CORONAVIRUS:
CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES
8-10 of February 2021
Coronavirus: challenges and responses
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most prominent global challenges in the 21st century. The global pandemic has triggered unprecedented threats to human life and health, while forging world economies to act quickly in response to economic fallouts. The new way we must adapt to live and communicate in, demands from us a new model of relaying information and including mainstream dialogue.
Along with the background of these changes, a lot of difficult questions have arisen in states and countries. The topics and forms of discussion of each country need to be accessible in the dominant discourse. Ukraine is no exception. The main purpose of the forum is to give Ukrainian society the platform to discuss these questions. The fight against the virus is a matter of national security for Ukraine, and therefore this is the focus of the Ukrainian Government for 2021. We want to have open communication accessible.
In order to discuss and answer these questions, the Office of the President, the Government, and representatives of Parliament will unite their efforts with international experts, and government representatives from leading countries, as well as the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and USAID.
Objectives of the Forum:
Conduct an inclusive dialogue between the government and society on combating the pandemic;
Demonstrate the level of authorities' readiness to overcome the pandemic;
Identify the vaccination strategy and action plan as the Government's main priority for 2021;
Demonstrate the high level of international cooperation, as well as a partnership with the EU in terms of the fight against COVID-19;
Foster behavioral change regarding the vaccination as the main way to return to normal life and to accelerate economic recovery;
Ensure greater access of Ukrainians on the information of the vaccine, as well as to counteract misinformation and fake news.
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Schedule
Presenter: Andriy Kulykov
Co-founder of Hromadske Radio
10:00 – 11:00
UKRAINE AGAINST THE VIRUS
Volodymyr Zelensky
President of Ukraine
Overcoming pandemics in 2021: strategic vision
Ukraine in the world after the pandemic
WORLD AGAINST THE VIRUS
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General of the World Health Organization
International and national pandemic agenda
What the world should have done differently: lessons learned
What will be the world after COVID?
EU AGAINST THE VIRUS
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission (video)
How to overcome pandemic in 2021?
EU role Vaccination: new border or an act of the global effort and solidarity
Health, economy, security: building up global resilience
11:10 – 12:40
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, OR EACH FOR HIMSELF: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF THE FIGHT AGAINST PANDEMIC
Moderator: Svitlana Kovalchuk
Executive Director of Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Olga Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
Dmytro Kuleba
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Matti Maasikas
Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine
Kristina Kvien
United States Chargé d'affaires ad interim to Ukraine
Edward Lucas
journalist, foreign policy observer, Center for European Policy Analysis (online)
Cooperation with the EU and international cooperation on vaccination
Virus and a new geopolitics
Free movement of Ukrainians in 2021
Joint struggle against the hybrid threats
12:50 – 14:20
VACCINATION AS A TICKET TO THE NORMAL LIFE OF THE COUNTRY
Moderator: Kateryna Bulavinova
Health Specialist, UNICEF
Maxim Stepanov
Minister of Health of Ukraine
National vaccination plan
Readiness of medical infrastructure
Vaccine safety
Accountable medical procurement
HOW TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN VACCINATION?
Maxim Stepanov
Minister of Health of Ukraine
Arūnas Dulkys
Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania (online)
Jarno Habicht
Representative of the World Health Organization and Head of the WHO Office in Ukraine
Lotta Sylwander
UNICEF Representative in Ukrainee
Mykhailo Radutsky
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Health, Medical Assistance and Medical Insurance
Types of vaccines, history of vaccination and its significance for the world
COVID Vaccines
Race of manufacturers and world trends
Logistics: vaccine’s way from the manufacturer to the patient in Ukraine
How to communicate about the vaccination
Vaccination as a part of the social responsibility
Organization of field vaccinations
14:30 – 16:00
CONVERSATION OF RELIGIOUS FIGURES OF UKRAINE
Moderator: Eugene Glibovytsky
Founder of Pro.Mova
Yevstratiy (Zorya)
Archbishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Filaret (Kucherov)
Metropolitan of Lviv and Galicia, Head of the Synodal Department for Health and Pastoral Care of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churche
Oleksa Petriv
Mitred Archpriest, Head of the Department of External Communications of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Igor Bandura
First Deputy Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches
Sheikh Akhmed Tamim
Supreme Mufti of Ukraine, Head of Administration of Ukrainian Muslims
Yaakov Dov Bleich
Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine, President of the Union of Jewish Religious Organizations of Ukraine (online)
Efforts of the Ukrainian religious leaders to combat the COVID
Presenter: Andriy Kulykov
Co-founder of Hromadske Radio
10:00 – 10:20
GOVERNMENT ACTION PLAN TO CURB THE PANDEMIC IN 2021
Moderator: Andriy Kulykov
Co-founder of Hromadske Radio
Denys Shmyhal
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Financial support of the vaccination: Government’s readiness
Vision of the economic recovery in 2021
Assistance to vulnerable groups
Prospects for cooperation with international financial organization
10:30 – 12:00
2021: ECONOMIC DIAGNOSIS AND RECIPES FOR THE RECOVERY
Moderator: Kyrylo Kryvolap
Executive Director of the Economic Recovery Center, adviser to Prime Minister of Ukraine
Ihor Petrashko
Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
Tim Yeend
Chef de Cabinet, principal advisor to the DG at the World Trade Organization (online)
Ruslan Stefanchuk
First Deputy Chairperson of the Parliament of Ukraine
Roman Leschenko
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
Kateryna Glazkova
Executive Director of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (SUP)
How COVID and quarantine restrictions affected the economy of Ukraine?
