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NATO Parliamentary Assembly 95th Rose-Roth Seminar In Cooperation with the of

Towards a Secure and Stable Ukraine and Black Sea Region , Ukraine

3-5 July 2017

DRAFT PROGRAMME

#SEMKYIV

Updated 21 June 2017

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Sunday 2 July

ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS

ACCOMMODATION FAIRMONT GRAND HOTEL KYIV Kyiv, Ukraine 04070 Tel: + 380 44 322 8888

SEMINAR VENUE BALLROOM, FAIRMONT GRAND HOTEL KYIV

Evening Free

Monday 3 July

REGISTRATION

8:00-8:50 Registration of participants

8:50 Seating of participants

OPENING SESSION

Moderator: Iryna FRIZ, Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the NATO PA and Member of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC)

9:00-9:05 Opening remarks by , Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

9:05-9:10 Introduction by Paolo ALLI, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

9:10-9:15 Christoph SPÄTI, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of Switzerland to Ukraine

9:15-9:30 Address by Ivanna KLYMPUSH-TSYNTSADZE, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and -Atlantic Integration

9:30-10:00 Discussion

10:00-10:20 Keynote presentation by Alexander VERSHBOW, Ambassador (ret.), Distinguished Fellow, The Atlantic Council of the United States, and former Deputy Secretary General of NATO

10:20-11:15 Discussion

11:15-11:30 Coffee break

SESSION I , NATO AND THE BLACK SEA REGION

Moderator: Paolo ALLI (Italy), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

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11:30-11:40 Pavel FELGENHAUER, Independent, Moscow-based Defence Analyst

11:40-11:50 James SHERR, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

11:50-12:00 Andrew BUDD, Head of Defence Capabilities Section, Defence Policy and Capabilities Directorate, NATO

12:00-13:00 Discussion

13:00-14:30 Lunch (Free time)

14:30 Departure by bus to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

COMMEMORATION OF THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATO-UKRAINE CHARTER organised by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Plenary Hall of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (5, Hrushevskoho Street)

15.00-15:15 Opening of the session, introductory speech by Andriy PARUBIY, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

15:15-15:30 Keynote address by , (to be confirmed)

15:30-15:40 Address by NATO Official (to be confirmed)

15:40-15:50 Address by Pavlo KLIMKIN, Minister of Foreign Affairs

15:50-16:00 Address by Borys TARASYUK, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO in 1997

16:00-16:10 Address by Robert HUNTER, U.S. Ambassador to NATO in 1997, Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)

16:10-16:20 Address by , Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine

16:20-16.30 Address by Paolo ALLI, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

16:30-16:40 Address by , Director of the Institute of National Security Problems at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (to be confirmed)

16:40-16:50 Address by Irakli KOBAKHIDZE, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia

16:50-17:00 Address by Iryna FRIZ, Head of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the NATO PA

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17:00-17:10 Closing remarks by Andriy PARUBIY, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

17:30-19:00 Gala Reception hosted by Andriy PARUBIY, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Courtyard of the Verkhovna Rada (Hrushevskoho,5)

19:00 Departure by bus to the Fairmont Hotel

Tuesday 4 July

SESSION II THE HUMANITARIAN AND MILITARY SITUATION IN THE

Moderator: Hanna HOPKO (Ukraine), Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and member of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC)

9:10-9:20 Colonel General , Minister of Defence of Ukraine

9:20-9:30 Iryna GERASHCHENKO, First Vice-Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, President’s Envoy for Conflict Settlement in and Lugansk Regions, Co-Chairperson of the UNIC

9:30-9:40 Ernst REICHEL, Ambassador of Germany in Ukraine

9:40-10:30 Discussion

10:30-10:45 Coffee break

SESSION III THE POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN

Moderator: Metin Lutfi BAYDAR (Turkey), Vice-President of the NATO PA (to be confirmed)

10:45-10:55 , Commissioner of the Ukrainian President for the Affairs of Crimean Tatars, Member of Parliament, leader of the Crimean Tatar national movement in Ukraine and worldwide (to be confirmed)

10:55-11:05 Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Civil Liberties

11:05-11:15 Andreas UMLAND, Senior Research Fellow Kyiv Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (IEAC)

11:15-12:15 Discussion

12:15-14:00 Lunch (free-time)

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SESSION IV UKRAINE’S REFORM AGENDA AND INTERNAL CHALLENGES

Moderator: Hon. Raynell ANDREYCHUK (Canada), Co-Chair of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC)

14:00-14:10 Ivan MIKLOS, Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Slovakia

14:10-14:20 Hugues MINGARELLI, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine

14:20-14:30 Ihor HRYNIV, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Deputy Chairperson of the Committee for Informatization and Communications

14:30-15:00 Discussion

15:00-15:15 Coffee break

15:15-15:25 Valerii PEKAR, The New Country Civil Platform, former member of the National Reform Council

15:25-15:35 Balazs JARABIK, Non-Resident Scholar and Member of the Ukraine Reforming Ukraine Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

15:35-16:05 Discussion

SESSION V UKRAINE, NATO AND INTEGRITY BUILDING

Moderator: Philipp FLURI, Assistant Director, Head of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia Division, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

16:05-16:15 Alexander VINNIKOV, Head, NATO Representation to Ukraine, Director, NATO Liaison Office, on NATO’s support to Ukraine: The Comprehensive Assistance Package and Building Integrity

16:15-16:25 Joelle VACHTER, Deputy Head of the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) in Ukraine on Civilian Security Sector Integrity

16:25-16:35 Iryna SUSLOVA, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Head of the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Gender Equality and Non-discrimination on An Initiative to Promote Parliamentary Ethics: Context, Principles, Stipulations

16:35-16:45 Raynell ANDREYCHUK, Chair of the Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators, Senate of Canada

16:45-17:30 Discussion

Evening Free

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Wednesday 5 July

SESSION VI SUPPORTING GROWTH IN THE BLACK SEA REGION

Moderator: Osman Askin BAK (Turkey), Special Rapporteur of the Science and Technology Committee, UNIC Member (to be confirmed)

9:30-9:40 Dominika KROIS, OSCE Co-ordinator, European External Action Service (EEAS), Division for , regional cooperation & OSCE

9:40-9:50 Igor BURAKOVSKY, Head of the Board of The Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER)

9:50-10:00 Julian POPOV, Fellow, European Climate Foundation, Chairman of the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE)

10:00-11:00 Discussion

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

SESSION VII THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF

Moderator: Menno KNIP (Netherlands), Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Transition and Development of the Economics and Security Committee

11:15-11:25 Ruslan PIONTKIVSKY, World Bank Senior Country Economist for Moldova

11:25-11:35 Cristina GHERASIMOV, Academy Robert Bosch Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

11:35-12:25 Discussion

12:25-12:30 Closing remarks by Iryna FRIZ, Head of the Delegation of the Ukrainian delegation to the NATO PA

EXCURSION TO MAMAEVA SLOBODA

13:00 Departure to Mamaeva Sloboda

+/-13:40 Arrival at the open-air Museum

13:40 Lunch followed by a cultural programme

17:00 Reception hosted by Iryna FRIZ

+/-18:30 Departure to the hotel

+/-19 :15 Arrival at the hotel, end of programme

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