On 27 April Kiev gathered representatives of all Ukrainian Oblast State Administrations for the workshop “Regional economic development: a cluster model” organized by the Foundation for Effective Governance with support of the Committee for Economic Reforms. Chair of Donetsk Oblast State Administration Anatoliy Bliznyuk and head of the Lviv City Mayor Administration Oleg Berezyuk told about positive application of the cluster model in their regions

Representatives of all Ukrainian Oblast State Administrations took part in the workshop “Regional economic development: a cluster model” organized by the Foundation for Effective Governance with support of the Committee for Economic Reforms

Lack of strategy for developing SEZs in Ukraine may turn them into zones for tax evasion

Special economic zones (SEZs) may stimulate Ukraine’s economy, but on one condition: while renewing this economic mechanism, our country should remember previous mistakes and not let them happen again. Lawmakers and business representatives have arrived at this conclusion during the public debate “Special economic zones are necessary for increasing Ukraine’s competitiveness”

Experts question the competitiveness of our higher education graduates on the labor market

“The main objective of Ukrainian higher education institutions is to survive rather than produce a competitive graduate”, stated Sergiy Kvit, President of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, during the public debate. The event was hosted by the Foundation for Effective Governance in partnership with Britain-based Intelligence Squared and its principal goal was to prove or disprove the opinion that Ukrainian universities are failing their students.

When I was asked by the Foundation for Effective Governance to speak in a debate in support of the motion that Ukraine’s universities are failing their students, I felt embarrassed. After all, British universities are certainly not perfect. How could I criticize those of another country? But a good debate is an Oxford tradition, and so I screwed up my courage and plunged in

What graduates of Ukrainian higher institutions lack in Volodymyr Lavrenchuk’s opinion

British economist Francis Cairncross is certain that economic recessions are inevitable

Kim Campbell, the first female Minister of Justice, the Minister of National Defence and the Prime Minister of Canada, former Secretary General of the Club of Madrid, acting today as a member of boards of trustees in a number of international organizations, including the position of the chairperson for International Advisory Board of the Foundation for Effective Governance, told us about geopolitical crossroads, superpowers and the Ukrainian soul of Canada