THREE YEARS OF KSPA

FEBRUARY 23

14:00 – 17:00 DISCUSSION: “INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO VETERAN POLICY: SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL CASES”

Moderator – Svitlana Berezina, an expert in strategic planning, formulation and implementation of veteran policy, and now a mentor of a new direction at the Kyiv School of Public Administration

• 14:00 – 14:50 PANEL 1: «Successful cooperation»

Participants:

Mykola Lukashuk, Chairman of the Dnipropetrivsk Regional Council;
Serhiy Pozniak,Head of the Association of Veterans Entrepreneurs;
Serhiy Chernov, President of the Congress of Self-Government of Ukraine;
Serhiy Miliutin, Deputy Mayor of Kryvyi Rih;

Anatoliy Ostapenko, Head of the Subcommittee on Social Protection of Veterans’ Rights of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Social Policy and Protection of Veterans’ Rights;

Violeta Labaziuk, Head of Khmelnytsky Regional Council;

Oleksandr Koval, Head of Rivne Regional Council;

Kostyantyn Tatarkin, advisor to the IREX Veterans Reintegration Program;

Olha Kucher, head of the Veteran Hub service area

Zhanna Chmut, representative of UNDP “Recovery and Peacebuilding”.

• 14:50 – 15:10 TED talk by Valeriy Halan, founder of the Museum of the Formation of the Ukrainian Nation, on the topic: “The Politics of Heroes”

• 15:10 – 17:00 PANEL 2: “Support and implementation”

Participants:

Vadym Petrunin, director of IHUB;
Taras Dobrivsky, executive director of the Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities;
Hanna Demydenko, Operations Director of the NGO “Legal Hundred”;
Violetta Kirtoka, journalist at Censor.NET, organizer of the awarding ceremonies for the non-governmental order “People’s Hero of Ukraine”;
Ihor Vovk, Head of the Human Resources Department at DTEK;

Kostiantyn Tatarkin, advisor to the IREX Veterans Reintegration Program;

Tatyana Volochai, Director of the MHP-Gromada Charitable Foundation;
Anatoliy Tykhonchuk, retired captain (1st rank), veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Candidate of Psychological Sciences, leader of a mobile group of psychologists providing primary psychological assistance to military personnel on the front line. Developer of social and psychological rehabilitation programs for veterans and their families;
Viktoriia Kramarenko, head of the Wings of Victory, founder of the Aibolit medical project;

Ksenia Sukhova, head of the NGO “Heart of Azovstal”.

18:00 – 19:00 Lecture by Anton Gerashchenko: “Leadership in time of war”

19:00 – 19:30 Implemented projects and achievements of the School. Formation of a strong alumni community and international activities. Plans for the next year and presentation of new KSPA projects. Presentation by Anna Mishchenko, Director of the Kyiv School of Public Administration.

19:30 – 21:30 DISCUSSION: “THE THIRD YEAR OF FULL-SCALE WAR IN UKRAINE. WHAT’S NEXT?”

Moderator: Anatoliy Amelin, co-founder and director of economic programs at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future and member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrzaliznytsia

Participants:

Piotr Kulpa, expert on EU programs in Ukraine, former member of the Polish government;

Roman Kobets, PhD , researcher at the H. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Chairman of the Board of the International Charitable Foundation “Alliance for Public Health”, lecturer at the Schools of Public Administration of the Ukrainian Catholic University and the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, as well as the Kyiv School of Public Administration named after Serhiy Nyzhnyy, Advisor to the Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP);

Serhiy Pozniak, Head of the Association of Veteran Entrepreneurs, Head of the Manifesto 42 initiative, junior lieutenant of the National Guard of Ukraine;

Vitaliy Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Regional Council;

Vadym Shekman, CEO of Dobrobut Medical Network;

Viktor Halasiuk, economist, member of the KIEF Supervisory Board.

FEBRUARY 24

11:00 – 13:30 DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC: “ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION: THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN STATE-BUILDING PROCESSES”

• 11:00 – 12:00 PANEL 1: “Peculiarities of intersectoral cooperation in youth policy: how do the government and the public sector cooperate?”
• 12:30 – 13:00 PANEL 2: “Regional Youth Policy in Ukraine: Realities and Prospects”

14:00 – 15:00 Presentation of Alen Bobrov’s book “Propaganda 2023. Information wars during the Russian aggression”.

15:00 – 16:00 DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC: “CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE ERA OF SOCIO-CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS: NATIONAL IDENTITY & GROWING UP OF THE NATION

OR

MUSEUMS AS AMULETS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY”

The main questions of the discussion:

• “Why is museum heritage not only about the past but also about the future?”
• “How is the national idea born and why is museum heritage its support?”
• “Why are patrons ahead of the state in investing in museum heritage?”

and others.

Moderator: Olesia Gerashchenko, researcher of cultural studies at the Doctoral School of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, researcher at the Center for Mediation and Dialogue Studies, founder of the NGO Ukrainian Center for Harmony, author of the book “(Un)Conscious Art” (2022) and the podcast of the same name about art in wartime.

Participants:

Ihor Liski, founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the Effective Investments Group (EFI Group), co-founder of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, member of the board of directors of the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, deputy of the Luhansk City Council of the VI convocation;

Hanna Volodymyrska, Ukrainian writer, art critic, journalist, teacher, professor, business coach, author of more than 50 books on art, pedagogy, psychology, and fiction. She develops and teaches her own programs in art, psychology, and art therapy;

Ihor Chava, Head of the Department for Coordination of Regional Tourism Infrastructure Development at the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine;

Stanislav Klosovsky, representative of the Heritage.UA initiative, founder of the Museum and Cultural Center “In Unterealden”

16:00 – 17:00 Presentation of the book by Hanna Volodymyrska “A Journey through the Gardens of Paradise”