Live broadcast of the official opening of the High-Level Conference of the European Parliament and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on capacity building for reforms begins at 17:30 Kyiv time (16:30 local time) on February 29.
Keynote speeches:
Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament;
Volodymyr Groysman, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations;
Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament 2002-2004.
Co-Chairs:
Elmar Brok, Chair of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee, Co-Chair of the EP Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group;
Andrej Plenkovic, Lead member on the EP parliamentary support and capacity-building programme for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chair of the EP delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee.
Links to the live broadcast on the website of the European Parliament http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/other-events/video?event=20160229-1630-SPECIAL-UNKN
At 17:30 Kyiv time live broadcast with interpreting will start at Rada TV channel.