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Conference «Inside Ukraine 2011: A success story in the making?» in London

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Newsletter #24 Public debate: «Economic reforms will help eliminate corruption in Ukraine»

Newsletter #23 Public debate: “Emigration of skilled labour is good for Ukraine's economy”

Newsletter #22 Public debate: “Capitals should be key drivers of countries’ economic development”

Newsletter # 21 Public debate: «A free land market will destroy the Ukrainian village»

The conference in association with The Economist "Inside Ukraine 2011: A success story in the making?" in London - 06 December 2011
Interview: Tackling the challenges of economic reform: Sergiy Tigipko, Vice Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister, and Svyatoslav Tsegolko, Ukrainian journalist and talk show host at 5 Kanal	Thomas Eymond-Laritaz, Advisor to the Georgian President on European Policy	Discussion: Logistics – seizing a natural advantage
Debate: "Ukraine is too poor to invest in green energy" - 01 December 2011
Guests and participants of the public debate “Ukraine is too poor to develop green energy”	President of MAC Energy Advisors LLC and a partner at Elk Partners LLC, Tracy McKibben, believes that it is necessary to diversify energy supplies, which means elaboration of the correspondent green energy development strategy	According to Malcolm Grimston, a power energy expert and a Research Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs ‘Chatham House’, it is necessary to improve energy systems and power stations and invest in national gas mining
Presentation of the Ukrainian National Competitiveness Report 2011 - 30 November 2011
Welcome address of FEG’s Director Natalia Izosimova	The discussion panel of the Presentation of Ukrainian National Competitiveness 2011	Associate Director within the Global Competitiveness Network, Thierry Geiger, speaks about the Global Competitiveness Index results 2011-2012
Debate: "Economic reforms will help eliminate corruption in Ukraine" - 13 October 2011
Participants of the public debates “Economic reforms will help to eliminate corruption in Ukraine”	Head of the Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Natalya Korolevska is convinced that at first corruption should be completely destroyed, and only then one can implement economic reforms	"Deregulation can significantly reduce corruption scope in the country,” – believes Martin Raiser, Country Director of the World Bank Regional Office for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
Debate: "Emigration of skilled labour is good for Ukraine's economy" - 22 September 2011
Opening speech of Leili Abbasova, project manager of FEG	Participants of the public debate “Emigration of skilled labor is good for Ukraine’s economy”	Ella Libanova, Director of the Institute for Demography and Social Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, thinks that emigration brings huge losses to the economy since most specialists are trained at the budget’s expense
Debate: "Hosting of major sports events is good for a nation's health" - 16 June 2011
Welcome address of Boris Kolesnikov, Vice Prime Minister for EURO 2012	Speakers and the moderator of public debates “Hosting of major sports events is good for a nation’s health” are ready to discuss the important issue for the country	A member of the House of Lords, initiator and supervisor of the Millennium Dome construction (United Kingdom) the Right Honorable Peter Mendelson believes that EURO 2012 is a unique opportunity for Ukraine to be put on the world map
Debate: "Capitals should be key drivers of countries’ economic development" - 31 May 2011
Participants of the public debate “Capitals should be the drivers of countries’ economic development”	Director of the Foundation Natalia Izosimova believes that the wellbeing of Ukraine depends on development of the capital to a great extent	Chairman of Kyiv City State Administration Aleksandr Popov assured the debate participants that Kyiv will not use the budget funds allocated for development of the regions
Presentation of the Kyiv Development Strategy 2025. Public hearings - 31 May 2011
Director of the Foundation, one of the Consortium members, defines key success factors in implementation of the Strategy	Head of Kyiv State Administration Aleksandr Popov presents the vision of the city’s development prospects on behalf of the Consortium	Presentation of Kyiv Development Strategy 2025 to the wide public
Presentation of the Kyiv Development Strategy 2025 with the participation of the President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovich and the top management of the country - 26 May 2011
