Opening and Welcome
- Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
- Matti Maasikas, Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
- Bastian Veigel, GIZ Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
Explanation of the flow of the conference, workshops, interaction and engagement facilities, online material
- Iyevgen Dukhovych, Senior Advisor on Reform Communications and Dialogue
Panel discussion: “Governance for Development”
- Oleksiy Chernyshov , Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine
- Matti Maasikas, Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
- Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine
- Anka Feldhusen, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine
- Tomaž Mencin, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Ukraine Moderator: Bastian Veigel, GIZ Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe Rapporteur: Anna Bunyak. North Regional Hub Manager, U-LEAD with Europe
Panel discussion: “Governance and Institutional Support for Development”
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
- Moderator: Andrej Horvat, GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
Panel discussion: “Governance and Institutional Support for Development”
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
- Moderator: Andrej Horvat, GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
- Reto Steiner, Dean of ZHAW School of Management and Law
- Gregor Virant, Director of OECD SIGMA
- Viktor Tymoshchuk, Chief Expert, U-LEAD with Europe Programme’s support to improved administrative service delivery
- Wolfgang Drechsler, Professor of Governance at Tallinn University of Technology
- Nataliia Shapoval, Head of KSE Institute at Kyiv School of Economics
Moderator: Janez Šušteršič, U-LEAD with Europe Programme expert on political economy, former Minister of Finance of Slovenia
Rapporteur: Yelyzaveta Zhukovska, Advisor, U-LEAD with Europe
Panel discussion: “Governance and Institutional Support for Development”
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
- Moderator: Andrej Horvat, GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
- Anthony Levitas, Senior Fellow at Watson Institute, Brown University
- Georg Milbradt, Special Envoy of the German Government for decentralization, good governance and public service reforms in Ukraine
- Viacheslav Nehoda, Deputy Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine
- Oleksandr Slobozhan, Executive Director of Association of Ukrainian Cities
- Iryna Ozymok, Local economic development program manager at Western NIS Enterprise Fund
Moderator: Thomas Meyer, Сoordinator of Good Governance Cluster at GIZ Ukraine
Rapporteur: Iain Mackie, Principal Strategy Advisor to the GIZ Programme Director, U-LEAD with Europe
Panel discussion: “Governance and Institutional Support for Development”
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
- Moderator: Andrej Horvat, GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
- Lazar Dzamic, Xoogler, creative strategist and university lecturer
Moderator: Helge Arends, Team Leader, U-LEAD with Europe
- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Princesa de Asturias Professor & Professor of Economic Geography, Director, Cañada Blanch Centre, London School of Economics
- Moderator: Angeliki Mavridou, advisor, U-LEAD with Europe
Panel discussion: “Governance and Institutional Support for Development”
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA Moderator: Andrej Horvat, Advisor, U-LEAD with Europe
- Monica Brezzi, Head of Division for Governance Indicators and Performance Evaluation at OECD
- Sophia Opatska, Founding Dean of Lviv Business School, Vice Rector Academic Affairs at the Ukrainian Catholic University.
- Olena Styazhkina, Philosopher, historian at National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Andriy Kolomiytsev, Head of Pryuitivska hromada (Ukraine)
Moderator: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Philosopher, lecturer at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, analytics director at Internews Ukraine
Rapporteur: Tetyana Tatarchuk, Head of U-LEAD with Europe Chernivtsi Regional Office
Panel discussion: “Governance and Institutional Support for Development”
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
- Moderator: Andrej Horvat, GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
- Yulia Fediv, Executive Director of Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Head of Creative Europe Desk Ukraine
- Yuriy Fylyuk, CEO of Promprylad.Renovation, founder of Teple Misto platform in Ivano-Frankivsk
- Andrii Zakalyuk, History teacher and director "Lvivskyi" lyceum of Lviv City Council
- Vladimir Prebilič, Mayor of Kočevje municipality; Vice President of the Local Self-Government Association (Slovenia), lecturer
- Valeria Ionan, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for European Integration
Moderator: Mariana Semenyshyn, Team Leader U-LEAD with Europe
Rapporteur: Yaryna Stepanyuk, Advisor, U-LEAD with Europe
Panel discussion: “Governance and Institutional Support for Development”
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA
- Moderator: Andrej Horvat, GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
- Larysa Denysenko, Ukrainian writer, lawyer, public activist (TBC)
Interviewer: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Philosopher, lecturer at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, analytics director at Internews Ukraine
Panel discussion: “Governance and Institutional Support for Development”
- Jyrki Katainen, President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA Moderator: Andrej Horvat, GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
reform: development of municipalities

Government for decentralization, good governance and public
service reform in Ukraine


International Expert Exchange
Development of Municipalities: Trust, Institutions, Finance, and People
10-11 December 2020

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Princesa de Asturias Professor & Professor of Economic Geography, Director, Cañada Blanch Centre, London School of Economics

Jyrki Katainen
President of Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA

Lazar Džamić
Xoogler, creative strategist and university lecturer
Matti Maasikas
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine

Anka Feldhusen
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine

Ole Egberg Mikkelsen
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine

Tomaž Mencin
Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Ukraine

Georg Milbradt
Special Envoy of the German Government for decentralization, good governance and public service reforms in Ukraine

Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine

Oleksiy Chernyshov
Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine

Gregor Virant
Director of OECD SIGMA

Sophia Opatska
Founding Dean of Lviv Business School, Vice Rector Academic Affairs at the Ukrainian Catholic University.

