Legal Research and Strategies”. In 2008 and 2010 Arkadiy was elected Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, which unites 30 human rights organizations in Ukraine. Since 2012 he was working as the Executive Director of Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.

Denis Cenușă is a political scientist from Moldova, who works as Researcher at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Justus-Liebig-Universität (Germany). He is affiliated to “Expert-Grup” Think-tank in Moldova, and is a weekly contributor at “Info-Prim” Moldovan News Agency. Since 2016, he belongs to the coordinat- ing team responsible for drafting EaP Index. Denis authored and co-authored numerous analytical articles, papers, and reports. Together with Michael Em- erson from CEPS Brussels, Denis edited the book “Deepening EU-Moldova re- lations: What, Why and How?”, published in 2016. He authored more than 100 analytical articles, various policy briefs and reports.

Giorgi Chitidze joined “Open Society Georgia Foundation” in June, 2016. His basic duties are comprised of planning, implementing and directing Human Rights Program. Until 2016, Giorgi Chitidze was working as a Project Coordina- tor at OSGF in house project “Support to the Criminal Justice Working Group”. Before that he was hired by Constitutional Court of Georgia (2010-2015) where he served as an invited specialist, legal consultant, senior legal advisor and chief legal advisor. He has an experience of working as a lawyer in different NGOs. From 2015 he is teaching human rights policy and practice and constitutional law at several Georgian Universities.

Ilie Chirtoacă works as a Legal Officer for the Legal Resources Centre (LRCM), a leading legal think tank based in Chișinau, Republic of Moldova. In this capaci- ty, Ilie carries out legal research, being particularly involved in monitoring and evaluating mechanisms and practice of selection and promotion of judges and prosecutors. Over the last 5 years, Ilie and his team produced several reports on the efficiency and responsibility of the justice in Republic of Moldova, aimed at contributing to build an independent, accountable, non-corrupt and efficient justice system.

Luc Devigne is the Director for Russia, Eastern partnership, Central Asia and OSCE Deputy Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia since June 2016. Joined the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission in 1996. Since then held different positions in: trade defence (1996-1999); aerospace is- sues(1999-2002); Executive Assistant to Director-Generalfor Trade (2002-2005); Head of Unit Intellectual Propertyand Government Procurement, in charge of EU international negotiating teams in these two fields (2005-2010); Head of Unit Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Western Balkans, EFTA, EEA, Turkey and Central Asia (2010-2015); Head of Unit Market Access, Industry, Energy and Raw Materials (January 2016 - May 2016).

Michael Emerson is an associate senior researcher fellow at the Centre for Eu- ropean Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. He is former economic adviser the President of the European Commission and former EU Ambassador to Moscow (1991-1995). At the European Commission he worked on single market issues. At CEPS he has worked on East European affairs, leading in particular a study that was precursor of the DCFTA, ‘The Prospect of Deep Free Trade between the European Union and Ukraine’, CEPS and ICPS (Kyiv) 2006, produced by a joint European-Ukraine team (including Valeriy Pyatnitskiy); and ‘An Appraisal of the EU’s Trade Policy towards its Eastern Neighbours – the Case of Georgia’, CEPS 2011.

Yulia Garyacha is the Acting Director of the Government Office for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, where earlier she coordinated expert work on EU integration in specific sectors of economy. Before joining the Government Office, Yulia worked at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, where she occupied the position of Deputy Head of the State Legal Policy Department. Prior to that, she worked for 5 years at the State Department for Legal Approx- imation within the Ministry of Justice. She holds PhD in Public Administration.

Paata Gaprindashvili holds the position of Georgia’s Reforms Associates (GRASS)’s Director since June, 2016. A career diplomat, Paata holds the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. In 2009-2013, he was Georgia’s Ambassador to the Republic of Austria as well as the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna. Since joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Paata has participated in a large number of international negotiations and has led Georgian delegations in various negotiations held on issues related to Georgia. In 2005, he served at the National Security Council. In 2004, he was the Deputy Minister of Defense. Served as Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Georgia in Ukraine, Chargé d’affaires of the Georgian Embassy in Romania and First Sec- retary of the Embassy of Georgia to Greece. Paata was the Head of the Defense Policy Department at the Defense Ministry of Georgia.

Cristina Gherasimov is a Research Fellow at the Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign Rela- tions. Previously, she worked at Transparency International Defence and Securi- ty and Chatham House with the Russia and Eurasia Programme. Cristina holds a PhD in Political Science from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Her expertise includes democratic transitions and institution-building in Central and Eastern Europe and post-communist states, European integration, good governance, rule of law, anti-corruption policy, and democratic backsliding.

Lali Gogoberidze has been working at Reformatics since 2016 as a Consultant. She is involved in international consultancy of economic and business environ- ment reforms. Before joining Reformatics, in 2016 Lali Gogoberidze worked with the various international organizations, such as OECD, UDNP and consult- ing companies. During 2007-2016 Lali Gogoberidze worked as a head of Eco- nomic Analysis and Policy Department at the Ministry of Economy and Sustain- able development of Georgia. During her work at the Ministry, she was involved in elaboration and implementation of regulatory and institutional reforms. Lali Gogoberidze participated in various formats of cooperation with the European Union. She was one of the negotiators of the EU-Georgia Association Agree- ment/DCFTA and free trade agreement with EFTA and China.

