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International Forum on European Ukraine: Registration open
This Autumn we invite you for the Annual CivilMPlus’ International Forum on European Ukraine.
The topic of this year’s event is: Overcoming Russia’s war against Ukraine: strengthening links between political decision makers & civil society organisations in Europe.
High-level guests, insightful discussions, testimonies from the ground, networking and much more.
Save the date for this year’s forum where we will be talking all things Ukraine.
When: 15-16th of November, 2022
Where: Berlin, Germany and online
To register, fill out the form by November 5th.
Draft Agenda
DAY I
Moderators:
Andriy Kulykov, Hromads’ke Radio, Kyiv
Gabriele Freitag, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde e.V., Berlin
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Registration and welcome coffee |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Opening session: introduction and remarks by co-organizers
Moderation: Andriy Kulykov |
| Panel I
12:30 – 14:00 |
Strengthening synergies between political and civil society actors in the field of human dimension: which joint efforts are needed for overcoming violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, war crimes and crimes against humanity?
Moderation: Andriy Kulykov |
| 14.00 – 15:00 | Lunch |
| Panel II
15:00 – 16.30 |
Strengthening links between political and civil society actors in making Europe a more secure and conflict-resilient space: what is the role of the EU?
Moderation: Gabrielle Freitag |
| 16.30 – 17:00 | Coffee break |
| Panel III
17:00 – 18.30
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Moving towards stronger international civil society coalition for ending the war in Ukraine: how to achieve a stronger joint action and enhance impact on policymaking?
(the panel organized in a fishbowl format; more speakers can be added)
Moderation: Gabrielle Freitag |
| 18:30 – 18:50 | Closing remarks by co-organizer and moderators |
| 19:00 – 20:30 | Art Exhibition Opening and Reception Dinner |
DAY II
Expert Roundtables
| Time slot | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 |
| 09.30 -11:00 | Documentations of international crimes in Ukraine: efforts by civil society, key findings and international accountability mechanisms | Tendencies in the Ukrainian society in the war times: IDPs, a new “gray zone” on the frontline and civic activism
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Russia’s disruptive influence on European societies: Wartime challenges and tactics of response
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| Speakers:
Oleksandr Pavlichenko, Executive Director, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Ukraine Anton Korynevych, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Representative of the Office of the Prosecutor General FIDH Representative Sergiy Movchan, Head of War Crimes Documentation Department, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Ukraine
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Moderation:
Svitlana Krot, Head, NGO “Country of Free People”, Ukraine Speakers: Denys Bigunov, Head, Drukarnya Civil Society Center, Slovyansk, Ukraine Olga Altunina, Representative of the Commissioner for the Rights of Citizens Affected by the Armed Aggression against Ukraine Yaroslav Boyko, Chairperson of the NGO “Association Humanitarian Center “Vse Bude Dobre”, Kramatorsk, Ukraine Evgenia Bardyak, Member of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional council, chairman of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional organization “Young Enlightenment”, Ukraine Lilia Kislitsyna, Head, NGO “Smart Association”, Kramatorsk, Ukraine Yulia Krasilnikova, Chairperson of the Vostok-SOS Charitable Foundation, Ukraine Evgenia Kuleba, Chairperson of the NGO “City Garden”, Ukraine Maria Khudeneva (Stern), volunteer, activist, Slovyansk, Ukraine
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Moderation:
Nikolai Klimeniouk, freelance journalist, Berlin Speakers: Anton Shekhovstsov, Associated Researcher at RECET – Research Center for the History of Transformations, Chair at Centre for Democratic Integrity, Vienna Rumena Filipova, Chairperson and Co-Founder at Institute for Global Analytics, Sofia Eteri Buziashvili, researcher at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, Tbilisi Susanne Spahn, freelance journalist, historian, political scientist, and researcher of Russian propaganda, Berlin Céline Marangé, research fellow at the Institute for Strategic Research, Paris Ihor Solovei, Head, Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, Ukraine
