Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels in cooperation with the International Republican Institute and with support of the USA Mission to the EU and the International Renaissance Foundation organizes a visit of the Ukrainian experts to the Eastern European capitals (Budapest, Bratislava and Prague). In cooperation with European Values Think-Tank and International Republican Institute a roundtable will be held in the Parliament of the Czech Republic on the topic of “Security of Ukraine and its implications for Europe”.
Date: Tuesday, 23 June
Venue: Parliament of the Czech Republic
Programme
15.00 – 15.20 Welcoming by
- Miriam Lexmann, Director of EU Office, International Republic Institute
- Olena Prystayko, Executive Director, Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels
- Ivan Gabal, Member of Parliament, Vice-Chairman of Defense Committee
15.20 – 16.00 Introductions:
Discussion topics:
- Stand of implementation of Minsk agreements
- Reforms agenda in Ukraine
- Implications of security situation in Ukraine for Europe
- Position of the Central and Eastern European countries towards the conflict in Ukraine
Speakers
- Oleh Rybachuk, Chairman of the CentreUA, Former Prime Minister of Ukraine on European integration
- Olena Prystayko, Executive Director, Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels
- Daniel Koštoval, Deputy Minister of Defence, Government of the Czech Republic
- Ivan Gabal, Member of Parliament, Vice-Chairman of Defense Committee
Moderator: Jakub Janda, Deputy Director of European Values Think-tank
16.00 – 17:00 Q&A Session
Oleh Rybachuk, Chairman of the CentreUA, Former Prime Minister of Ukraine on European integrationUkrainian politician, civil society activist, expert in Euro-Atlantic integration.Born in Ukraine, Vinnytska oblast on April 22, 1958. 1993 – 1999, Director, International Department, National Bank of Ukraine. 2000 – 2001, Head of the Prime-minister’s Office at the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. 2001 – 2002, Vice-President, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, Thessaloniki, Greece.2002 – 2004, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Chairman of Banking and Financial Sub-committee. February – September 2005, Vice-Prime-minister of Ukraine for European integration. 2005 – 2006, Chief of Staff to the President of Ukraine. 2006 – 2008, Advisor to the President of Ukraine.
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Olena Prystayko, Executive Director, Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels
Prior to this, she was Project Manager at the Directorate of Internal Oversight of the Council of Europe (2013); Representative in Brussels of the Anti-Discrimination Centre“Memorial” and the “Sova” Center (2012); Research Fellow at the EU-Russia Centre in Brussels (2008 – 2011); Coordinator of the project on Monitoring of the EU Action Plan for Ukraine at the Razumkov Centre in Kyiv (2006-2007); Assistant Professor at the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine (2005 – 2010); Projects Director at the Centre for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine (2005 – 2006); researcher at the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Regional Office to Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova in Kyiv (2003). She is a co-author of Chapter „Ukraine“ in the Freedom House publication „Nations in Transit“ for the last ten years.
