THE FUTURE OF MIGRATION IN UKRAINE

CONFERENCE / PANEL DISCUSSION

HOSTED BY UKRAINIAN MFA AND IOM MISSION IN UKRAINE

Date: October 12, 2011

Location: Conference Hall of the Diplomatic Academy of MFA, 2 Velyka Zhytomyrska Str., Kyiv 

Discussion topics:

• Migration & Development: The role of Ukrainian migrants and Diaspora in economic and social development
• Migration & Demographics: Shrinking population, ageing society and the role of migration

Moderator: Mr. Andrii Kulykov, TV anchor and observer

Primary agenda:

09:30 – 10:00      Registration of the participants

10:00 – 10:15      Welcome and opening, Mr. Manfred Profazi, IOM Chief of Mission 

10:15 – 10:45      Opening addresses

10:15 – 10:30      Mr. Serhii Tihipko, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Social Policy 

10:30 – 10:45      Mr. Kostiantyn Hryshchenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (TBC)

10:45 – 11:00      Coffee-break

11:00 – 11:30      Key-note speech #1 “Migration and demographics”, Prof. Rainer Münz (Vienna, Austria), Head of Research & Development at Erste Group Bank AG and Senior Fellow at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics 

11:30 – 13:20      Moderated Session #1 “Migration and demographics”

11:30 – 11:35      Opening statement from the moderator 

11:35 – 12:15      Statements from the panelists

• Ms. Ella Libanova, Director at the Institute for Demography and Social Studies, NANU in Kyiv
• Mr. Oleh Zarubinskyi, Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations
• Mr. Oleksandr Zabrudskyi, Head of the State Migration Service of Ukraine
• Ms. Nuzhat Ehsan, UN Population Fund, Country Director (TBC)
• Mr. Dariusz Ptak, Country Manager, Eastern Europe Government Affairs Director, ADECCO Ukraine 

12:15 – 12:20     Summary by the moderator 

12.15 – 12.20     Summary by the moderator

12.20 – 13.20     Moderated discussions

13:20 – 14:30     Lunch

14:30 – 15:00     Key-note speech #2 “Migration and remittances”,  Mr. Johannes Koettl (the U.S.),  Economist at the Human  Development                 Department, Europe and Central Asia unit, World Bank

15:00 – 16:50      Moderated Session #2 “Migration and remittances” 

15:00 – 15:05      Opening statement from the moderator 

15:05 – 15:45      Statements from the panelists

• Mr. Vasyl Kostrytsia, International Labor Organization (ILO) National coordinator in Ukraine
• Mr. Nicolaas de Zwager (Austria), the Founder and Director of International Agency for Source Country Information
• Ms. Marina Lewycka (Great Britain), British novelist of Ukrainian origin
• Mrs. Berenice Rendon Talavera, Ambassador of the United Mexican States to Ukraine
• Mr. Peter Hnatiuk, Vice-President, Russia, CIS, Emerging Europe and Israel, MoneyGram International

15:45 – 15:50      Summary by the moderator

15:50 – 16:20      Moderated discussions

16:20 – 16:50      The discussion opens for questions from the audience 

16:50 – 17:15      Closing remarks and conclusions 

17:15 – 18:30      Cocktail reception 

Working languages: Ukrainian and English, simultaneous translation to be provided