DEEP – Discussions on Eastern Europe Policies of the 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,  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 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 (, 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 , 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