Kakha Gogolashvili is a Director of EU Studies at Georgian Foundation for Stra- tegic and International Studies (Rondeli Foundation). More than 25 years work- ing in academic and scientific institutions as researcher and lecturer in the field of European Integration, European Security, International relations, Economics, Peacebuilding; 11 years in the foreign service, on high diplomatic positions – Acting Head of Mission to the EU, Director of Department for Relations with the EU, other. During last 15 years he was actively working on European Inte- gration related policies through number of international projects, including on AA/DCFTA, CSDP, EU/NATO Communication policies, Security and Legal Approx- imation. He is Co-Chairman of EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform. Chairman of EaP Civil Society Forum Georgia National Platform (2016). Member of Steering Committee of the EaP Civil Society Forum (2017).

Iulian Groza is an expert in international relations, European affairs and good governance with a particular focus on EaP countries, EU and Russia. He is a former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Moldova in charge for Eu- ropean integration and international law. Before that he served in different- ca pacities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, including as Director General and Deputy Director of the Directorate for European inte- gration and was in charge for the coordination of EU-Moldova political dialogue and reform process in line with Moldova’s commitments with the EU. He was also posted to Brussels at the Moldovan Mission to the EU. Currently, Mr. Groza leads the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (IPRE) - a Moldovan think- tank that aims at supporting the European integration process of the Republic of Moldova. He also is a Board member of the Institute for Strategic Initiatives (IPIS).

Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth is a Special Representative for the Eastern Partnership, Federal Foreign Office, Germany. In 2016 – 2019 Mr. Heimsoeth served as the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Sweden. In 2015 – 2016 Mr. Heimsoeth served as Ambassador, a Special Representative for Diplomaric Security at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin. In 2012 – 2015 he was appointed Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD, Paris/France, Chair of the Governing Board of the OECD Development Center. In 2008 – 2012 Mr. Heimsoeth was the Ambassador in Kyiv/Ukraine. From 2005 – 2008 he was a Consul General in New York.

Jana Herceg is the Head of the Trade and Economic Section at the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine since 1st November 2017. She held position of the Deputy Trade and Economic Section at the EU Delegation to Vietnam prior to her posting in Ukraine (September 2013 – August 2017). She has followed closely the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement negotiations and consequently the preparation for the implementation of this Agreement. She contributed to developing stronger trade and investment relations between the EU and Viet- nam.

Oleksandr Holubov is a Deutsche Welle (DW) journalist based in Bonn, Germa- ny. Earlier he worked in Kyiv for Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe as an anchor and an editor, as a political observer for Ukrainian magazines “Focus” and “Kor- respondent” and as an anchor for Ukrainian TV-channels “Espreso” and TVi. He has got a Master’s degree in Political Science at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Nikolaos Gavalakis has been the head of the Regional office “Dialogue Eastern Europe” of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Kyiv since June 2017. He previously worked for the FES in its Country Office in Athens and as a consultant on the region of Western Europe/North America in Berlin. He studied Political Science, Law and American Studies in Mainz and California.

Taras Kachka was appointed as the Deputy Minister for Economic Develop- ment, Trade and Agriculture – Trade Representative of Ukraine on 6 Septem- ber 2019. Prior to this position, he was a Strategic Advisor of the International Renaissance Foundation. He is an expert in international law and has extensive experience in the private sector, international organizations and government. In public service, Taras worked as Deputy Head of the Department on Legisla- tive Approximation at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and later as the Head of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations at the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. In 2007-2012, he was a member of the Ukrainian negotiation team on the Association Agreement with the European Union. In 2014-2015, he held the position of Vice President.

Andrius Kubilius is a Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Head of the EPP Lithuanian delegation. For- mer Prime Minister (1999-2000 and 2008-2012), former leader of the Home- land Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (2003-2015). Member of the Inter- national Advisory Council of Reforms to the President of Ukraine (2015-2019). Author of international Initiatives “Marshall Plan for Ukraine” and “Trio Strat- egy 2030”.

Dmytro Kuleba is the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-At- lantic Integration of Ukraine since August 29, 2019. He had been the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe between 2016 and 2019. He has been working in the field of Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2003. In 2013, he left the civil service to head the UART Foundation for Cultural Diplomacy. In December 2017 Dmytro Kuleba was named the best Ukrainian ambassador of the Year 2017 by The Institute of World Politics.

