ІІ All-Ukrainian Forum of Amalgamated Communities “INITIATIVES THAT CHANGE THE LIFE” 4th December 2017 Mercure Kyiv Congress Hotel (Ex. Cosmopolite hotel), conference-hall “Spielberg”, 6, Vadyma Hetmana Str., Kyiv PROGRAMME 07.40 – 09.30 Registration. Morning coffee 09.30 – 10.30 Ukrainian dimension of decentralisation: results, conclusions, next steps Petro POROSHENKO, President of Ukraine Andriy PARUBIY, Chairperson of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr GROISMAN, Prime-Minister of Ukraine 10.30 – 11.00 Greetings from donor community H.E. Hugues MINGARELLI, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Holger TAUSCH, Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Ukraine, Co-chair of the Donor Board Janthomas HIEMSTRA, UNDP Country Director in Ukraine 11.00 - 13.00 Session I. Instruments of territorial development 11.00 – 11.10 Video “Initiatives that change the life” Has decentralisation overcome its equator? 11.10 – 11.30 Gennadiy ZUBKO, Vice-Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine 11.30 – 11.50 Maksym BURBAK, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Chairperson of the deputy faction of Political party “PEOPLE’S FRONT” Potential investments and opportunities for small and medium-size business of amalgamated territorial communities 11.50 – 12.05 Daniel BILAK, Chief Investment Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, CEO UkraineInvest (Office for investments under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) Use of tools provided by the state in the process of communities development 12.05 – 12.20 Oleksandr KORINNYI, Head of the Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities, Novoukrayinka mayor, Kirovohrad Oblast 2 12.20 – 12.30 Olena TVERDOKHLIB, Knyagynynok village head, Volyn Oblast 12.30 – 12.40 Grygoriy VANZURIAK, Glyboka village settlement head, Chernivtsi Oblast 12.40 – 13.00 Questions and answers 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Session II. Panel discussion “ATC development: forming the 14.00 – 15.30 investment climate and attracting investment” What does investor require in order to invest into local development Gennadiy CHYZHYKOV, President of Chamber of commerce and industry of Ukraine Alexander MARKUS, Head of German-Ukrainian Chamber of commerce and industry Emma TUROS, Canadian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce Antonina KUTOVA, Managing partner, Pro Capital Investment Foreign experience Ian DAVIDSON, Council of Europe Expert, Chief Executive, Tendring District Council, Essex, UK Krzysztof OBRZUT, Wojt of Gmina Rudzynec, Powiat Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Republic of Poland Mechanisms of attracting investment in ATCs of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Kostiantyn BRYL, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration How does the voluntary amalgamation of communities influence on investment opportunities Yuriy BOVA, Trostianets mayor, Sumy Oblast Questions and answers Session III. Panel discussion “ATC development: facilitating small and 15.30 – 17.00 medium-size business development at community level, industrial potential of amalgamated territorial communities” Opportunities for revival of local agricultural potential Maksim MARTYNYUK, First Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine Business Support Program “Buduj Svoe” (“Build Your own”) Andriy STETSEVYCH, Deputy Chairman of the Board, JSC “Oshchadbank” Dialogue as a tool of supporting reforms in communities development Vaidotas VERBA, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Role of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions in improving business climate at local level and establishing contacts between municipalities and business Magnus LILLESTROM, Representative of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions 3 Foreign experience Marcin ZAWADKA, Wojt of Gmina Slupno, Powiat Plocki, Masovian Voivodeship, Republic of Poland Communities’ mini-projects as an effective tool of territorial development Petro KIYASHKO, Vesele village settlement head, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Velina ZAYATS, Dunayivtsi mayor, Khmelnytskyi Oblast Cooperation of territorial communities within the context of local economic development Oleksiy RIABOKON, Pyriatyn mayor, Poltava Oblast Questions and answers 17.00 – 17.30 Coffee-break Session IV. Panel discussion “Spatial planning of ATC territory and 17.30 – 19.00 development strategies” Viacheslav NEHODA, First Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Yuriy PALEKHA, Deputy Director for researches, Head of Geoinformation Systems Center, DIPROMISTO Institute Anatoliy TKACHUK, Director for science and development, Civil Society Institute Volodymyr KUCHMA, Kipti village head, Chernihiv Oblast Vitalii ZDEBSKYI, Stara Sunyava village settlement head, Khmelnytskyi Oblast Questions and answers 19.00 – 19.15 Forum results Viacheslav NEHODA, First Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine 19.15 – 21.00 Buffet .