The discussion panel of the presentation: the Head of Kyiv State Administration Aleksandr Popov, Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Vladimir Litvin and Secretary of Kyiv Council G. Gerega	The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich gives the welcome address	Head of Kyiv State Administration Aleksandr Popov presents the main priorities of the capital development
Debate: "A free land market will destroy the Ukrainian village" - 26 April 2011
The speakers of the public debate “A free land market will destroy the Ukrainian village” express their pros and cons of lifting the moratorium on land sale	Victor Pynzenyk, former First Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine and former Minister of Finance, “It is due to the absence of an open land market that individuals can buy land dirt cheap”	Leonid Kozachenko, President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, believes that Ukraine is not ready yet to lift the moratorium on land sale
Debate: "The state is a better provider of and investor in health care than the private sector" - 22 February 2011
Member of Parliament of Ukraine and Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Health Tetyana Bakhteyeva does not trust private medical facilities	Olga Bogomolets, Director of the Dr. Bogomolet’s Institute of Dermatology and Cosmetology states it is necessary to differentiate the notions “medicine” and “healthcare”	Debate participants are answering the questions of the audience
The conference in association with The Economist "Inside Ukraine: understanding investment risks and opportunities" in London - 07 December 2010
Welcome speech of the moderator Edward Lucas, Deputy Editor, the Economist	Panel: “Ukraine after the crisis: the macroeconomic and investment outlook”	Presentation: “Inside Ukraine: decoding the DNA”: Andrey Kulikov, a journalist, ICTV
International conference "What is freedom of speach?" - 2 December 2010
International experts and the conference moderator	A famous journalist and presenter from Russia Vladimir Posner speaks about the importance of journalist responsibility	Joe Lockhart, White House Press Secretary during the Clinton Administration, believes that the public confidence in the government and mass media is an integral part of any democracy
The lecture by His Excellency Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, on the topic: “Political and Economical Challenges in the Global Era” - 25 November 2010
His Excellency Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Israel spoke about new opportunities and prospects	Welcome speech by Nataliya Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation	Representatives of the government. business, international organizations and expert community attended the Shimon Peres’ lecture
Forum: "Authority and Business: cooperation at the regional level" - 23 November 2010
Welcome speech by the Chairman of Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council Yevhen Udod	Forum’s guests and participants	Comments by the Minister of Regional Development and Construction of Ukraine Volodymyr Yatsuba
Debate: "Tourism is a priority sector for Ukrainian economy" - 28 October 2010
Managing Director of the Foundation Nataliya Izosimova spoke in her welcome address about possible prospects and risks of tourism development in Ukraine	Boris Kolesnikov, Vice PM for Euro 2012 believed that the world-class infrastructure needs huge investment	Debate participants answering questions from the audience
Official signing of the agreement between Foundation for Effective Governance, Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration and Monitor Group within the project on raising economic competitiveness of Dnepropetrovsk Region - 5 October 2010
Guests and participants of the official signing ceremony of the agreement between the FEG and Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration within the framework of the project on raising economic competitiveness of Dnepropetrovsk Region	Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration Head Oleksandr Vilkul underlined that his objective is to first of all ensure the right environment for business development in the region and this can be done within the framework of public private partnership	Natalia Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance, is signing the cooperation agreement within the framework of the project on raising economic competitiveness of Ukrainian regions – this time in Dnepropetrovsk Region
The conference in association with Financial Times “Ukraine: Reforms, Competitiveness, Investments” - 28 September 2010
Vice Prime Minister for Economy Sergiy Tigipko promised to reduce the timing for allocation of land under construction at least by 5 times and added that investors with money will be able to start construction in Ukraine within 60 days	Boris Kolesnikov, Vice-Prime-Minister for EURO 2012, stated about the possibility to introduce zero profit tax for retail business	In his speech at the conference Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov stated that the government has cut the VAT refund debt to UAH 4bn
