We, the Foundation for Effective Governance, are very happy and proud to make this event possible. Due to the BBC World News and Intelligence Squared the whole world will be able to watch this debate by Ukrainians from Ukraine and on Ukraine related topic. The World will be able to rediscover Ukraine

Kyiv, June 15. Capitalism cannot exist in vacuum and should be effectively administered by the state. In this regard, former Soviet countries were unprepared for capitalism. They lacked political resources to introduce a necessary system of checks and balances. This is the statement of Natalia Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance, expressed at the public debate “Free market economy has failed the former Soviet states”.

27 April, Kyiv The cluster approach used to produce economic development strategies can be successfully applied in Ukraine.

Kyiv, April 27. To establish efficient special economic zones (SEZs), the Government needs to work out an optimal complex strategy and fair regulatory policy of their development. Otherwise SEZs may become a tool for tax evasion, causing revenue shortfalls from privileged tax and customs conditions and eventually delivering a heavy blow on the country’s economy

One of the very first FEG’s projects, implemented in tandem with the World Economic Forum, was the Competitiveness Report of Ukraine and Ukrainian regions. Since then, the Foundation has prepared and published the updated version of this report for the third year in a row. The main goal of this report is to study conditions and requisites of successful cooperation on the global arena. As it turns out, the system of education, from primary to higher, is one of the key prerequisites to competitiveness in any country. And it is quite understandable.

Kyiv, March 30. The system of education in Ukraine should enable the students to acquire knowledge and skills that keep up with the current economic demands. It should also train the graduates for labor mobility and facilitate their adaptation to the changing conditions.

For every debate, we choose a topic very carefully. The subject should be hot, controversial and important for the country’s economy. We believe that despite the rhetoric of politicians, people are united by economy. That is why today we have decided to speak about the economic aspect of Ukrainian-Russian relations

Kyiv, February 25. Under new, post-crisis conditions, Ukraine should concentrate its efforts on improving the investment climate and creating the most favorable conditions for both foreign and domestic inward investors and for all its foreign economic partners.

February 18-21, 2010 – More than one hundred experts on bankruptcy participated in the conference dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Law “On Restoring Solvency or Declaring Debtor Bankrupt”.

Kyiv, December 18. Decentralization may hamper regional development and in the future even pose a threat to Ukraine’s territorial integrity. This is the statement of Pierre Defraigne, economist, Еxecutive Director of the Madariaga College of Europe Foundation, European civil servant from 1970 to 2005 and member of the FEG International Advisory Board. This statement was made during the debate “Decentralization will boost regions’ competitiveness”, which was organized by the Foundation for Effective Governance in partnership with the Intelligence Squared