News

On June 29, the Institute of World Policy held its 5th traditional international conference on Ukraine-EU relations.

It is the biggest annual conference in Kyiv on Ukraine’s relations with the EU, organized by the IWP in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The conference brought together Ukrainian and foreign diplomats, politicians, researchers, civic activists and journalists who are engaged in the process of European integration of Ukraine. The aim of the event was to serve as a platform for exchanging the views by the representatives of four key actors: the Government of Ukraine, the EU institutions, the Parliament of Ukraine, and Ukrainian civil society.

Speakers:

Ivanna KLYMPUSH-TSINTSADZE, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration

Hugues MINGARELLI, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine

Marie YOVANOVITCH, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

Ivan MIKLOS, Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Slovakia

Natalia MYKOLSKA, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine – Trade Representative of Ukraine

Dr Marie MENDRAS, CNRS – Sciences Po Scholar, Paris School of International Affairs

Maria IONOVA, Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on European Integration

Dr. Gustav GRESSEL, Senior Policy Fellow on the Wider Europe Programme at the ECFR Berlin Office

Dorothy SCHEFFEL, Chief global programs officer, Pact

Hashtag: #UAandEU2017

The conference was held as part of IWP project, implemented under the USAID/ENGAGE activity, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact.