Democratic Reforms for Ukraine's EU Integration: Dialogue with Leading Reformers

This dialogue event brings together reform-makers from Ukraine’s Government and civil society to discuss where Ukraine’s strongest achievements lie in its post-Euromaidan democratic reforms, how they enhance the country’s standing to achieve its EU candidate status and what more remains to be done.

Last but not least, the panellists will discuss how the Government and civil society should work to ensure that the substantive democratic progress achieved is not rolled back due to the continuing large-scale war perpetrated by Russia.

The dialogue is co-organized by the Reanimation Package of Reforms (RPR) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). The panels will particularly focus on reforms in the fields of parliamentary strengthening for democratic law-making and public accountability, decentralization and effective local self-government, and promoting electoral integrity and transparency in campaign finance. 

The speakers and discussants will include prominent Ukrainian members of Parliament, the Government and civil society groups. 

Agenda

Opening Session

Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General, International IDEA

Mr Oleksandr Kornienko, First Deputy Chairman of Parliament of Ukraine

Mr Georg Ziegler, Deputy Head of the Support Group for Ukraine, European Commission

Ms Iuliia Kyrychenko, Member of the Board at the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform and Co-Chairwoman at the Reanimation Package of Reforms Coalition

Session I –Ukrainian Parliament as an Institution for Democratic Lawmaking and Public Accountability

Dr Olha Sovhyrya, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Parliament Committee on Legal Policy

Ms Iuliia Kyrychenko, Member of the Board at the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform and Co-Chairwoman at the Reanimation Package of Reforms Coalition

Mr Oleksandr Zaslavsky, Director of Analytics at the Agency for Legislative Initiatives

Dr Volodymyr Venher, Executive Director of the Kyiv-Mohyla Rule of Law Center

Dr Jonathan Murphy, Head of Programme, INTER PARES, International IDEA

Q&A Session

Moderator: International IDEA (TBC)

Session II - Decentralization And Effective Local Self-Governance

Mr Vitaliy Bezgin, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Administrative and Territorial Structure of the Committee on State Building, Local Governance, Regional and Urban Development

Mr Igor Koliushko, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Political and Legal Reforms (CPLR)

Dr Oleksandr Slobozhan, Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities

Mr Yurii Hanushchak, RPR Coalition Expert, Head of Territorial Development Institute

Mr Alberto Fernandez, Senior Programme Officer, Democracy Assessment Unit, International IDEA
 

Q&A Session

Moderator: Ms Olga Lymar, Executive Director of RPR Coalition

Session III - Promoting Electoral Integrity and Transparency in Political Finance

Ms Alina Zahoruiko, Member of Parliament, First Deputy Chairperson of the Parliament Committee on State Building, Local Governance, Regional and Urban Development

Ms Olga Kotsiuruba, Legal Adviser, Civil Network OPORA

Ms Yulia Zaltsberg, Head of «IntegrityUA»

Dr Vita Dumanska, CEO, CHESNO Movement 

Mr Sead Alihodzic, Senior Programme Manager, Electoral Processes Programme, International IDEA

Q&A Session

Moderator: Ms Nadiia Shuvar, Deputy Director of program development, lawyer, Center for Democracy and Rule of Law

Concluding Session

Ms Iuliia Kyrychenko, Member of the Board at the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform and Co-Chairwoman at the Reanimation Package of Reforms Coalition

Mr Sam van der Staak, Head of Regional Europe Programme, International IDEA

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