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Conferences, panels, lectures and other events.
Kyiv, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine · Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the European Union
An expert discussion convened by Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU, on "Preparing for a Wider Union", the European Commission's communication on how…
Lviv · Lviv Bureau of European Integration, within the EUcation programme run with Lund University, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the Ukrainian Catholic University, funded by the Swedish Institute
A two-day conference in Lviv on what Ukraine's EU accession requires of communities today: capacity, access to EU resources and human rights. I gave the opening keynote; the conference was opened by Lviv Mayor Andrii…
Kyiv, European HUB · European HUB, with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation
A closed-door EU Talks session at European HUB on EU financial assistance to Ukraine, the future of Russian assets and the case for and against adopting the euro. I took part alongside Serhii Verlanov; the meeting was…
Rome, Palazzo Montecitorio (Chamber of Deputies) · Chamber of Deputies of Italy, Italy-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Group
The fourth meeting of the Italy-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Group, held at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, focused on Italy's support for Ukraine and its path to EU membership. It was chaired by Giorgio Mulè,…
Kyiv, Ukrinform (hybrid) · National Association of Extractive Industries of Ukraine
Spoke as adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration alongside Oleksandr Kalenkov (Ukrmetalurgprom) and representatives of the EU and embassies on the challenges, risks and…
Kyiv · EMPOWER project (GIZ Ukraine, funded by BMZ and the EU)
Panel on the role of civil society organisations in European integration: after the negotiating clusters opened, the ball is in Ukraine's court and NGOs need sectoral expertise for legal approximation.
Warsaw, Polish Academy of Sciences · Enlargement Hub: Łukasiewicz-ITECH, EUI Robert Schuman Centre and CEU Democracy Institute
Expert workshop of policymakers and researchers on reconciling merit-based enlargement with the geopolitical and economic realities of Ukraine's integration.
Kyiv · European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK)
EPIK's inaugural panel on how Ukraine's accession reshapes Europe's future, with Stefan Schleuning, Jakob Hallgren, Lesia Ogryzko and Nataliya Gumenyuk, moderated by Fredrik Wesslau.
Online · CEU Democracy Institute (Enlargement Hub)
Opening lecture with László Bruszt for the Invisible University for Ukraine doctoral seminar 'EU Enlargement and Transformation in Times of Crisis'.
Brussels, European Parliament · Renew Europe Group, European Parliament
Panel on Ukraine's EU integration and the rule of law, moderated by MEP Petras Auštrevičius, with a keynote by Olha Stefanishyna.
Online · EasyBusiness, with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation
Panel 'European integration 2025: which reforms will earn high marks from the European Commission?' with Asier Santillán, Nataliya Andrusevych, Ihor Burakovsky, Hennadiy Maksak and Viktoriia Melnyk.
Kyiv · EasyBusiness and the Centre for Economic Recovery, with ISAR Ednannia and the EU Delegation to Ukraine
On Europe Day 2024, more than 200 representatives of civil society, government and EU partners aligned their efforts on Ukraine's accession. The summit presented the EuroHub initiative, a single platform for…
Online · CASE, Center for Social and Economic Research
Webinar on institutional and rule-of-law reforms in the accession agenda, with Lyubov Akulenko and Anders Åslund, moderated by Marek Dąbrowski.
Kyiv and Brussels, online · CEPS, Centre for European Policy Studies
Roundtable on how the EU can best support Ukraine's anti-corruption efforts in the accession process, as adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.
Kyiv, Mystetskyi Arsenal · ISAR Ednannia
Panel with Taras Kachka, Hlib Vyshlinsky and Yuliia Shaipova, moderated by Vasyl Babych, on Ukraine's progress towards the accession criteria.