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Launched in March 2014 by Ukrainian alumni of world-class universities, the Professional Government Association (PGA) brings together over 25 Ukraine-based alumni associations with over 3,000 western-educated Ukrainians.
The event will gather together more than 200 participants to discuss the first results of the Civil Service Feedback Loop Initiative and to speak with the western-educated Ukrainians about their contribution to the reforms during the last 5 years. The conference foresees panel discussions on the issue of corporate governance in state-owned enterprises and future vision of the PGA work.
This year special conference guest is Myroslav Marynovych.
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Program
12:30 - Registration and pre-conference networking
13:00 - Welcoming remarks
Tim B. Peters, Head of the KAS Office in Ukraine
Artem Shaipov, Head of PGA (will talk about CSFLI)
13:15 - Keynote Speech
Oleksandr Saienko, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
TBD, someone from the new CMU
13:30 - Part I: Culture Shock: Creating a changemaking culture in government (in English)
Moderator: Olesia Ogryzko, Project Manager, Public Administration Reform, Reforms Delivery Office of CMU
Speakers:
Andriy Pyvovarskiy, Ex-Minister of Infrastructure (2014-2015)
Ilona Sharova, Director, Hudson in Ukraine; Member of the Commission on Senior Civil Servants (TBC 23.08)
Kostiantyn Vaschenko, Head, National agency of Ukraine on civil service
Tetyana Kovtun, Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine TBC
Ugis Sics, Team Leader, EU4PAR Comprehensive Reform for Public Administration in Ukraine
Vladyslava Rutytska, Ex-Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy (2014-2016), Vice President, SigmaBleyzer
14:40 - Coffee-break
15:00 - Part II: Western-Educated Ukrainians behind reforms: Lessons learned and vision for the future
Moderator: Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Partner, CFC Big Ideas
Speakers:
Oleh Prokhorenko, ex-CEO, UkrGazVydobuvannya TBC
Oleksandr Starodubtsev, Consultant, HRMIS TBC
Yuriy Bugay, Co-Founder, StudyDive (Ex-coordinator of eHealth Team Lead (2016-17))
Kateryna Karpiuk, Executive officer to the Deputy Head, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Yuliia Fediv, Executive Director, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation
16:10 - Coffee-break
16:30 - Part III: Corporate Governance in State-Owned Enterprises
Moderator: Andriy Boytsun, Strategic Advisory Group for Supporting Ukrainian Reforms, SOE Reform and Privatisation Advisor
Speakers:
Aivaras Abromavicius, Supervisory Board Member, Ukroboronprom
Nadiia Vasylieva, Supervisory Board Member, Prozorro
Oksana Volchko, Supervisory Board Member, Ukrposhta
Olyana Gordienko, Supervisory Board Member, Ukreximbank (TBC 23.08)
Viktor Koziuk, Member of the Council, National Bank of Ukraine
17:40 - Part IV: PGA’s Past, Present, and Future: Lessons learned and vision for the next 5 years
Moderator: Artem Shaipov, Head of PGA 2018-2019
Dmytro Natalukha, Head of PGA 2015
Oleg Goncharenko, Head of PGA 2015
Roman Rubchenko, Head of PGA 2017
Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Head of PGA 2016
18:10 - Part V: PGA Show
Moderator: Victoria Vdovychenko, Team Leader Diplomatic Initiative, PGA
Video about PGA
18:40 - Special guest
Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-Rector, Ukrainian Catholic University, Honorary President of the Ukrainian Center of International PEN-club
19:00 - Networking reception
*Speakers for panels are listed in the alphabetical order.