Schedule

Kyiv Lviv Kharkiv Odesa
February 5
TimeLOCATIONSpeakertopic
11:00 AMKyiv– Kateryna Rashevska, PhD in International Law, Expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights (in person).The return of Ukrainian children abducted by russia as a step toward peace: how the international community can influence the acceleration of the process

Key topics:

– The current situation regarding the return of Ukrainian children stolen by russia: statistics and achievements;
– How has the process of returning Ukrainian children changed today?
– Who is involved in returning Ukrainian children from russia today and how?
12:00 PMKyiv– Mykola Ulyanov, employee of the EU Creative Europe Programme Desk Ukraine;
– Oleksandr Khodakivsky, employee of the EU Creative Europe Programme Desk Ukraine;
– Nataliia-Anna Temekh, employee of the EU Creative Europe Programme Desk Ukraine;
– Olha Lirnyk, employee of the EU Creative Europe Programme Desk Ukraine;
– Yuliia Ursova, Deputy Executive Director of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation for Financial Affairs.
All in person.
Activities of the National Bureau of the EU Creative Europe program in Ukraine in 2025 and 2026
Participants:

Key topics:

– Results of the Desk’s work over the past year;
– Achievements of Ukrainian organizations in the EU Creative Europe program competitions;
– Current situation with the registration of international technical assistance (ITA) in Ukraine.
1:00 PM Kyiv– Oleksandr Slobozhan, Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities (in person)The role of local self-government during the energy crisis and abnormally cold winter

Topics for discussion:

– How local self-government coped during power cuts, accidents, and shelling;
– Is there a crisis at the local level?
– The effectiveness of decentralization in action: the involvement of homeowners associations and municipal housing services.