6th Europe-Ukraine Forum 2013
Budapest 12 - 14th May 2013
Ukraine-EU: New approaches to confront old challenges
Full program
Sunday, 12th of May
PLENARY SESSION:
Ukraine – EU: New approaches to old challenges
PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT:
Ukraine 2012. Report on Transformation
Monday, 13th of May
DISCUSSION PANELS: POLITCAL BLOCK
- Ukraine’s political landscape – is a consensus possible?
- EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and free trade area – A window of opportunity or just a game of deception?
- Ukrainian foreign policy directions: is a multi-vector approach a possible scenario?
- The rule of law – prospects for the progress of democracy
- The media in Ukraine: between business and politics
- The European Neighborhood Policy – Eastern Dimension: Progress with Reforms
11:00 - 12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION Ukraine’s political landscape – is a consensus possible?
Venue: Plenary room
Mo d e r a t o r :
Réka Szemerkényi, Chief Energy and Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Hungary
S p e a k e r s :
• Oleksandr Doniy, Member of Parliament, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
• Csilla Fedinec, Research Fellow, Institute for Minority Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
• Pawe³ Kowal, MEP, Chairman of the EU Delegation for relations with Ukraine, Poland
• Jose Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Member of the European Affairs Committee, Congress of Deputies;
Vice President of the Spanish Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE , Spain
• Calin Ungur, UE-Ukraine relations responsible, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Comment a t o r s :
• Konstantin Bondarenko, CEO, Institute of Ukrainian Politics, Ukraine
• Thomas Schreiber, Professor, École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, France
Tuesday, 14th of May
DISCUSSION PANELS: ECONOMIC BLOCK
The EU-Ukraien Forum will bring together over 300 participants from Ukraine, the EU, its other neighbouring countries and the US, including government officials, businesspeople, local authorities, foreign policy experts ans journalists
The Institute for Minority Studies is represented by
Fedinec Csilla
PhD, Historian, Research Fellow, Institute for Minority Studies of the Centre for Social Sciences of the HAS, recipient of János Bolyai Research Fellowship of the HAS. Research areas: history of Transcarpathia, political history of Ukraine; minorities in East-Central Europe.