Which sectors of Ukraine’s economy have suffered the most and which are the least?
How effective was the state aid to certain sectors and companies?
How Ukrainian business has transformed in times of COVID?
What should be expected by the business in 2021?
12:10 – 13:10
SUCCESSFULLY OVERCOMING CHALLENGES IN TIMES OF PANDEMICS
Maria Van Kerkhove
COVID-19 Technical Lead at the World Health Organization (online) Science against pandemics: lessons learned from a year of COVID-19
Valeria Ionan
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Digital instruments for business during lockdown
Sergey Gaydaychuk
Founder and President of the CEO Club Invisible capital
Dmitro Salimonov
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Trade&Export Professional, Golden Tile Ceramic Group Crisis Management: 7 rules to save your business
13:20 – 14:50
EDUCATION IN 2021
Moderator: Oksana Gutsait
TV presenter at ICTV
Serhyi Shkarlet
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
Serhiy Babak
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Innovation
Harry Patrinos
Practice Manager for Education for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank (online)
Serhii Koleboshyn
Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, All-Ukrainian Online School educator
Ivan Prymachenko
Co-founder of the Educational platform Prometheus
Vasyl Dyakiv
Teacher of the Year
How did the education system adapt to the quarantine restrictions?
Quality of online education: implications for 2021
International practices for education during lockdown
Is self-education during pandemics effective?
Long-term impact on the educational system and its consequences for the vulnerable population
Digital inequality and distance learning. Social isolation
15:00 – 16:30
REGIONS AGAINST THE VIRUS
Moderator: Vasyl Golovanov
Ukraine 24
Oleksiy Chernyshov
Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine
Kyrylo Tymoshenko
Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Viktor Lyashko
Deputy Head of the Minister of Health of Ukraine
Serhiy Osachuk
Head of the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration of Ukraine
Ihor Kuzin
Acting Director of Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Natalia Ivanchenko
Acting CEO of the Lviv Region Laboratory Centre of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Natalya Yemchenko
Director of Public Relations and Communications at Ukraine's financial and industrial group SCM
Readiness of the regions for the vaccination and their cooperation with the capital
Regional know-hows to combat the pandemic
Plans for 2021: fight against distrust to vaccines
Presenter: Andriy Kulykov
Co-founder of Hromadske Radio
10:00 – 11:30
INNOVATIONS IN TIMES OF COVID
Moderator: Olesya Zaluska
Deputy Chief of Party at USAID Competitive Economy Program Ukraine
Mykhaylo Fedorov
Deputy Prime Minister for Digital Transformation of Ukraine
Kaimo Kuusk
Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to Ukraine
Dovydas Vitkauskas
Team Leader of EU Project PRAVO-Justice
Nadiya Omelchenko
Vice President of IT Integrator
How has COVID affected human relations and technology?
The most interesting tech-inventions in times of COVID
Economy and innovation in times pandemics
Ukrainian IT sphere during COVID
Vaccination passports
11:40 – 12:50
CRIMEA AND DONBAS AGAINST THE VIRUS
Moderator: Anton Korynevych
Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Oleksiy Reznikov
Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine
Sergіy Morgun
Head of Sanitary and Epidemiological Department Command of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Chief State Medical Officer of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine)
Matilda Bogner
Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (online)
Olga Skrypnyk
Chair of the Crimean Human Rights Group Board
Deoccupation in times of COVID
Vaccination of citizens living on the temporary occupied territories
The impact of the pandemic on the reintegration efforts of the Government
Vaccination of the Ukraine’s Armed Service
Epidemic situation in the frontline zone
13:00 – 14:30
PANDEMIC: DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION
Moderator: Volodymyr Yermolenko
Philosopher, journalist, expert of Internews Ukraine
Taras Shevchenko
Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
Jurgis Vilčinskas
Deputy Head of Division, Strategic communications and Information Analysis, EEAS (online)
Liubov Tsybulska
Head of Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group of Ukraine Crisis Media Center
Gillian McCormack
Chief of Party for USAID's Media Program in Ukraine
Fighting misinformation, fakes, Russian propaganda: actions of the state and civil society
European and international experience