First day

8:30

Departure from UN House to Borodianka, Kyiv oblast

9:30 – 10:30

Registration of Forum’s participants
Morning’s coffee and tea

10:30-11:00

OPENING CEREMONY

Opening remarks by the Forum’s organizers

Mr. Dmytro Petrushenko, Head of Borodyanka Raiyon State Administration

Mr. Francis O’Donnell, UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, UNDP Resident Representative in Ukraine

Mr. Mutsuo Mabuchi, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan in Ukraine

Talking points attached

Interpretation –simultaneous (Russian –English- Russian)

11:00-13:00

plenary sessions:

«major factors which determine economic development of affected regions»

CO-CHAIRMAN’S:

Mr. Dmytro Petrushenko, Head of Borodyanka Raiyon State Administration

Mr. Francis O’Donnell, UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, UNDP Resident Representative in Ukraine

Interpretation –simultaneous (Russian –English- Russian)

Visualization – multimedia equipment

Invited speakers:

·         State policy towards socio-economic recovery of  Chornobyl affected territories

       Speaker: Mr. Volodymyr Kholosha, Deputy Minister of Emergencies of Ukraine

·         Actual socio-economic situation and perspectives of the economic development of affected regions

Speaker: Mr. Volodymyr Moskalenko,  Mayor of  the town of Korosten, Zhytomyr oblast

·         Legislative initiatives to stimulate the development of Pollissya territories in Ukraine

Speaker: Mr. Oleksandr Sitak, Head of the economic department of Sumy Oblast State Administration

·         Perspectives of Ukraine’s  adhesion to the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Speaker: Ms. Iryna Kobouta, Team Leader, Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC), UNDP Ukraine

·         Influence of  lifting of the moratorium on  land’s selling, on investment climate and development of entrepreneurial relations in Chornobyl affected territories

     Speaker: Mr. Mykola Pugachov, Team Leader, Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC), UNDP Ukraine

·         Role of the European Union’s (EU) policy towards opening perspectives and creating opportunities for economic development of the Ukraine’s regions

     Speaker: A Representative of the European Commission (EC) in Ukraine  - TBC

13:00-13:20

Press Briefing

13:20-15:00

Lunch

 Buffet style  - on the venue

15:00-18:00

16:30

coffee and tea break

Round table:

«role of businesses in the regional economic development»

MODERATOR: Professor Jerzy Osiatynski, UNDP/WB Expert, Poland

                                   Interpretation –simultaneous (Russian –English- Russian)

                                        Visualization – multimedia equipment

·         Experience of Japan: «One Village, One product (OVOP) Movement in the Context of Chornobyl Affected Region»

          Speaker: Mr. Mutsuo Mabuchi, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan in Ukraine

·         Experience of Poland: experience of regional development

    Speaker: Mr. Zbigniew Zychowicz, Director of the Institute for Regional Development, Szczecin, Poland

                                              Interpretation –consecutive Polish- Russian-Polish  +

                                              simultaneous (Russian –English- Russian)

·         Experience of cooperation within the UN Global Compact

    Speaker: Ms. Tetyana Nanaeva, Education Manager, Intel Ukraine Microelectronics Ltd.

·         Local Development Fund as a mechanism of partnership for development between authorities and businesses

    Speaker: Mr. Pavlo Zamostyan, Head of CRDP/UNDP, Ukraine 

        Speeches by the round table’s  participants.  discussions

18:30

Reception

Buffet style  - on the venue

Second day

seminars

9:30-13:00

10:45-11:30

coffee and tea break

business seminar

«Innovative business projects for affected territories»

MODERATOR:  Mr. Sergiy Shcherbak, CRDP/UNDP

Interpretation –simultaneous (Russian –English- Russian)

Visualization – multimedia equipment

·         Tourism and recreation in Polissya and Volyn

Speaker: Mr. Volodymyr Vasylyiev, Head of the Union for Promotion of Rural Green Tourism in Ukraine.

Co-speaker: Mr. Volodymyr Lyskovets, Senior specialist of the Unit for Economy and Infrastructure Development, Manevychi Raiyon State Administration, Volyn oblast

·         Presentation of a guide-book  «Making a trip through Prypyat»

Speaker: Mr. Volodymyr Trylis, Head of the Organization “Independent Service for Ecological Security”

·         Role of the Programme «Private house» in rural green tourism

Speaker: Ms. Lyudmyla Gutnichenko, Head of the Kyiv Oblast fund of the individual building in rural area

·         Legal issues of non-timber products usage in Chornobyl affected territories

Speaker: Mr. Mykola Kuchma, USRI of safety measurement, technological and natural accident

·         Localization of the local processing of mushrooms and berries. Potential of Rokytne Region

Speaker: Mr. Anatoliy Borovets, Head of Rokytne Raiyon State Administration, Rivne oblast

·         Utilization of renewable energy sources in Chornobyl affected territories

       Speaker: Mr. Dmytro Petrushenko,  Head of Borodyanka Raiyon State Administration

      Co-speaker: Mr. Mykola Kobets, Senior Expert, Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC), UNDP Ukraine

·         Agro-eco and energy systems for affected regions

Speaker: Mr. Valeriy Boiko, Deputy director of International corporation of fuel manufactories “Agroresyrsy”

seminar

«strategic planning at the districts’ (rayons) level:

adapting european experiences»

MODERATOR:  MR. ZBIGNIEW ZYCHOWICZ, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, POLAND

Participants: members of the working groups for elaborating local strategies (Ivankiv, Borodyanka, Ripky raiyons; Korosten region)

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:30

dEparture of forum’s participants