Yalta European Strategy
4TH ANNUAL YALTA MEETING
PROGRAM
Thursday, June 28, Kyiv
Introduction by Stephen Byers, MP, Chairman of the Board of YES
Moderator: Victor Pinchuk, founder and member of the Board of YES
Address by President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko
Address by Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Jansa
Address by Chancellor of Germany (1998-2005) Gerhard Schroeder
Friday, June 29, Yalta
15:00 – 15:30 - Conference opening. Welcome by S. Byers
15:30 – 17:00 – Roundtable plenary session: Agenda 2020 and the Future of the EU-Ukraine Relations
Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005), member of the Board of YES
Gerhard Schroeder, Chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
Marek Siwiec, Vice President of the European Parliament, member of the Board of YES
Arseniy Yatseniuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Moderator: Christine Ockrent
17:00 – 18:00 - Keynote plenary session
Introduction by Victor Pinchuk
President of the USA (1993-2001) William J. Clinton
Discussion. Moderator: Christine Ockrent
18:00 – Conference photo
Saturday, June 30, Yalta
09:00 – 10:30 - Plenary session: UEFA EURO 2012: Will it Make a Difference for Ukraine?
Vitaly Klitchko, Adviser to the President of Ukraine
Ivan Fedorenko, Executive Director, EURO 2012 (Ukraine)
Igor Burakovsky, Director, Institute for Economic Analysis and Political Consultations
Adam Olkowicz, Chief of EURO2012 at the Polish Football Association
Moderator: Christine Ockrent
10:30 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 13:00 – Parallel Workshops
Issue reports:
Free Trade Area, by Oleksandr Chalyi, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine
Energy Transparency and Revenue Watch, by Karin Lissakers, Director, Revenue Watch Institute, USA
Rule of Law and the Judiciary Reform, by Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco, Minister of Justice (2004-2005), Portugal
Three parallel workshops
(1) Rule of Law and the Judiciary Reform (co-organized by the International Renaissance Foundation)
Fight against corruption
Implementation of law
Separating business from politics
Making courts independent and credible
(2) The New Free Trade Area: what’s in it for Ukraine and for the EU?
Immediate effects of the FTA
Improvements above the WTO membership
Required adjustments in Ukraine
(3) Energy: Security, Transparency and Price (co-organized the International Renaissance Foundation)
Security (reduction of consumption, diversification of sources, international cooperation between public and private players)
Transparency of ownership, price and regulations
Price
Impact on population and business
14:30 – 16:00 - Plenary session: Political Scene in Ukraine
The party’s action plan for Ukraine’s integration into the EU;
The party’s action plan for economic reform;
The party’s action plan for reforming the judiciary
Hryhory Nemyria, Yulia Tymoshenko Block
Ksenia Lyapina, “Nasha Ukraina”
Moderator: Alexander Rahr, Programme Director, German Council on Foreign Relations, member of the Board of YES
16:00 – 17:30 - Plenary session: Changing Political Leadership in Europe and the World
Stephen Byers, MP (UK), Chairman of the Board of YES;
Olivier Duhamel, Professeur, Sciences Po (France);
Elmar Brok, MEP, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee (Germany)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Minister of Economy and Finance (1997-1999), Member of Parliament (France)
Carlos Pascual, Vice President of the Brookings Institution (USA);
Moderator: Christine Ockrent
17:30 - 18:00 - Closing remarks: Victor Pinchuk