Vladislav Kulminski is currently the State Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Eu- ropean Integration of Moldova. Prior to his appointment, Vladislav served as Senior Adviser for Foreign Policy and Strategic Planning to Moldova’s Prime Minister. He is an expert in strategic and political analysis and planning, public administration and conflict resolution. He worked on public administration- re forms at the World Bank. Vladislav was Senior Adviser to Moldova’s Prime Min- ister when Moldova signed the Association agreement with the EU, leading a strategic analysis unit. Vladislav developed and ran conflict resolution programs in the region, including confidence-building programs, and worked as a political expert for US and UK Embassies in Moldova. He has an MPA degree from Max- well School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and an MA degree in International Relations and European studies from the Central European University. He is a Fulbright, John Smith and Munich Security Conference Young Leaders Fellow.

Oleksandr Lytvynenko is Director of the National Institute for Strategic Stud- ies. He holds a D.Sc. degree in Political Science, and the title of superannuated major-general and state official of the 2nd rank. He is Merited Scientist and Technologist of Ukraine, and was rewarded with the Honorary Award of the President of Ukraine – the anniversary medal “25 years of Independence of Ukraine”. From 2010 till 2014 he held position of Deputy Director of the Nation- al Institute for Strategic Studies. During 2014 –2019 Oleksandr was appoint- ed Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC). Matti Maasikas is Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine. Mr. Maasikas began his career in the Estonian civil service in 1996, as the Head of the Foreign Rela- tions Department in the Chancellery of the Estonia Parliament. In 1999, he was nominated as Head of the Prime Minister Mart Laar’s Private Office. He then entered the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, first as Ambassador to Finland (2001-2005) and later (2005-2008) as Secretary-General in Tallinn. In 2009 he moved to Brussels where he joined the Cabinet of Olli Rehn, European Com- missioner for Enlargement and Economic and Monetary Affairs. He was then (2011-2016) the Permanent Representative of Estonia to the EU. 2016-2019 Mr. Maasikas served in Tallinn as Deputy Minister for EU Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including during the Estonian Presidency in the EU Council. Mr Maasikas was nominated in August 2019 as EU Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine.

Vakhtang Makharoblishvili is a First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Geor- gia since October 2016. During 2012-2016 Mr. Makharoblishvili was a Deputy Permanent Representative of Georgia to the UN. From 2009 till 2012 he headed the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. From 2005 till 2009 Mr. Makharoblishvili served as Senior Counsellor at the Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium and Luxembourg and Mission of Georgia to the EU. He holds a Master’s Degree in Diplomacy.

Serhii Makohon is Director of Strategy and Business Development, ‘Ukrtrans- gaz’ and general manager at Gas TSO of Ukraine. Prior to this position he head- ed the Business Transformation & Development Unit at “NaftoGaz of Ukraine” (2014 – 2015). From 2007 till 2014 Serhii worked as a Director Account Man- ager (Financial institutions & Chemical Industry) at Microsoft. He holds MBA in Finance and Information Management, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Gulsanna Mamediieva is Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. She graduated from the University of Tartu in Estonia with a degree in Information Technology Law. Graduate stu- dent at the Department of International Private Law, Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Gulsanna has worked in legal consulting before.

Ion Manole is an Executive Director at Promo-LEX Association. He has an -ex tensive expertise and experience human rights and election observation. Ion Manole is well-known for his expertise and firm position on human rights in the Transnistrian region of Moldova but also in other conflict regions. He is the author and co-author of numerous reports and studies on human rights, in- cluding in the Transnistrian region. During 2013-2017, Ion Manole was a mem- ber of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum and the Country Facilitator of the Moldova’s National Platform for the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. In May 2019, he was re-elected as the Country Facilitator of the Moldova’s National Platform for the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. Murman Margvelashvili is a Director of World Experience for Georgia, Associate professor and director of Energy and Sustainability Institute in Ilia State Univer- sity. Consultant and expert on various international projects. Mr.Margvelashvili has 25 years of working experience in energy Sector. His involvement included energy sector reform and privatization, project feasibility studies, electricity distribution operations, energy regulation, hydropower development, energy planning, drafting energy strategies, education and training etc. He has worked on various donor funded projects in Caucasus Region and Central Asia, partic- ipated and presented at numerous international conferences and workshops, conducted policy analyses, advocacy and outreach campaigns, interacted with authorities in the EU, Georgia and Central Asian countries. He holds Ph.D. in physics and is an author of publications in physics and in energy policy.

Vitalii Martyniuk is Acting Executive Director and Head of the International Programs of the Centre for Global Studies “Strategy XXI”, an associate expert of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” and the Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research (UCIPR). He graduated from the Institute of In- ternational Relations of the Kyiv International University with an MA in Interna- tional Relations. He worked as an expert on foreign policy, regional and inter- national security in nongovernmental, state and private organizations, served as the Deputy Director for international affairs of the International Institute for Humanitarian Technologies, First Secretary (political issues) at the Embassy of Ukraine in Serbia and a foreign and security policy analyst at UCIPR. He is the author of series of analytical articles on NATO transformation, European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, regional and energy security, Ukraine’s -re lations with international organizations and the Balkan countries.

