SCHEDULE OF MEDIA CENTER UKRAINE EVENTS (LVIV, 32 RYNOK SQUARE) FOR AUGUST 23

11:30 AM – Daryna Marchak, First Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine (online)

Topics of focus:

• The work of the Ministry of Social Policy during the war; core tasks of the Ministry
• Payment of welfare benefits to Ukrainians
• Digitalization of the welfare benefits payment process
• Payment of pension benefits in the occupied territories
• The Ministry’s priorities for the year 2023

12:00 PM – Denys Bashlyk, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine (online)

Topics of focus:

• State Agrarian Register: How does it work?
• First performance results of the SAR: How many agrarians signed up?

 Why this is interesting:

The State Agrarian Register (SAR), an online platform for the direct interaction between the government and agrarian producers, started operating in Ukraine. The system is supposed to facilitate the search for support opportunities for the agrarian business and the submission of applications. One can apply for any support program online and track the application review in real-time.

1:00 PM – Iryna, the mother of a POW from the Azov Regiment

Alla, the mother of a POW from the Azov Regiment

Dana, the mother of a POW from the Azov Regiment

(all in person)

 Topics of focus:

• What is known about where Azov POWs are held in custody, their condition, and incarceration conditions?
• Do international organizations respond to requests by POWs’ relatives to inspect the incarceration conditions and investigate the killing of POWs in Olenivka?

The Media Center will function as a co-working space from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Contact phone:

+38 067 652 91 97

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