Wolfgang Drechsler
Professor of Governance at TalTech at Tallinn University of Technology

Vladimir Prebilič
Mayor of Kočevje municipality; Vice President of the Local Self-Government Association (Slovenia), lecturer

Yuliia Fediv
Executive Director of Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Head of Creative Europe Desk Ukraine

Reto Steiner
Dean of ZHAW School of Management and Law

Monica Brezzi
Head of Division for Governance Indicators and Performance Evaluation at OECD

Viacheslav Nehoda
Deputy Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine

Anthony Levitas
Senior Fellow at Watson Institute, Brown University

Yuriy Fylyuk
CEO of Promrylad.Renovation, founder of Teple Misto platform in Ivano-Frankivsk

Nataliia Shapoval
Head of KSE Institute at Kyiv School of Economics

Oleksandr Slobozhan
Executive director of Association of Ukrainian Cities

Andriy Kolomiytsev
Head of Pryuitivska hromada (Ukraine)

Olena Styazhkina
Philosopher and historian at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Andrii Zakalyuk
History teacher and director "Lvivskyi" lyceum of Lviv City Council

Viktor Tymoschuk
Chief expert in improving the provision of administrative services to the population at U-LEAD with Europe Programme

Volodymyr Yermolenko
Philosopher, lecturer at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, analytics director at Internews Ukraine

Valeriya Ionan
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for European Integration

Iryna Ozymok
Local Economic Development Program Manager at Western NIS Enterprise Fund

Bastian Veigel
GIZ Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe

Janez Šušteršič
U-LEAD with Europe Programme expert on political economy, former Minister of Finance of Slovenia

Helge Arends
Team Leader, U-LEAD with Europe programme

Andrej Horvat
GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe

Mariana Semenyshyn
Team Leader, Sustainable Development Unit of U-LEAD with Europe programme

Thomas Meyer
Good Governance Cluster Coordinator at GIZ Ukraine

Angeliki Mavridou
Advisor to Programme Director, U-LEAD with Europe
Board Chair:
- Bastian Veigel, GIZ Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
Technical Chairs:
- Andrej Horvat, GIZ Deputy Programme Director of U-LEAD with Europe
- Mariana Semenyshyn, Team Leader, Sustainable Development Unit of U-LEAD with Europe
- Yaryna Stepanyuk, Advisor, Sustainable Development Unit of U-LEAD with Europe
Organisational U-LEAD with Europe Task Force:
- Organisational U-LEAD with Europe Task Force:
- Helge Arends, Team Leader
- Vadym Boiko, E-learning Advisor
- Kristina Chelmakina, Local Development Advisor
- Iyevgen Dukhovych, Senior Advisor on Reform Communications and Dialogue
- Tetyana Fastovets, Travel and Events Coordinator
- Roman Paliukh, Social Media & Visibility Adviser
- Dmytro Prokopchuk, Visibility and Communications Advisor
- Angeliki Mavridou, Advisor
- Maksym Meshkovoi, Contract and Procurement Officer
- Ganna Seyid-zada, Administration and Finance Officer
- Tetyana Tatarchuk, Head of U-LEAD with Europe Chernivtsi Regional Office
- Iaroslava Tulku, Strategic Management Advisor
- Yelyzaveta Zhukovska, Technical Advisor on Administrative Services
- Andriana Zmysla, Municipal Services and Citizen Engagement Advisor
- Technical support:
- Evgenia Skalyha, Designer
- B&M EVENT Company
- Svitlana Mokrii, Project Director
- Kateryna Tkachenko, Project Coordinator
- Vitalii Kostiuk, Designer
- Svitlana Kisilova, Communication Project Сoordinator




U-LEAD with Europe
U-LEAD with Europe: Ukraine - Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development programme is a multi-donor action of the European Union and its member states, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and Sweden. The programme operates in all 24 regions of Ukraine to strengthen municipalities in their work to improve living conditions of their residents and service delivery at the local level under the decentralisation reform. U-LEAD provides specialised training and consultations for Ukrainian municipalities (hromadas), conducts local and international study trips and experience exchange events, implements local development projects in various sectors of hromadas' life, communicates the decentralisation reform to the citizens, cooperates closely with Ukrainian line ministries to improve regional development in Ukraine, and contributes to the formation of an efficient multi-level governance strengthening hromadas' capability.