Debate: "State financial support is needed to encourage innovations" - 16 September 2010
Welcome speech of the Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance Natalia Izosimova	Debate moderator – Mustafa Nayem, a famous journalist and broadcaster	A member of Ukraine’s Parliament and the Chairman of Ukraine’s Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy Natalia Korolevskaya and Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance Natalia Izosimova
Roundtable "Raising Dnepropetrovsk Region Economic Competitiveness", Dnepropetrovsk - 6 June 2010
Aleksandr Vilkul , Chairman of Dnepropetrovsk Region State Administration and Yevgeniy Udod, Chairman of Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council, in cooperation with the Foundation, conducted a meeting of the Regional Council held as a roundtable	Participants and guests of the roundtable on raising economic competitiveness of Dnepropetrovsk region	Nataliya Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation told that the Foundation’s experts together with the International Advisory Board had selected Dnepropetrovsk region as the best candidate to start the new regional project of the Foundation
Presentation of the Ukraine Competitiveness Report 2010 - 30 June 2010
Presentation of the Ukraine’s Competitiveness Report 2010 held by the Foundation for Effective Governance together with the World Economic Forum for the third year running	Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance Nataliya Izosimova stated that despite the existing differences between the Ukrainian regions they have quite similar strengths and weaknesses	“We have entered the era of global competition, Thus, each of us should realize both strengths and weaknesses”, noted Lvov’s Mayor Andrey Sadovoy at the presentation
Debate: Free market capitalism has failed the former Soviet states - 15 June 2010
Nataliya Izosimova, Managing Director, Foundation for Effective Governance, stated that capitalism could not exist in vacuum and should be effectively administered by the state	Zeinab Badawi, British reporter and presenter on BBC World News and BBC4 moderated the debate	The panelists and the moderator are getting prepared for a constructive discussion
Workshop "Regional Economic Development: Cluster Model" for Leaders of Ukrainian Regions - 27 April 2010
Irina Akimova, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, on the innovative experience of the Foundation obtained during implementation of pilot cluster-based projects in Lvov and Donetsk Oblast	Monitor Group’s employees, Yevgeniy Orlovsky and Oksana Avdeyeva gave training to the workshop participants on the cluster approach	Nataliya Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance, stated that the work on implementation of regional development projects is unique
Debate: "Special Economic Zones are Necessary for Increasing Ukraine's Competitiveness" - 27 April 2010
Panellists “for the motion” Marcin Swiecicki, Philippe Costemale and Anatoly Blyznyuk answer questions of the audience and opponents	Natalia Izosimova, Managing Director, Foundation for Effective Governance	The audience took an active part in the discussion about the sense of establishing SEZs in Ukraine
Debate: "Ukrainian universities are failing their students" - 30 March 2010
Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance: “The system of education is one of key prerequisites to competitiveness in any country”	Kim Campbell, Chair of the FEG International Advisory Board, speaking on educational system, country’s development and importance of constructive public dialogue	Dialogue among thought leaders, experts, politicians, lawmakers, mass media and the public
Debate: "Ukraine will not overcome the economic crisis without Russia" - 25 February 2010
Andriy Shevchenko, First Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy, and Zurab Alasania, moderator of the debate	Speakers of the debate “Ukraine will not overcome the economic crisis without Russia” present their arguments for and against economic cooperation with our northern neighbour	Natalya Izosimova, Director of the FEG, on the importance of useful alliances and the choice of foreign economic partner to emerge out of the crisis
Debate: "Decentralization will increase competitiveness of the region" - 17 December 2009
Natalya Izosimova, Director of the FEG: “The current distribution of authority between the Center and the regions is far from ideal”	Irina Khakamada and Volodymyr Groysman, panelists for the motion, answer the questions of their opponents and the audience	Speakers of the debate “Decentralization will boost regions’ competitiveness” argue for and against the motion