Zoriana Mishchuk is the Team Leader and Key Expert of the Civic Synergy Proj- ect which aims at enhancing public participation in European integration- re forms in Ukraine through the support of two dedicated civil society platforms. Until June 2018 she was a member of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform, in the establishment of which she took an active part. In 2017 Zoriana Mishchuk was the Platform Co-Chair from the Ukrainian Side. Prior to that, she was also a member of the Steering Committee of the Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. Her previous experience included working for the Government, Parliament, international organizations and CSOs, conducting policy analysis and managing projects and organizations in the area of European integration, public participation, good governance, foreign policy and sustainable development. She holds a BA in economics and political sci- ence from the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and an MA in Inter- national Relations and European Studies from the Central European University, Budapest.

Veronika Movchan is an Academic Director at the Institute for Economic Re- search and Policy Consulting (IER) in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her main research interests are in the sphere of trade policy, including WTO and EU-related issues, region- al integration, non-tariff measures, quantification of trade policy instruments and modelling of policy changes. Since 2015, she has led the Ukrainian team in the project ‘Understanding the EU’s Association Agreements and DCFTAs with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia’ being implemented by a consortium led by the CEPS and funded by the Swedish Government. She has been a team leader/trade expert a wide range of international projects covering trade policy, export development, the impact of free trade agreements and other trade-related subjects in a number of countries in Europe and Asia. She is a member of Editorial Board of VoxUkraine and was a member of EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform (2014-2015).

Mattia Nelles is a Ukraine and Russia expert at the Center for Liberal Mo- dernity, a Berlin-based think tank. Among other things, he edits the Ger- man “Ukraine verstehen” (understanding Ukraine) website, a specialized blog dedicated to explaining developments in Ukraine. Mattia is a political science graduate candidate at Free University Berlin. In 2012 he graduated from Zeppelin University with a Bachelor degree in Politics and Public Man- agement. He gained work and research experience at the office of Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker, former Federal President of Germany, the e-Learning startup iversity and the Centre for Social Investment of the University of Heidelberg. Olena Pavlenko is a President of the Ukrainian think-tank DiXi Group, co-found- er of the “Ukrainian Energy” website. Olena works in energy sector more than 17 years, dealing with such issues as energy security, information policy in the energy sphere, energy transparency, and oil and gas market liberalisation. Olena is a Deputy Head of the EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initia- tive) MSG (Multi-Stakeholder Group) in Ukraine. She also is a Board Member of Think Tanks Liason Office in Brussels and Co-Chair from Ukrainian side of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform. Olena was Member of PWYP Steering Committee in 2015-2016.

Nataliya Petrova has been working with USAID funded projects in justice sec- tor reform support since 2006. She is a lawyer and an advocate with 25 years of experience in legal representation before domestic courts and three win- ning cases on behalf of clients before European Court of Human Rights. Con- cluded three-month Human Rights and Practice Program at the Institute of European Law at Birmingham University, United Kingdom, and a Media Law & Policy course at Oxford University, UK. Media law & judicial reform expert on judicial independence & accountability, training, legislative drafting and pub- lic policy analysis, advocacy, and human rights respect promotion in Ukraine. She has fostered productive working relationships with key Ukrainian coun- terparts concerned with judiciary reform.

Alexandra Popa is a policy and advocacy manager, European Business Associ- ation in Moldova. Prior to this position she was a Head of Trade Regimes and Bilateral Economic Cooperation in the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova. In 2016 she joined the State Chancellery of the Government of the Republic of Moldova as a Head of Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning Division. In 2015 Mr. Popa was a National Seconded Expert for Agriculture and SPS in the CEFTA Secretariat (Brussels). Alexandra holds a Master’s degree in International Relations, Moldova State University (2008). Mihail Popșoi is a Deputy Chairman, Parliament of Republic of Moldova since 24 February 2019. Since 8 June 2019 he has served as the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. Since 10 September 2017, Mihail Popșoi has been the Vice President and International Secretary of the ruling Action and Solidarity Party of Moldova. As Deputy Speaker of Parliament, he is responsible for coordinating the activity of four standing committees: Legal Committee, Appointments and Immunities, Committee for Human Rights and Inter-ethnic Relations, Committee for National Security, Defense and Public Order, Committee on Foreign Policy and European Integration of which Mihail Popșoi is a member.

Julian Röpcke is a political editor for BILD, Germany’s largest newspaper. In this role, he focuses on hybrid warfare campaigns and disinformation activi- ties. Before joining BILD in 2015, he analyzed the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine as an amateur journalist, using open source information and methods. His focus is Russian activity, mainly in Europe and the Middle East, ranging from tacit political lobbying and media propaganda campaigns to asymmetrical and state-on-state kinetic warfare.

Viktoria Roşa is Defense and Security Advisor to Prime Minister of Moldova. She holds a BA and MA degree in international relations, political and admin- istrative sciences from the Moldova State University. In 2005-2010, Victoria worked as a lecturer at the International Relations Department, Moldova State University as well as was involved in the activity of several non-governmental organizations such as the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives, the Information and Documentation Centre on NATO, and the European Institute for Political Studies. In 2010-2012, she joined the research consortium “Se- curity and Development Research within the Wider Europe Initiative Security Cluster” supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Victoria has been working for the Foreign Policy Association since 2009.

Ihor Samohodsky is Head of the ICT Sector, Better Regulation Delivery Ofiice (BRDO). Prior to this position he worked as Senior expert, legal regulatory specialist. From 2014 till 2017 he was a Compliance Unit Senior Associate at European Business Association. Ihor is co-author of the draft regulation “The Concept of State Policy in the Field of Virtual Assets” and the Green Paper on Cryptocurrency Regulation in Ukraine. He holds a Master’s degree in Law, Kyiv National Economics University.

Dmytro Shulga is an expert on Ukraine’s European integration. He is the Di- rector of the European Programme Initiative at the International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) and currently is also the Project Director of the Civic Synergy Project implemented by the IRF. In 2003-2004 he was a trainee in the Eu- ropean Parliament in Brussels. At IRF Mr. Shulga primarily focuses on bring- ing Ukrainian civil society voices to contribute to the European debate on Ukrainian reforms, Ukraine-Russia conflict, dynamics of Ukraine-EU relations, as well as on supporting Ukrainian civil society contribution to implementa- tion of the Association Agreement and advancing the Eastern partnership. Olha Stefanishyna is an advisor to the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. Since March 2017 until October 2019, Olha served as the Director of the Government Office for Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Prior to that, from April 2016 to February 2017, she worked as Deputy Head of the Service of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine.

Oleksandr Sushko is the Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation. Prior to this position, he worked as a Research Director at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (2006-2017), and the Director of the Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine (2000-2006). He has served as Chairman of the Board of the International Renaissance Foun- dation (2011-2017). Additionally, Mr. Sushko was the National Facilitator of the Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fo- rum and the first Co-Chair of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform. His fields of interest include European policies, EU-Ukraine relations, Schengen law and its implication for the EU’s Eastern neighbours, EU visa and migration policy, border management, mobility, and people to people contacts.

Daniel Szeligowski is the head of Eastern Europe Programme, senior analyst on Ukraine at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (Warsaw, Poland). He is an economist and political scientist, whose primary research interests are internal and foreign policy of Ukraine, Ukraine’s economic situation, EU-Ukraine relations, Eastern Partnership. He graduated from doctoral pro- gramme at the Warsaw School of Economics, and works on a doctoral disser- tation on the European Neighbourhood Policy.

David Tsiskaridze is a chairman of International Business and Economic Devel- opment Center(IBEDC), one of the emerging BSO in Georgia, with nine years managing experience, responsible for overall management, decision making, strategic planning and coordination of the development projects. IBEDC is beneficiary of various International projects. David has reach consultancy working experience as a expert in the framework of International projects including EU International and Regional programs (EU Commission, ENPI and Black Sea CBC program) with 10 years of diversified experience. David is HDM expert of EaP CSF. Recently he elected as a coordinator of working group 2 (Economic Integration and convergence with EU policy) of National Platform of Georgia of EaP CSF.

Marius Vahl is Head of EEA Policy Coordination at the EFTA Secretariat in Brussels, where he has been responsible for the EEA Joint Committee and the EEA Council since 2014, and from 2011 to 2013. He has also been a national expert in the European Commission (DG Enterprise). Before joining EFTA in 2006, he was a research fellow working on EU foreign and neighbourhood policies at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, which he joined after receiving his M.A. in International Relations and Economics from the Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy and Washington DC, US in 1999. Yurii Vdovenko is a National Coordinator of the Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. Earlier, he was the Coordinator of Working Group 2 “Economic integration and convergence with EU policies” of the Civil Society Forum. He serves as an advisor of the SME Development Office of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. Yuri holds a PhD in economics. He is an author of more than 90 scientific, analytical and popular articles. His fields of interest include European integration, cross-border cooperation, lo- cal economic development, public-private partnership.

Torsten Wöllert is the Team Leader Energy & Environment of the Support Group for Ukraine of the European Commission. Before joining the European Commission in 1995 he held positions in the European telecommunications industry. At the European Commission he extensively dealt with EU ener- gy supplies, energy efficiency, support to innovation and EU-Russia energy relations, including as EU Co-director of the EU-Russia Energy Technology Centre in Moscow in 2003-2008. He holds degree in information technology and in economics. Among his main professional interests are comprehensive approaches to innovation and how they can be supported by the European Union.

Kataryna Wolczuk is Professor of Politics at the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES), the University of Birmingham, UK and Associate Fellow at the Russia and Eurasian Programme, Chatham House, London. She holds an MA in Law from the University of Gdansk, Poland, an MSc and a PhD from the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on EU’s relations with the post-Soviet states as well as on Eurasian integration. Her publications include: Ukraine between the EU and Russia: the Integration Challenge, Pal- grave Macmillan, 2015 (with R. Dragneva) and ‘Rebuilding Ukraine: Assessing EU’s Assistance’, Chatham House Research Paper, 2018 (with D. Zeruolis).

