Back Schedule
| Time | LOCATION | Speaker | topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 AM | Kyiv | – Darya Kasyanova, Program Development Director at SOS Children’s Villages Ukraine and Chair of the Board of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network; – Iryna Tulyakova, Head of the Coordination Center for Family Upbringing and Child Care Development; – Valentina Zozulia, Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Children’s Affairs; – Liudmyla Shemelinets, First Deputy Minister of social policy, family and unity of Ukraine; – Leonid Lebediev, Head of the Change One Life – Ukraine Charity Fund, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Association of Adoptive and Foster Parents, and a Foster Parent Raising Six Children. All in person. | Nationwide study: Ukrainian state funding covers only 51% of actual costs for raising children Ages 0-6 in alternative and institutional care Participants: Key topics: – Presentation of the study on support for children in family-based care; – The role of the state and civil society in advancing family-based alternative care; – Firsthand insight from foster parents. Media registration: https://bit.ly/3M0XudK |
| 12:30 PM | Kyiv | – Oleksii Riabykin, Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine; – Yuriy Kotok, Deputy Director of the Department and Head of the Territorial Organisation of Power and Administrative and Territorial Set Up Division, Multilevel Governance Department; – Yevhen Mashyna, Deputy Director of the Recovery for All (RFA) project at Alinea International; – Oleksandr Solontai, Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Steering Committee, Agency for Recovery and Development. | Ukraine updates community capacity assessment to strengthen local development Participants: Key topics: – Rationale for updating the community assessment tool; – Principles guiding the development of the new model; – Next steps for implementing and monitoring the revised community capacity assessment mechanism. Media registration: https://bit.ly/4inRB6q |
| 2:00 PM | Kyiv | – Nataliia Kozlovska, Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine; – Anna Denysenko, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at LUN Real Estate Company; – Svitlana Hnatiuk, Accessibility Expert at the Barrier-Free NGO; – Polad Khalilov, Project Manager of the Ukrzaliznytsia’s Barrier-Free Railway Program. All in person. | Ukraine’s Accessibility Map: How technology helps build inclusive public spaces Participants: Key topics: – Accessibility Map statistics from Monitoring-2025; – How communities, businesses, and civil society groups can apply the findings to inform decision-making Media registration: https://bit.ly/4pwIvqm |
| 4:00 PM | Kyiv | – Darya Kasyanova, Chairperson of the Board of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network, Program Director of SOS Children’s Villages Ukraine; – Volodymyr Yavorskyy, Program Manager at Center for Civil Liberties; – Roman Buhaiov, an Evacuation Worker and Security Expert at SOS East Charitable Foundation; – Yevhen Kaplin, Head of the Proliska Humanitarian Mission, Partner NGO of UNHCR. All in person. | Ukraine confronts evacuation challenges in frontline areas: Examining obstacles and solutions Participants: Key topics: – Ensuring local implementation of Resolutions No. 1307 and No. 1420 so that no child remains in combat zones due to lack of transport, information, or distrust of the evacuation system; – Strategies for establishing effective communication with families still in dangerous areas; – Assessing the necessity and feasibility of forced evacuation and determining which populations it should cover. Event registration is required to participate: http://bit.ly/3KlUkRa ❗️No simultaneous interpretation will be provided at this event. |
