Communicating Europe in a New Regional Security Context. Kiev, February 22, 2017

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Agenda of the Public Debate: Communicating Europe in a New Regional Security Context

Kiev, February 21-23, 2017

 

Tuesday, February 21

Arrival and accommodation at the Radisson Blu Hotel (Kyiv Podil, 17-19 Bratska Street).

www.radissonblue.com

 

13:00 Lunch, Vero Vero, 18 Il`inskaya Str.

20:00 Welcome Dinner, Pesce al Forno, 23 -A P. Sagaidachinogo Str.

 

Wednesday, February 22

09:30 – 10:00 Registration & Coffee Break

 

10:00 – 10:50

Discussion topic: Communicating Europe: Experience of the Visegrad countries – best practices for Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine

 

Moderator:

Sergiy Solodkyy, Deputy Director of the Institute of World Policy of Ukraine

 

Speakers:

Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of World Policy

Victoria Bucataru, Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova

Zsuzsanna Vegh, Research fellow, Center for European Neighborhood Studies, Central European University, Hungary

Vit Dostal, Research Director with the Association for International Affairs, Czech Republic

Marek Marszalek, Programme Manager for Romania and Moldova with the Institute for Eastern Studies, Poland

Samuel Goda, PhD, Project Coordinator and Researcher with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Slovakia

Irakli Porchkhidze, Vice-president of the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies, Georgia

 

10:50 – 11:10

Guest speakers

Natalia HNYDIUK, former Director of the Governmental Office for European Integration

Volodymyr YERMOLENKO, one of the authors of a draft communication strategy for EU integration of Ukraine.

 

11:10 – 12:00 Q & A

12:00 -12:30 Coffee Break and informal talks

 

13:00 Lunch, Radisson Blue Hotel Kyiv Podil, 17-19 Bratska Str;

 

20:00 Dinner, Restaurant “OБ”, Maydan Nezavisimosti 1

 

Thursday, February 23

Departures

 

List of Participants

  1. Zsuzsanna Vegh, Research fellow, Center for European Neighbourhood Studies, Central European University, Hungary
  2. Vit Dostal, Research Director with the Association for International Affairs, Czech Republic
  3. Marek Marszalek, Programme Manager for Romania and Moldova with the Institute for Eastern Studies, Poland
  4. Samuel Goda, PhD, Project Coordinator and Researcher with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Slovakia
  5. Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of World Policy, Ukraine
  6. Irakli Porchkhidze, Vice-president of the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies, Georgia
  7. Victoria Bucataru, Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Association
  8. Alyona GETMANCHUK, Director of the Institute of World Policy
  9. Mykola BIELIESKOV, Analyst of the Institute of World Policy

 

General information about the project:

Title of the project: “V4 Supporting Communication Strategy of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine on implementing AA and DCFTA”

Objective: The proposed project aims to target several areas of mutual interest between the V4 and EaP countries, including capacity building and regional cooperation by the transfer of V4 countries experience in EU integration processes via collecting best practices and lessons learned in the field of communication strategies.

Disclaimer:
The project “V4 Supporting Communication Strategy of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine on implementing AA and DCFTA” is led by the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova and supported by the International Visegrad Fund.
The opinions expressed during the events/publications are those of the participants/authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Visegrad Fund.
More information about the project can be found on the project website: www.communicating-europe.ape.md