Svitlana Zalishchuk is a foreign policy adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine. Earlier, she was a Member of Parliament, Ukraine, November 2014 – August 2019, when she focused her parliamentary activity on strategic lobbying and organizing national and global campaigns on democratization, security, an- ticorruption, human rights, antidiscrimination, particularly gender and LGBT equality, co-authoring more than 30 draft laws on these issues. Svitlana Zal- ishchuk was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Chair of the Sub-Committee on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) and a Member of the joint Ukraine-EU Parliamentary Committee on Association Agreement -be tween Ukraine and European Union.

Olena Zerkal is a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the Europe- an Integration. In 2001 – 2005 Olena she worked at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, serving as the Director of Department of International Law. During 2005 – 2011 she headed the State Department on Approximation of Legisla- tion, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. In 2011 – 2013 Olena served as Director of Department on Liaison with State Authorities, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. State official of the 3-rd rank. In August, 2009, Olena was awarded the honor- ary rank “Distinguished Lawyer of Ukraine”. She is an author of the Ukrainian methodology of approximation of Ukrainian legislation to the EU standards, author of a number of research works on comparative analysis of Ukrainian legislation.

Mykhailo Zhernakov - Head of board of DEJURE Foundation, the Coordina- tor of the Public Integrity Council, and a former judge. He resigned from the position of a judge in Feb 2015 to work full-time on the judicial reform in civil society. In 2016 he co-founded DEJURE Foundation, which is now the leading NGO in the judiciary reform in Ukraine. He holds PhD in Law (Kyiv, 2009), LL.M. (Bologna, 2010), and is Doctor of Law (Kyiv, 2016).

Oleksandr Zhyvotovskyi is a Chairman of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization, Kyiv. Prior to this position he worked as Head of Investment Activity Division, Asset Manage- ment Company “Investment Capital Ukraine” LLC, Kyiv. From 2007 – 2012 Mr. Zhyvotovskyi served as Expert of Investment Banking Division, Head of In- vestment Banking Division of Corporate Customer Department, Head of Cor- porate Finance Division, “ING Bank Ukraine” PJSC, Kyiv. He holds a degree in finance (Kyiv National Economic University). PARTICIPANT’S NAME POSITION/ORGANIZATION

Akulenko Liubov Executive Director of the Ukrainian Centre for European Policy (UCEP)

Andrusevych Nataliya CEO, Resource and Analysis Center "Society and Environment"

Babych Vasyl Head of International Relations, Reanimation Package of Reforms

Bazilo Ganna Coordination & Cooperation Officer, EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine

Bercio Anne Head of Project, ImpAcT - Implementation of DCFTA supporting activities in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

Bobitski Nazar Independent expert, Consultant on EU market access regulatory issues

Bolbocean Ruslan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova

Bujiashvili David Head of the EU Assistance Coordination and Sectorial Integration Depart- ment, Directorate General for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Af- fairs

Bushchenko Arkadiy Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine

Butin Andrii Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consult- ing

Cenușă Denis Associated Expert, Expert-Grup

Chernikov Denys Coordinator of the Parliamentary Expert Group, Open Society Foundation

Chernyaha Lyudmyla Content Advisor, GIZ Project

Chitidze Giorgi Manager, Human Rights Program at Open Society Georgia Foundation

Chirtoaca Ilie Legal Officer, Legal Resources Centre from Moldova (LRCM)

Chyzhyk Kostyantyn Deputy Minister for Energy and Environment on European Integration

Darkowski Tomasz Legal expert, Association4U Project

Devigne Luc Director for Russia, Eastern partnership, Central Asia and OSCE; Deputy Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service Došen Korana Third Secretary, Embassy of Croatia

Dzhun Alla Parliamentary Councellor on Legal Issues, UNDP

Dzundza Rostyslav Chairman, Bureau of Social and Political Developments

Emerson Michael Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (Brus- sels)

Feldhusen Anka Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany

Gaprindashvili Paata Director, Georgian Reform Associates (GRASS)

Garyacha Yulia Acting Director of the Government Office for Coordination of the European and Euro-Atlantic Integration

Gavalakis Nikolaos Director of the Regional Office ‘Dialogue Eastern Europe’, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Gavrilyuk Ruslan Coordinator of UNP EaP CSF Working Group 3 “Environment, Energy Se- curity and Climate Change”, Chairman of the National Ecological Center of Ukraine (NECU)

Gherasimov Cristina Research Fellow, Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Rus- sia, and Central Asia, DGAP

Gogitidze Jemal Senior Counsellor, Embassy of Georgia to Ukraine

Gogoberidze Lali Expert, Reformatics (Georgia)

Gogolashvili Kakha Co-Chair of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform

Golikova Svitlana Member of the Coalition “Reforms in Energy Sector”, Kyiv Energy Research Institute

Golub Mariia Policy Officer, Support Group for Ukraine, EU Delegation to Ukraine

Groza Iulian Director of the Institute for European Policies and Reforms, Moldova

