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2nd International Forum on Eastern Ukraine

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«Re-integration in Donbas – improvement of humanitarian situation and enhancement of people to people contacts in the conflict region»

13-14 November 2019,

Kyiv, President Hotel, Hospitalna str. 12

On November 13 in Kyiv, the CivilM+ platform organises the 2nd International Forum on Donbas “Reintegration in eastern Ukraine – improving the humanitarian situation and enhancing people-to-people contacts with the non-government controlled territories”.
The event will bring together diplomats, international and local experts and civil society discussing the integration of the population living under the daily burdens of the ongoing conflict.

The national and international experts will debate during the panel and group discussions outcomes of Ukrainian state and civil society policies in this field as well as other conflicts and peacebuilding efforts from all over the larger European region, and their applicability to the Ukrainian context.

The objective of the Forum is to build a strong network of institutional, political and civil society actors working on the conflict resolution in order to:

  • take stock of the current state of the situation in the conflict region (problems and challenges),
  • synchronize the knowledge and visions of steps currently taken by different actors for the improvement of the humanitarian situation in the conflict region,
  • reflect on measures and responsibilities,
  • exchange of experiencein Ukraine and in the other conflict regions,
  • createa shared vision of the reconstruction and development of the conflict region,
  • developthe road map of (re-)integration of the region with focus on population torn by the conflict for decision makers, and strenghten the commitmentof institutional players to support and implement concrete measures for the reconstruction and the improvement of living conditions for people in the region,
  • raise international awarenessof the conflict consequences and of the situation of people.

 

Programme

 

11:30-12:00 WELCOME COFFEE AND REGISTRATION
12:00-13:00 OPENING SPEECHES

Conflict resolution in the Donbas and social reintegration in the setting of ongoing violence: challenges and tasks

Dmytro Lubinets, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, Deoccupation and Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories in Donetska, Luhanska oblasts and Crimea, the City of Sevastopol, National Minorities and International Relations

Marek Safin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovakia to Ukraine, tbc

Anka Feldhusen, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine

Alexandre Pavlichenko, СivilM+ Coordinating board member/UGSPL Kyiv

13:00-14:30 PANEL DISCUSSION – I

Framing the issue of re-integration

The goal of this session is to form a common working definition of re-integration for the following discussions and to highlight existing divergences on the issue of re-integration among stakeholders involved, as they hinder the possibilities for joint action. What are the core challenges and strategic goals of the re-integration in the Ukrainian context? What contradictions of visions and approaches among the actors may hinder the process? What steps and decisions can build a stable basement for the successful reintegration in the future?

1. Which legislation work has to be done by the Ukrainian Parliament to facilitate the re-integration of conflict affected population? What are the main challenges in this process?

Artjom Salikhov, Advisor to the Minister for veterans’ affairs, temporary occupied territories and internally displaced persons, Kyiv, Ukraine

2. Based on the experience of the conflict resolution in other contexts and the current experience in Ukraine, which steps would the EU advise to go for Ukrainian stakeholders to facilitate re-integration of population?

A. Perkauskiene, European External Action Service Brussels/EEAS Eastern partnership, regional cooperation & OSCE, tbc

3. What are the experiences of re-integraion from other conflict regions and how can they be applied regarding the specificy of the Ukrainian case?

Branka Sesto, political and human rights expert, Croatia

4. “Russian factor” – What has to be considered about the re-integration process-es in Ukraine in the context of Russia’s strong influence on conflict manage-ment in the post-Soviet space and beyond?

Alexander Morozov, co-director of the Russian Studies Center Boris Nemtsov at Charles University (Prague)

5. Different perspectives on re-integration – Connecting a dialogue approach and transitional justice

Oleg Martynenko, Head of the analytical department of UHHRU, CivilM+, Kyiv

Moderation:

Andriy Kulykov, Founder, Hromadske Radio, Kyiv

14:30-14:45 COFFEE BREAK
14:45–16:30 PANEL DISCUSSION – II –Perspectives on re-integration

Panel discussions in several smaller groups, aimed to establish a comprehensive map of tasks, mandates, responsibilities and interconnections between actors and structures. Risks and perspectives will be also presented in the conference materials for the conference.

1.      National policies of re-integration in Ukraine

What underlying assumptions and approaches need to be embedded into the state policies to facilitate the re-integration of population?

Anton Korynevych, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Member of the Legal Reform Commission (Chairman of the Working Group on Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Terri-tories)

Valeryj Novikov, Luhansk Human Rights Center “Alternativa” Kyiv, CivilM+

Tetyana Durnieva, Executive Director of “Civil Holding Group of Influence” Kyiv

2.      International supporting mechanisms

To what extent do the means and ways of international support and cooperation for the conflict resolution in Ukraine correspond to the needs and expectations in Ukraine?