Conference "Ukraine: challenges and opportunities" in New York - 08 December 2009
Chrystia Freeland moderates the first discussion panel on business environment in Ukraine	Elena Kuznetsova, Senior Manager at McKinsey & Company, presents the sectorial potential of Ukraine’s economy	Natalya Izosimova, Kim Campbell and Victor Pinchuk, a guest of honor at the conference
Conference "Ukraine: challenges and opportunities" in Moscow - 22 October 2009
Victor Chernomyrdin: “Ukraine’s major partner to emerge from the economic crisis is Ukraine itself”	Experts present and discuss key reforms with the audience of the conference’s first session	Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance: “Economy will always unite Russia and Ukraine”
Debate: "Ukraine should implement tax reform despite the crisis" - 09 September 2009
Dialogue among thought leaders, experts, politicians, lawmakers, mass media and the public	Opening word of Natalya Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance	Panelists of the debate “Ukraine should implement tax reform despite the economic crisis” speak for and against the motion
Presentation of Ukraine's Competitiveness Report in Zaporizhzhya - 15 July 2009
Yevhen Kartashov, Mayor of Zaporizhzhya, on the city's development, existing problems and future perspectives	Olexander Sin, Deputy Head of the Zaporizhzhya Region State Administration, on the rating of the Zaporizhzhya region and the area as a whole	Natalya Izosimova: "The Zaporizhzhya region belongs to the group of the industrial areas of Ukraine's East and South, which lead the rating and outpace Ukraine's agrarian areas"
Presentation of Ukraine's Competitiveness Report in Vinnica - 02 July 2009
Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance:	Volodymyr Groysman, Mayor of Vinnica, on the development of the region and the area as a whole	Change of opinions, questions of the audience, answers and comments of the participants at the presentation of Ukraine's competitiveness report-2009
Presentation of Ukraine's Competitiveness Report - 25 June 2009
Terry Geyger, Representative of World Economic Forum and global leadership fellow, elaborating on research methods, categories, and final results	Anatoly Blyzniuk, Chair of Donetsk Regional Council, outlining the economic situation of Donetsk region and the Project	Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance
Press conference “Public-private partnership – the instrument to raise private investments in the public sector” - 16 June 2009
Tetyana Yefimenko, Head of the Department of Economic Management at the Institute of Economic Prognostics of the National Academy of Sciences	Natalya Korolevska: "Public-private partnership is a way to protect interests of both the state and the private partner"	Andriy Lobach, Senior Project Manager of the Foundation for Effective Governance
Debate: "The state should stop subsidizing enterprises during the crisis" - 11 June 2009
Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance: "The role of the state in regulating the economy, particularly during the economic crisis, can be defined in different ways"	Speakers at the public debate on "The state should stop subsidizing enterprises during the crisis" present arguments for and against the motion	Borys Krasnyansky, Managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Ukraine, believes that the State should shop fighting the crisis and begin preparing the country for post-crisis times
Presentation of Strategy of Economic Clusters Development in Lviv - 26 May 2009
Andrew Swart, Partner at the consulting company Monitor Group, speaks about considerable investments needed for the implementation of such a big project	Experts, local authorities, and politicians team up to meet the ultimate goal – to realize the strategy of the development of this historically important city	Natalya Korolevska, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Issues of Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship, suggests how to attract investors
Forum "Donbass 2005: Strategy for the Future"in Donetsk - 14 May 2009
Director of the FEG Natalya Izosimova, Chair of the Regional Council Anatoly Blyzniuk, and MP Victor Yanukovich are engaged in the discussion	Victor Yanukovich, leader of the Regions Party, speaks about the necessity to turn the Donetsk region into the area of modern industrial manufacturing and diversified economy before 2025	Anatoly Blyzniuk, Chair of Donetsk Regional Council, emphasizes the importance of the Project and the necessity to raise competitiveness of the Donetsk region on the global scale
Debate: "The economic crisis is the best time to introduce major economic reforms" - 15 April 2009
Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada: "Ukraine is likely to fail long-term and structural reforms as it has too much politics and too few resources"	Natalya Isosimova and Leonid Kuchma listen attentively to the discussion of the most important economic tasks set before Ukraine	Moderator of the debate Zurab Alasania sums up the arguments of "pro" and "contra" speakers
Meeting in Washington organized together with a Congress newspaper «The Hill» - 24 February 2009
Natalya Izosimova speaks on the Foundation's place in a complex context of Ukraine's economic life	Senator Jack Reed about the importance of sustainable relations between the US and Ukraine	Oleg Shamshur, Ambassador of Ukraine in the USA, is certain that no country can combat the economic crisis on its own
Debate: “Ukraine Needs an Agricultural Land Market Now” - 5 February 2009
Panelists at the debate “Ukraine needs an agricultural land market now” present their arguments	Dialogue among thought leaders, experts, politicians, lawmakers, mass media and the public	Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Government: “During the years under the moratorium, the expected growth of effectiveness in agriculture hasn’t occurred”
Open discussion «Regional Development as a Way to Increase National Competitiveness», 27 November 2008
Kim Campbell, Head of the FEG's Advisory Board, sums up the third discussion panel, emphasizing the necessity of flexible regional policy	Alan Scott, Professor Emeritus at California University, Los Angeles, outlines the main principles of efficient regional policy	Alan Scott: "During transient periods, it is impossible to achieve immediate results. It is not a rabbit, pulled out of a magician's hat"
Roundtable "Competitiveness of Ukrainian Economy and Regions" in Simpheropol, 10 July 2008
Crimean economists speak about necessity to modernize peninsula's recreation system	Nataliya Izosimova speaks about unrivaled opportunities of tourist sector in Crimea	Crimean journalists are concerned about economic performance of Crimea
Roundtable "Competitiveness of Ukrainian Economy and Regions" in Cherkasy, 26 June 2008
Managing Director of the Foundation Nataliya Izosimova speaks about priority areas in economy of Cherkassy Region	Roundtable participants discuss problems of the regional economic development	Vera Nanivska speaks about indicators able to boost competitiveness of Region
Roundtable "Competitiveness of Ukrainian Economy and Regions" in Lvov, 24 June 2008
Managing Director of the Foundation Nataliya Izosimova makes a welcome address at regional presentation in Lvov	Manager of the Foundation V.Konovalchuk presents results of Ukraine and Lvov Region Competitiveness Rating	Roundtable delegates discuss the economic situation in Lvov Region
Round-table "Competitiveness of Ukrainian Economy and Regions" in Donetsk, 10 June 2008
Leadership of Donetsk Region speaks about necessity to boost economic performance of the region	Manager of the Foundation Igor Goncharenko presents results of research in Donetsk Region	Alexandra Kuzhel speaks about regional policy and invaluable contribution of the Foundation's Report from perspective of Ukraine's accession to WTO
Roundtable "Competitiveness of Ukrainian Economy and Regions" in Dnipropetrovsk, 9 June 2008
Presentation of the Report involved representatives of local authorities, business elite, and expert community	Managing Director of the Foundation Nataliya Izosimova speaks about results of research in Dnepropetrovsk Region	Roundtable participants listen about strengths and weaknesses of the region's economy attentively
Presentation of Ukraine's Competitiveness Report, 21 May 2008
Speech of Managing Director of the Foundation Nataliya Izosimova	World Economic Forum representatives speak about Report results	Anatoliy Bliznyuk and Aleksandra Kuzhel discuss Report results
Roundtable on Prioritizing Economic Reforms in Ukraine, 16 May 2008
Leading experts identify areas of economic reforms in Ukraine	Reform priorities are selected during discussion of Ukraine's Economic Development Agenda	Managing Director of Foundation Nataliya Izosimova and roundtable moderator Avetik Chalabyan speak about top priorities
Presentation of Ukraine's Economic Development Agenda, 09 April 2008
Managing Director and Founder of the Foundation meet guests	Foundations' Managing Director and Agenda developers answer guests' questions	Speech of Managing Director of the Foundation Nataliya Izosimova
Official Launch of the Foundation for Effective Governance, 06 December 2007
Managing Director of the Foundation Nataliya Izosimova meets guests	Rinat Akhmetov speaks about creation of the Foundation, its objectives, and his role	Managing Director and Founder of the Foundation listen to guest speeches with interest

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