Halaychuk Vadym First Deputy Chairman of the of Ukraine Committee on Integration of Ukraine with the European Union

Haran Oleksiy Head of Research, llko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation Heimsoeth Hans-Jürgen Special Representative for Eastern Partnership, German MFA

Herma Cezar Project Expert on Law Making and EU Legal Approximation EU4PAR – “Sup- port to Comprehensive Reform of Public Administration in Ukraine”

Herceg Jana Head of Trade Section, EU Delegation to Ukraine

Holubov Oleksandr Deutsche Welle (DW) Journalist

Hristov Dobromir Sector Manager "European Integration, Public Administration Reform", EU Delegation to Ukraine

Kachka Taras Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine/ Trade Rep- resentative of Ukraine

Khorolskyy Robert European Integration Expert, CEO of NGO “Association of Development of Obukhiv Region”

Khylko Maksym Chairman of the Board, East European Security Research Initiative Founda- tion

Kikashvili Khatia Project Director Eastern Partnership, Center for Liberal Modernity (LibMod)

Klympush-Tsintsadze Ivanna Head of the European Integration Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Kogut Igor Director of USAID Program “RADA”

Kolyshko Rodion EU-Ukraine CSP Member, Director of the Institute of Professional Qualifica- tions, Confederation of Employers of Ukraine

Komoroczki Istvan Hungarian Member in the EESC Employers’ Group

Kornienko Olena Director of Strategic Development, Hi-Tech Office Ukraine

Koryavets Maksym Coordinator of UNP EaP CSF Working Group 2 “Economic Integration and Convergence with EU Policies”, President of the Polissya Foundation for In- ternational and Regional Studies

Kosse Iryna Project Coordinator, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting

Kubilius Andrius MEP, Euronest Chair, former Prime Minister of Lithuania

Kuleba Dmytro Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Kulminski Vlad State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European integration, Mol- dova

Kulchytskyy Ivan Coordinator of UNP EAP CSF Working Group 4 “Contacts between People”, EU-Ukraine CSP Member, President of NGO “Agency of European Innova- tions”

Kupris Mariia Secretary of the Ukrainian Side of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform

Kutsevol Anatolii Co-Founder, Head of the Centre for Perspective Initiatives and Studies

Kuziakiv Oksana Executive Director, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting

Kuzio Mykola National Action Coordinator for Ukraine at EU4Environment

Kvashuk Olga Manager of the European Programme, International Renaissance Founda- tion (IRF)

Latsyba Inna Deputy Executive Director of Communications, Ukrainian Centre for Euro- pean Policy

Lytvynenko Oleksandr Director of the National Institute of Strategic Studies, Ukraine

Lytvynenko Yaroslav Project Communications Manager, Civic Synergy Project

Maasikas Matti EU Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine

Makarukha Zoriana Head of the High Level Dialogue Expert Group at the Governmental Office for Coordination of the European and Euro-Atlantic Integration

Makharoblishvili Vakhtang First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Makogon Serhii Director of Strategy and Business Development, “Ukrtransgaz”

Maksak Hennadiy Head, Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism"

Malkova Tamara Director of the Information Center "Green Dossier"

Malon Liliia Advisor to the Chairman, National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization

Mamediieva Gulsanna Advisor to the Vice Minister for Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Manole Ion National Coordinator of the Moldovan National Platform of the EaP Civil Society Platform Margvelashvili Murman Founder and Board Member, “World Experience for Georgia”

Martsynovski Anatoliy Journalist, European Pravda

Martyniuk Vitalii Acting Executive Director and Head of the International Programs, Centre for Global Studies “Strategy XXI”

Mashtaler Olga Secretary of the Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

Matiuhanov Andriy Executive Director, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Matuska Natalia Adviser, German Technical Cooperation (GIZ)

Melashchenko Andrii Senior Researcher, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, NAS of Ukraine

Mesentseva Mariia Member of the Committee for Ukraine’s Integration with the EU, Verkhov- na Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine

Mishchuk Zoriana Civic Synergy Project Team Leader

Movchan Veronika Academic Director, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting

Myinea Nicolae Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Moldova to Ukraine

Nabok Andrii State Expert for International Cooperation, State agency for e-Governance of Ukraine

Nahorniak Ivan Communications Specialist, Association4U Project

Naumenko Dmytro Senior Analyst, Ukrainian Center for European Policy

Oleksiuk Liliia EU-Ukraine CSP Member, Head of NGO VAIBIT, All-Ukrainian Association "Information Security and Information Technologies"

Panchenko Yurii Journalist, European Pravda

Pavlenko Olena EU-Ukraine CSP Member, President of the DIXI Group

Petrov Roman President of the Ukrainian Association of European Studies

Petrova Nataliya Deputy Director, USAID Justice Sector Reform, Program “New Justice”

Pidluska Inna Deputy Executive Director, International Renaissance Foundation Poiana Sinziana Sector Manager for Civil Society, EU Delegation to Ukraine

