Pawel Kaczmarczyk, counselor to Poland’s prime minister on the problems of migration, thinks that to make emigrants come back home, the government does not need to offer them special treatment since this will be discriminating to those who never tried to leave. This was his statement during the debate “Emigration of skilled labor is good for Ukraine’s economy” held by the Foundation for Effective Governance.

Globalization has opened new opportunities for qualified specialists, particularly those who cannot realize their potential within the limits of their home countries

The positive side of “brain drain” is the cooperation between developed and developing countries. This statement was made by Natalya Izosimova, Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance during the debate “Emigration of skilled labour is good for Ukraine's economy”.

Eduard Rubin, CEO of Telesens International Ltd., thinks that because of the emigration of professionals from Ukraine, the country will lose all experts capable of training the future generations. Avetik Chelabian, partner from McKinsey & Company believes that it is impossible for any country to grow fast if its emigrants do not return home.

President of the Foundation for Effective Governance Natalia Izosimova is one of the most powerful women in Ukraine. Known as the grey cardinal in the retinue of Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhmetov she has participated in development of key economic reforms of the government…

This is an opinion expressed by Liepollo Lebohang Pheko, a Policy and Advocacy Director at the Trade Collective, South African NGO/Think Tank.

In 2007 Rinat Akhmetov pledged $50m to Ukraine’s Foundation for Effective Governance whose goal is to help with efforts to modernize Ukraine. Last summer the President Viktor Yanukovich launched large-scale economic transformations actively supported by the Foundation for Effective Governance

How to transform the Dnieper embankment and how the Kiev islands will look like – these questions constitute one of eight parts of Kiev Development Strategy 2025, elaborated upon an initiative of Kiev municipal state administration by the consortium of executives

Kyiv authorities will develop a comprehensive plan for the use of the Dnieper islands

Kyiv will hold public hearings on development of Dniprovska embankment starting from this August, Head of Principal Department of Economy and Investment at Kyiv City State Administration Igor DOVBAN reported during a roundtable discussion “Kyiv Islands: Disneyland or Wild Nature” organized by Kommentarii: weekly