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NATO Parliamentary Assembly 95th Rose-Roth Seminar In Cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Towards a Secure and Stable Ukraine and Black Sea Region Kyiv, Ukraine
3-5 July 2017
DRAFT PROGRAMME
#SEMKYIV
Updated 21 June 2017
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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 Andriy PARUBIY, 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 Euro-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 RUSSIA, 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 Petro POROSHENKO, President of Ukraine (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 Oleksandr TURCHYNOV, 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 Volodymyr HORBULIN, 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 DONBAS
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 Stepan POLTORAK, 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 Donetsk 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 CRIMEA
Moderator: Metin Lutfi BAYDAR (Turkey), Vice-President of the NATO PA (to be confirmed)
10:45-10:55 Mustafa DZHEMILEV, 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 Eastern Partnership, 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 MOLDOVA
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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