DEEP – Discussions on Eastern Europe Policies of the European Union Video conference, June 08 - 09 2019
PROGRAMME
Monday, June 8
10:00-10:20 Welcome and introduction Ellen Ueberschär, Walter Kaufmann, hbs Berlin
10:20-12:00 Panel 1: Country reports (15 min each) The impact of the Corona crises on: political governance (democracy versus authoritarianism, security and transparency, civil society and media) national economies security situation and perception of geopolitical power balances
Chair: Jens Althoff, hbs Paris
12:00-13:00 Lunch /Breakouts
13:00-14:30 Session 1 with external Guest (s)
Security concerns in Eastern Europe and current discussions in NATO and EU
Guests: Olena Zerkal, former dep. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kyiv Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Director, Centre d’Analyse, de Prévision et de Stratégie, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris
Chairs: Johannes Voswinkel, hbs Moskau
14:30-15:00 Feedback Round Day 1 —————————
18:00-19:30 Public Online Event: The Future of EU’s Eastern Partnership Policy: Any Vision ahead?
Key questions: Beyond status quo: What the EU can (or should) offer to the EaP countries?
How to adress the security concerns of the EaP countries (Russia, conflicts, desinformation? What means stability in the neighborhood for the EU and reslience for the EaP countries?
Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Kyiv Nikolaj Petrov, London/Moscow Katarzyna Nałęcz-Pełczyńska, Warsaw Tatiana Kastévoua-Jean, Paris
Chair: Stefan Meister, hbs Tbilisi
Tuesday, June 09
10:00 - 12:00 The EU’s internal condition and its ability and willingness to conduct a proactive Eastern Partnership Policy (Chatham House)
Guests:
Katarina Mathernova, European Commission, DG Near Marketa Gregorova, MEP, Brussels, Prague (Viola? Sergey L?) Amb. Anka Feldhusen, German Ambassador to Ukraine, Kyiv ((Dirk Schübel, Ambassador to BY)
Chair: Joanna Maria Stolarek, hbs Warsaw
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break / Breakouts
12:30-13:30 Wrap up and feedback: Proposals for DEEP agenda and next (virtual) meeting in fall 2020; plans for physical meeting in Kyiv in March 2021
Chair: Walter Kaufmann, hbs Berlin
DEEP PARTICIPANTS
Althoff, Jens Director Heinrich Boell Foundation (hbs) Paris
Arjakovsky, Antoine Co-Director of the Politics Department of the Collège des Bernardins
Berthold, Marc Head of European Union and North America Division, hbs Berlin
Bryc, Agnieszka Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń de Saulce, Madeleine Programm Coordinator for Foreign and Security Policies at Heinrich Boell Foundation Paris
Dornblüth, Gesine Freelance radio reporter, specialized in Eastern Europe, Berlin
Franceschini, Giorgio Head of Foreign and Security Policy Division, hbs Berlin
Gontmakher, Evgeny Member of the Expert group „European dialogue“, Moscow
Hlibovytsky, Yevhen Co-founder of the Nestor Group on the future of Ukraine, Kyiv
Jilge, Wilfried Associate Fellow and Eastern Europe expert at the DGAP think tank, Berlin
Kaufmann, Walter Head of East and South East Europe Division, hbs Berlin
Kastévoua-Jean, Tatiana Director at the Russia/NEI Centre of the IFRI (Institut Français des Relations Internationales), Paris Kopka-Piatek, Head of the Europe & International Politics Programme, Małgorzata Heinrich Boell Foundation Warsaw
Kucharczyk, Jacek President of the Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw
Meister, Stefan Director of Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus, Tbilisi
Morozova-Friha, Lena Paris municipal campaign Coordinator, former General Delegate at Europa Nova, Paris Nałęcz-Pełczyńska, Warsaw Katarzyna
Niehaus, Ulla Project Officer East and South East Europe Division, hbs Berlin
Petrov, Nikolay Senior Research Fellow, Royal Institute of International Relations, Chatham
Schiffers, Sonja German Bundestag, Fraction Green/Alliance 90; scientific advisor on Foreign and Security policy
Shelest, Hanna Member of the Board at the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” and Chief Editor at UA: Ukraine Analytica, Odesa/Kyiv
Sperfeld, Robert Senior Programme Officer East and South East Europe Division, hbs Berlin
Stolarek, Joanna Maria Director of Heinrich Boell Foundation Warsaw
Sumlenny, Sergej Director Heinrich Boell Foundation Kyiv
Voswinkel, Johannes Director Heinrich Boell Foundation Moscow
Yermolenko, Volodymyr Analytics Director at Internews Ukraine. Ukrainian philosopher, writer and journalist, Kyiv