Event streamed live only
Time: 09:00-12:30 CET, 10:00-13:30 EEST
The event will consist of two parallel roundtables, one in Brussels and the other in Kyiv, connected virtually, to discuss how an accession country like Ukraine will have to progress on fighting corruption to move forward on its EU accession track.
Each roundtable will be composed of around 15 invited participants, including officials from the EU and national administrations of member states and Ukraine, representatives of international organisations, the private sector, civil society organisations and experts from think tanks and academia.
The discussion for each roundtable will be moderated by a local event host. For each segment of the programme, the event hosts in Kyiv and in Brussels will invite selected speakers to provide introductory impulses, while the rest of each session will be devoted to collecting comments and questions from the participants in both locations. The online audience following the livestream will also have an opportunity to raise comments.
Programme:
Moderators:
- Kyiv: Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda
- Brussels: Dr. Tinatin Akhvlediani, CEPS
09:00-09:15 Welcome and introduction:
- Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
09:15-10:30 SESSION 1: UKRAINE’S PATH TO EU MEMBERSHIP: WHAT IS EXPECTED IN THE FIELD OF FIGHTING CORRUPTION?
BRUSSELS
The pre-accession process and milestones on the way to obtaining EU membership. What is expected of Ukraine in fighting corruption? Pinpointing the key gaps and challenges.
- Katarina Mathernova, EU Ambassador to Ukraine
- Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Professor of Comparative Public Policy, LUISS Guido Carli Roma
- Wolfgang Nozar, Head of Unit NEAR.E.3 on Fundamentals, Rule of Law, Anti-Fraud and Financial Management, European Commission
KYIV
Ukraine’s EU-preparations – Is Ukraine ready to deliver what it takes on anticorruption/ rule-of-law? How to prepare a society for change?
- Anastasiia Radina, Chairwoman of the Anti-corruption Committee of the Parliament
- Oleksandr Novikov, Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention
- Olena Halushka, Board Member, Anti-Corruption Action Centre
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:15 SESSION 2: EU PRACTICES IN PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND COMBATING CORRUPTION
BRUSSELS
The current state of play in fighting corruption inside the EU
- Korneel de Schamp, Policy Officer, DG HOME, European Commission
- Roland Papp, Senior Policy Officer, Illicit Financial Flows, Transparency International EU
- David Dolidze, Senior Legal Adviser, Group of States against Corruption
KYIV
Best practices from an EU member state in addressing corruption
- Zydrunas Bartkus, Former Director of the Special Investigations Service of the Republic of Lithuania
How can the EU best support Ukraine in its EU-integration in terms of anticorruption? Potential for further cooperation seen from Kyiv?
- Ivan Nagornyak, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
- Iryna Shyba, Deputy Head of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative
12:15-12:30 MAIN TAKEAWAYS
- Allan Pagh Kristensen, Head of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative