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| 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee-Break | |||
| 11.30 -13.00 | Understanding life under Russian occupation: collaborationism, forced mobilization, forced rusification, pasportization
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Strengthening international presence in Ukraine: how can the international actors contribute to reinstating peace and stabilizing the country? | International coalition of Ukraine’s supporters: Baltic States and Visegrad group in European relations
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| Moderation:
Valerii Novykov, Luhansk Regional Human Rights Center “Alternatyva”, Ukraine Speakers: Natalya Gordienko, Luhansk Regional Human Rights Center “Alternative”, Ukraine Alyona Lunyova, Center for Human Rights ZMINA, Ukraine Andrii Dikhtyarenko, online media “Realnaya gazeta”, NGO “Frontir”, Ukraine Iryna Perkova, Center for ATO veterans and their families “Poruch”, Ukraine Anastasia Yaroshenko, Center for Psychosocial Adaptation, Ukraine Olena Nizhelska, head of the “Severskyi Donets” Crisis Media Center, Ukraine Natalya Ponomaryova, head of the NGO “Volya”, Starobilsk, Ukraine |
Moderation:
Hanna Homeniuk, project manager, Caritas Ukraine Speakers: Hryhoriy Seleshiuk, director of programs, Caritas Ukraine Dr. Andreas Wittkowsky, analyst at ZIF, Berlin Anthony Foreman, Programme Manager for Europe and the South Caucasus, Peaceful Change Olga Kotiuk (Korablyova), expert in security, social cohesion, and overcoming the consequences of armed conflicts
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Moderation:
Laurynas Vaičiūnas, College of Eastern Europe in Wroclaw Speakers: Grzegorz Gruca, Vice President, Polish Humanitarian Action Maria Piechowska, Analyst, Polish Institute of International Affairs Alvydas Medalinskas, International Expert, Mykolas Romeris University
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| 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break | |||
| 14.00-15.30 | Deprivation of freedom: war prisoners, civic hostages, abductions and deportations | Role of civil society in Ukraine’s post-war environmental damage reconstruction | People and War. Space for Conversation
(in a format of playback theatre) |
| Moderation:
Oleksandra Romantsova, Executive Director, Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine Speakers: Mykhailo Savva, expert, Center for Civil Liberties Yuriy Taranyuk, head of the family work department of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War Viktoriya Andrusha, a civilian math teacher released from captivity, who was held in Kursk pre-trial detention center No. 1 as a “prisoner of war” Victoria Karpenko, wife of a heavily wounded prisoner of war Taras Ulyanchenko, a witness to the passing of filtration measures Olga Romanova, director of the Charitable Foundation «Russia Behind Bars» Yulia Polekhina, lawyer of the NGO “Sich” Human Rights Protection Group, war crimes documenter of the “T4P Coalition” initiative Roman Kiselyov, Russian human rights defender, lawyer |
Moderation:
Anastasia Bondarenko, Environmental expert, Baltic Environmental Forum Speakers: Daria Malling, head of the “Green Modernity” project, Center for Liberal Modernity, Germany Tatyana Karpyuk, biologist, project manager, Truth Hounds, Ukraine Oleksiy Vasylyuk, ecologist, zoologist, public figure, head of the NGO “Ukrainian Environmental Protection Group” Hanna Danylyak, expert on environmentalization of agriculture, NGO “Ekodiya” Maksym Soroka, expert in ecological safety and environmental monitoring, coordinator of the “Environment” network, associate professor of the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology
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Coordinator:
Olena Zakharova, WIPD Performers: Yuliia Terentieva, Dnipro Anastasia Vorobyeva, Moscow/Berlin Mareike Sürder, Freiburg Cornelia Hartman, Freiburg Tanya, Donetsk/Zurich
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| 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break | |||
| 16:00-17:00 | Closing panel
Summing up the results of the round tables, outlining next steps for joint action Moderation: Andriy Kulykov |
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