Popa Alexandra Manager of Policy and Advocacy, European Business Association Moldova

Popsoi Mihail Deputy Chairman, Parliament of Republic of Moldova

Prendergast Eamonn Political Officer, EU Delegation to Ukraine

Prun Alla Executive Director, Civic Space Center

Prystayko Vadym Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Remizov Artem Communications Officer, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Re- search and Policy Consulting

Rimkute Egle Team Leader, Association4U

Roi Viacheslav Co-Chair of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform, Head of the Ukrainian Federation of Trade Unions of SMEs’ Workers

Romanenko Yevhen Expert, Center for Cross-Border Cooperation

Roşa Andrian Senior Consultant, Office of the President of the Republic of Moldova

Roşa Viktoria Defense and Security Advisor to Prime Minister of Moldova

Röpcke Julian Political Editor, Bild (Germany)

Rudenko Mykhailo Board Member, NGO “Centre for Perspective Initiatives and Studies”

Rusu Iulian Deputy Executive Director on Legal Matters, IPRE

Samokhodskyi Ihor Head of the IT and Telecom Sector, BRDO (Ukraine)

Sayenko Serhiy Director of Directorate General for the European Union and NATO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Secrieru Stanislav Senior Policy Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies - EUISS

Shevchenko Lesya President, Open Society Foundation

Sharashenidze Teimuraz Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Ukraine

Shulga Dmytro Director of the European Programme, International Renaissance Founda- tion (IRF) Schulz Carina Project Director Advisory Fund for EU Association of UA, Deutsche Ge- sellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Shodzhazada Rona Civic Synergy Project Assistant, International Renaissance Foundation

Siruk Mykola Observer, Daily DEN

Soroka Mykola Assistant-Consultant to MP, Committee on Integration of Ukraine with the European Union, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Stanionis Ramunas Policy Advisor, European Parliament

Stefanishyna Olga Advisor to the VPM for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Former Di- rector of the Government Office for European and Euro-Atlantic integra- tion, Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Sushko Iryna Coordinator of UNP EaP CSF Working Group 1 “Democracy, Human Rights, Good Governance and Stability”, Executive Director of NGO “Europe with- out Barriers”

Sushko Oleksandr Executive Director, International Renaissance Foundation

Sydorenko Serhii Journalist, European Pravda

Symonova Mariia Expert, MITLA Agency of Changes (Clean Universities anti-corruption cam- paign)

Szeligowski Daniel Head of the Eastern Europe Programme, Polish Institute of International Affairs

Tarasenko Olga Head, Association of Employers' Organizations of Ukraine

Thyberg Tobias Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Swed

Tomenchuk Rostyslav EU-Ukraine CSP Member, Coordinator of UA CSP Working Group 1 “Political Dialogue, Foreign and Security Policies”, Head of NGO “Ukrainian Institute for International Politics”

Tsiskaridze David Chairman, International Business and Economic Development Center

Tugushi Lasha Chairman, Liberal Academy-Tbilisi

Tymoshenko Tetiana Coordinator of Working Group 3 “Economic Cooperation, Free Trade Area, Cross-Border Cooperation”, Ukrainian Side of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform, Chairperson of the Board, Ukrainian Federation of Employers in Tourism Sphere Tyshchenko Yuliia Head of the Democratic Processes Support Program, Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research

Vahl Marius Head of EEA Policy Coordination at the EFTA

Vdovenko Yuri National Coordinator of the Ukrainian National Platform of the EaPCivil Society Forum, Head of NGO “Centre for Cross-Border Cooperation”

Veremeeva Natalia Director, TechUkraine

Vitrenko Andrii Chairman, Center for Public Diplomacy

Vnuchko Svitlana Coordinator of UNP EaP CSF Working Group 5 “Social and Labour Policy and Social Dialogue”, Chairman of the Ukrainian Trade Union of Workers in Tourism, Spa Areas and Hotel Industry

Volynets Mykhailo EU-Ukraine CSP member, Head of Confederation of Free Trade Union of Ukraine, Member of Ukrainian Parliament

Vyshlinsky Hlib Executive Director, Centre for Economic Strategy

Wagner Peter Head of the Support Group for Ukraine

Woellert Torsten Team Leader Energy and Environment, Support Group for Ukraine

Wolczuk Kataryna Professor of East European Politics, Centre for Russian, European and Eur- asian Studies, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Yarabik Balasz Head of Political, Analytical and Coordination Department at the EU Advi- sory Mission

Yavorska Svitlana EU Coordinator, British Embassy Kyiv

Zaichenko Iuliia Deputy Head on Legislative Process and Parliamentary Oversight, EU-UNDP Parliamentary Reform Office

Zalishchuk Svitlana Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine

Zelenyuk Kristina Political Observer, “Segodnya”

Zerkal Olena Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Zhernakov Mykhailo Head of Board, DEJURE Foundation

Zhovtko Galyna Executive Director, EU Prostir

Zhyvotovskyi Oleksander Chairman of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Commu- nications and Informatization