Events in Ukraine 2023

KYIV - 14 SEPTEMBER 2023

Making Integration Work. Regional Economic Cooperation and Ukraine’s European Perspective: how Poland and Europe can help - 14.09.2023

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Event Moderator: Nazar Bobitski, Director, ZPP Kyiv Office

*The provided times are in the time zone of Kyiv

08:15-9:00*

REGISTRATION, MORNING COFFEE

09:00-9:10*

INTRODUCTORY WORDS

Cezary Kaźmierczak

President, ZPP

Keynote Session

9:10- 9:20*

POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION AND EU INTEGRATION. UKRAINE’S EXPECTATIONS OF POLISH-UKRAINIAN PARTNERSHIP

Ihor Zhovkva

Deputy Head, Office of the President of Ukraine

9:20-9:30*

HOW POLISH SUPPORT CAN DRIVE UKRAINE’S EU INTEGRATION

Jadwiga Emilewicz

Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of the Republic of Poland (on-line)

9:30-9:40*

INTRODUCTORY SPEECH

Bartosz Cichocki

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine

9:40-9:50*

THE ROLE OF POLISH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE

Bartosz Marczuk

Deputy President, Polish Development Fund (PFR)

9:50- 10:00*

UKRAINE’S EU ACCESSION THROUGH THE LENSES OF UKRAINIAN BUSINESS INTERESTS. EXPECTATIONS, CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD

Hennadiy Chyzhykov

President, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI)

Moderator

Marcin Nowacki

Vice President, ZPP

10:00-11:30*

PANEL: PREPARING THE BUSINESS FOR THE EU MEMBERSHIP. UKRAINE’S CHALLENGES, POLISH EXPERIENCE The forthcoming EU pre-accession negotiations by Ukraine will be a monumental task for the Ukrainian government machinery and business, not least considering potential impact of such negotiations on terms of business relations between Ukraine and the rest of the EU. The panel will discuss the approach of the Ukrainian government to preparing pre-accession negotiations, the position of Ukrainian business and Polish experience.

Ivan Nagornyak	Deputy Director General, Government Office for Coordination of European and EuroAtlantic Integration of Ukraine
Hennadiy Chyzhykov	President, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI)
Tomasz Wróblewski	President, Warsaw Enterprise Institute (WEI)
Andrzej Korkus	President, EWL S.A.
Moderator: Adam Eberhardt, Vice President, WEI

11:30-11:45*

COFFEE BREAK

11:45-13:30*

PANEL: TRADE, LOGISTICS, AND THE BORDER: AVOIDING FRICTIONS, FINDING SOLUTIONS Trade in agriculture and steel are the first litmus tests for how Ukrainian trade will be received in the EU market. So far, the experience has been disappointing, leading to temporary import bans, while existing border infrastructure and procedures remain inadequate. The panel will discuss the current state of affairs and motifs of the parties involved, and will focus on streamlining customs and transit procedures within and outside of the EU, investments in border and transport infrastructure, as well as improving trading practices as key factors to facilitate trade in the medium and long term.

Marcin Chruściel	Director, Government Plenipotentiary Office for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of the Republic of Poland of the Republic of Poland
Alberto Fernandez-Diez	Head of Trade and Economic Section, Delegation of the EU to Ukraine
Mykola Knyazevych	Director of the Department of International Cooperation, State Customs Service of Ukraine
Oleksandra Avramenko	Director, European Integration Committee, Ukrainian Agribusiness Club
Piotr Prudzyński	Vice President, Polish Union of Road Transport Employers (OZPTD) (on-line)
Volodymyr Balin	Vice President, Association of International Road Carriers of Ukraine (ASMAP)
Bartosz Pęczkowski	Chairman of the Board, Frontier Logistics Sp. z o.o.
Moderator: Denys Bazilevich, Director for Government Affairs, Nova Post Global

13:30-14:45*

LUNCH BREAK

14:45-15:00*

SPEECH: GLOBAL LABOR MIGRATION – THE DRIVE OF THE DEVELOPING ECONOMY – WILL UKRAINE BE A DESTINATION COUNTRY FOR FOREIGN WORKERS?

Andrzej Korkus

President, EWL S.A.

15:00-16:30*

PANEL: COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH INTERNATIONALISATION: PROSPECTS AND CONDITIONS FOR CLOSER POLISH-UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION

As the war drives Ukrainian companies to relocate, expand and integrate in European supply chains, a range of regulatory challenges prevent them from realising their full potential and generating interest from their European, particularly Polish counterparts. Such challenges include lack of harmonisation of technical standards for industrial goods. This panel will explore potential regulatory solutions, such as the conclusion of the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance for industrial products (ACAA) and present promising cases of Polish-Ukrainian industrial synergies.

Oleksandr Pankov	Director, Department of Technical Regulation, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
Anne Bercio	Trade counsellor, Delegation of the EU to Ukraine
Karol Kubica	Head of the Foreign Trade Office in Kyiv, Polish Investment and Trade Agency
Volodymyr Lifshyts	Director, Kotloenergoproject
Piotr Sabat	Member of the Management Board, ORLEN S.A. (on-line)
Yevhen Korf	Co-Owner, Twerd Enego Plus
Winicjusz Iwański	General Manager, Cersanit Invest
Adam Korzeniewski	Expert on financial policy, trade and industrial policy, national security, and the census
Moderator: Tetiana Melnychenko, International Expert On Technical Regulation, Non-governmental Union «Foundation for Support of Reforms in Ukraine”