Oleksii Makeiev, Political Director, Directorate General for Policy Ministry of foreign affairs of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Peter M. Wagner, Head of the Support Group for Ukraine at the European Commission

Ulrich Brandenburg, Ambassador (ret.), Coordinator, Working Group on Economic Affairs and Rehabilitation in Trilateral Contact Group

Etienne de Poncins, Ambassodor of France in Ukraine

Oleksandra Matviychuk, Center for Civil Leberties Ukraine, member of CivilM+ (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Oleksiy Haran, Research Director, Democratic Initiatives Foundation (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Moderation:

Stefan Melle, DRA, Berlin

3.      Human dimensions

What has to be considered, to rebuild social trust and cohesion as a basis for a successful re-integration in the conflict region?

Julia Sokolovska, Minister of social policy of Ukraine, tbc

Irina Stepanova, Proliska humanitarian mission

Pierre Hazan, transitional justice expert, curator of current exhibition ‘War and Peace’ in Geneva

Noel Calhoun, Deputy UNHCR Representative in Ukraine

16:30-16:40 Сoffee to take to the summary session
16:40-17:40 Summary and discussion of the results from the small pannels
17:40-18:10 COFFEE BREAK
18:30-20:00 PANEL DISCUSSION – III

Improvement of the humanitarian situation in the grey zone as a basis for the reintegration and sustainable peace in the conflict region

Taking stock on the realities of 4 settlements near the contact line, this panel aims to establish an overview of critical issues and a strategic vision for the economic and social re-construction of the conflict region (e.g. Toretsk, Zolote, Svitlodarsk, Kur-diumivka)

Method of fish-bowl

  1. Urgent issues: What are the existing mechanisms of problem management?
  2. Challenges: What is (being & to be) done?
  3. Operative level: who are the actors of change and what are thair mandats, approaches and interdependences?

Discussion with invited representatives of Ukrainian and international institutions, international civil society:

Mykhailo Shevchenko, Deputy Chairman of the MCA Stanitsa-Luganskaya, Ukraine

Natalia Zhurbenko, civic activist, Stanitsa-Luganskaya, Ukraine

Marina Danylkina, civic activist, Zolote, Ukraine

Eugene Vasilyeva, civic activist, Avdiivka, Ukraine

Vera Khomenko, civic activist, Avdiivka, Ukraine

Vladimir Yelets, NGO Your New Town, Toretsk, Ukraine

Konstantin Reutsky, Vostok-SOS, Kiev, Ukraine

Julia Sokolovska, Minister of social policy of Ukraine, tbc

Ralph Possekel, Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft, Germany

Katharine Quinn-Judge, International Crisis Group, Program Director, Europe and Central Asia, tbc

Anthony Foreman, Peaceful Change Initiative

Kostiantyn Reutskyi, Vostok-SOS, Kyiv

Moderation:

Andriy Kulykov, Hromadske Radio, Kyiv

20:00-22:00 RECEPTION

EXPERT ROUND TABLES, 14 November

 

Room А Room B Room С
9:30-10:00 Welcome coffee & registration
10:00-11:30 TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: APPROACHES TO IMPLEMENTATION, DEVELOPMENT OF A ROAD MAP, INFOSTRATEGY AND PARTNER NETWORK

Lead: UHHRU

SUCCESSFUL LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORMS THROUGH INFLUENCE AND LEGAL STATUS OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES

Lead: DRA Civil Society Resource Center Drukarnia

CIVIL SOCIETY AND PEACE-BUILDING PROCESSES: A DIALOGUE DURING ACTIVE HOSTILITIES

Lead: Women’s Initiatives for Peace in Donbas

11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:30 SURVIVORS OF DETENTION IN ORDLO SPEAK ABOUT IMPUNITY FOR CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THEM

Lead: Center of Civic Liberties

ENHANCING THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS ON DONBAS: MITIGATION OF RISKS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

Lead: UHHRU / «Ideas of Change»/ DRA

ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONFLICT IN EAST UKRAINE

Lead: DRA Civil Society Resource Center Drukarnia

13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 VOICES FROM THE GROUND: COMMON AND DIFFERENT BETWEEN PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CONTACT LINE

Lead: «Alternatyva»/”Center for Humanitarian Dialogue”

GROWING UP IN THE CONFLICT REGION: HOW CAN CIVIL SOCIETY CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMAL AND FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE EAST?

Lead: DRA Civil Society Resource Center Drukarnia

DIVIDED BY THE CONTACT LINE: STATE POLICY FOR REINSTATING RIGHTS, CONNECTIONS AND TRUST

Lead: NGO «GROUP OF INFLUENCE»

16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:00 Strengthening the role of civil society – how to combine the efforts of different actors? Plenary discussion on what is (being) done and what is missing

 

The working languages of the event will be English, Ukrainian and Russian.

Please indicate your interest in participation by filling out the registration form. A more detailed program will be send to the email, which you suggest in the form. A limited amount of funding is available to cover participants travel costs.

The event is kindly supported by the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of Germany and the Slovak Ministry of the Foreign Affairs. 

 

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