The event shall take place from June 8 till June 10, 2018.
Once triggered by the Parliament’s Speaker A.Parubiy, on June 8-9 there shall take place the Second Inter-Parliamentary Conference on the theme “Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Strengthening the Inter-Parliamentary Component of Regional and Security Cooperation, While Developing Interaction with the EU and NATO”, which is a follow-up of the trilateral inter-parliamentary dialogue unfolded during the speaker’s official visit to Moldova in March.
The strategic goal of the conference is to promote democratic values, create and secure a common security system, build economically stable public administration and reform the countries in accordance with European legal norms.
Parliamentarians from Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and the European Parliament, representatives of diplomatic institutions of foreign countries in Ukraine, NGOs, and the press have been invited to participate in the conference.
The conference shall embrace the following events:
A specialized panel discussion on counteraction of misinformation and cyber threats:
Laura Jewett, Regional director for Eurasia, the National Democratic Institute,
Samantha Bradshaw, a Researcher, Computational Propaganda Project at Oxford University and a Senior Fellow at the Canadian International Council,
Margo Gontar, co-founder of StopFake.org,
Koryna Serpo, project manager, Moldova Internews,
Yevhen Mahda, executive director, the Institute of World Politics,
Moderator: Rebecca Harms, a German politician, member of the European Parliament, co-chair of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly.
A ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to the victims of the Holodomor.
An opening ceremony of the International Conference, addresses of the Moldovan, Georgian and Ukrainian parliamentary speakers.
A ceremony of signing the launch declaration of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly “Ukraine-Moldova-Georgia”. The paper is to be signed by:
Andriy Parubiy, the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament),
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia,
Andrian Candu, the Chairman of the Moldovan Parliament.
Based on the results of the conference, a joint three-speaker briefing shall be held, alongside with the conferees’ interviews.
Panel One.
“Security Challenges Counterstrategy”, with the three parliamentary speakers to partake:
Andriy Parubiy, the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament),
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia,
Andrian Candu, the Chairman of the Moldovan Parliament,
Ryszard Terlecki, Deputy Marshal of the Polish Sejm, Head of the Law and Justice Parliamentary Caucus,
Michael Carpenter, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center, Future Europe Initiative, and Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council,
Ana Gomez, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance.
Moderator: Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament (2002-2004).
Panel Two.
“Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova – From EU Association Agreement to Full European Integration”, with the parliamentarians of the three countries to partake:
Hugues Mingarelli, EU Ambassador to Ukraine, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine,
Mariia Ionova, Deputy Head of the Committee on European Integration, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,
Violeta Ivanov, member of the Parliament of Moldova, Deputy Head of the Committee on Foreign Policy and European Integration, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova,
Kakha Kuchava, member of the Parliament of Georgia, Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Protection and Natural Resources,
Maria Koc, Law and Justice Election Committee, Deputy Marshal of the Polish Sejm,
Petras Austrevicius, member of the European Parliament, Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee,
Michael Gahler, member of the European Parliament, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Moderator: Peter Wagner, the Head of the Support Group for Ukraine at the European Commission.
Panel Three.
“Political Dialogue and Consensus Formation”:
Andriy Parubiy, the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament),
Andrian Candu, the Chairman of the Moldovan Parliament,
Peter Vanhoutte, High Level Mediator, parliamentary and political parties empowerment expert,
Pat Cox, former President of the European Parliament (2002-2004),
Andrius Kubilius, a Lithuanian politician, member of the Lithuanian Seimas,
Archil Talakvadze, MP, the Majority Leader, the Parliament of Georgia.
Moderator: Petras Austrevicius, member of the European Parliament, Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The conference registration procedure starts at 08:00.
Venue for the conference: Hotel “Kyiv”, Hrushevskoho Street, 26/1.
Entrance for pressmen is on a list.
For pre-accreditation please follow the below link or call at (044) 255-35-87 until 16:00 June 7, 2018: http://iportal.rada.gov.ua/fba
The conference progress shall be highlighted at the Parliament’s web-portal www.rada.gov.ua, through “Rada TV” channel, the “Holos Ukrainy” parliamentary herald, and by the agency of social networks as well.
The event has been arranged by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the assistance of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).