Ukraine – On Route to the West
How to Handle EU-Enlargement Under New Circumstances?
Freitag, 08.12.2023
| 14:30 Uhr |
Arrival and Check-in |
| 15:00 Uhr |
Coffee and Cake |
| 15:30 Uhr |
Words of Welcome Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Program Director International Affairs, Protestant Academy Loccum |
| 15:45 Uhr |
Ukraine’s Long Road to the West – Or the Other Way Around? Viola von CRAMON, MdEP (the Greens/European Free Alliance) Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Vice-Chair of the Delegation of the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, Brussels/Göttingen (confirmed) Kateryna MISHCHENKO, Writer, Publisher, and Fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin/Kyiv (confirmed) Inna NELLES, Co-Founder of the German-Ukrainian Bureau (Deutsch-Ukrainisches Büro), Düsseldorf/Berlin (confirmed) |
| 17:00 Uhr |
Coffee and Tea Break |
| 17:15 Uhr |
Current Trends and Future Developments on the Battlefield Nico LANGE, Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference, Berlin (confirmed) Mykhailo SAMUS, Director, New Geopolitics Research Network, Kyiv (confirmed) |
| 18:30 Uhr |
Dinner |
| 19:30 Uhr |
Enlargement, the EU and Ukraine – Is it Possible to Square the Circle of Widening, Deepening and Reforming? Liubov AKULENKO, Executive Director, Center for European Policy (UCEP), Kyiv (confirmed) Rebecca HARMS, Vice Chair, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and former Member of the European Parliament (2004-2019) (confirmed) Victoria VOYTSITSKA, International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV) and former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Kyiv (confirmed) |
| 21:00 Uhr |
Informal Get Together at the Gallery |
Samstag, 09.12.2023
| 08:15 Uhr |
Morning Prayer (optional) |
| 08:30 Uhr |
Breakfast |
| 09:15 Uhr |
A Multidimensional EU-Process of Widening, Deepening, and Reforming |
| 09:15 Uhr |
Deepening Fit for Ukraine? How the EU Needs to Change in Light of Further Rounds of Enlargement? Rémi DUFLOT, Deputy Head, The Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, Brussels/Kyiv (confirmed) Inna MELNYKOVSKA, Assistant Professor, Comparative Political Economy and Political Science Department, Central European University, Vienna (confirmed) Roderick PARKES, Research Director and Head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for the Future of Europe, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin (confirmed) Arndt WONKA, Professor, Institute European Studies, University of Bremen (confirmed) Moderation: Julia FRIEDRICH, Research Fellow, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin (confirmed) |
| 10:45 Uhr |
Coffee and Tea Break |
| 11:00 Uhr |
Reforming Back on the Agenda: How to Revitalize EU-Enlargement Policy under New Circumstances? Petra GOMBALOVA KYSLINGEROVA, Head, Ukraine Unit, European External Action Service, Brussels (confirmed) Engjellushe MORINA, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Berlin (confirmed) Iryna KOSSE, Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, and Member of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform, Kyiv (confirmed) Amanda PAUL, Senior Policy Analyst, European in the World Programme and leader of the “Ukraine’s European Future” project, European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels (confirmed) Moderation: Oleksandra KEUDEL, Associate Professor at Kyiv School of Economics |
| 12:30 Uhr |
Lunch |
| 13:30 Uhr |
Optional Sightseeing Tour to the Monastery Loccum (founded 1163) |
| 15:00 Uhr |
Coffee and Cake |
| 15:30 Uhr |
Widening Kyiv’s Homework: Key Challenges on Ukraine’s Route to the EU Oksana HUSS, Researcher at University of Bologna and Lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, Kyiv/Bologna (confirmed) Wilfried JILGE, Historian and Ukraine Expert, Associate Fellow of the DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations) and Senior Adviser Ukraine and Wider Black Sea Region at the Integrated Response HUB for Ukraine, Stabilization Platform, GIZ, Berlin (confirmed) Mattia NELLES, Policy Advisor and Co-Founder of the German-Ukrainian Bureau (Deutsch-Ukrainisches Büro), Düsseldorf/Berlin (confirmed) Iryna SOLONENKO, Senior Fellow at the Center for Liberal Modernity, Kyiv/Berlin (confirmed) Moderation: Laura CHRISTOPH, Project Manager and Research Associate, UA Transformation Lab and Ukraine Perspectives, IEP (Institut für Europäische Politik), Berlin (confirmed) |
| 17:00 Uhr |
Coffee and Tea Break |
| 17:15 Uhr |
Parallel Writing Workshops: Trying to Pen Key Findings and Policy Recommendations Room C – Widening Room E – Reforming Room G – Deepening |
| 18:30 Uhr |
Dinner |
| 19:30 Uhr |
Ukraine’s Role in Europe’s Future Security Architecture Thomas LENK, Head of Unit Ukraine, Moldova, Black Sea Cooperation, German Foreign Office, Berlin (confirmed) Mattia NELLES, Policy Advisor and Co-Founder of the German-Ukrainian Bureau (Deutsch-Ukrainisches Büro), Düsseldorf/Berlin (confirmed) Susan STEWART, Head, Eastern Europe & Eurasia Research Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin (confirmed) Moderation: Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Program Director International Affairs, Protestant Academy Loccum |
| 21:00 Uhr |
Informal Get Together at the Gallery |
Sonntag, 10.12.2023
| 08:15 Uhr |
Morning Prayer (optional) |
| 08:30 Uhr |
Breakfast |
| 09:30 Uhr |
Presenting and Discussing the Findings of the Breakout Groups |
| 10:45 Uhr |
Coffee and Tea Break |
| 11:00 Uhr |
Ukraine’s Rocky Way to the West: Key Takeaways and Open Question Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament (Servant of the People), Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly and Deputy Head of the Committee on European Integration, Kyiv (invited) Mariia IONOVA, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament (European Solidarity), Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee for inter-parliamentarian cooperation, Kyiv (confirmed) Robin WAGENER, Special Envoy for the Cooperation with the Civil Society within the Eastern Partnership at the German Foreign Office, Member of Parliament (Greens) and Chair of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentarian Group, Berlin/Bad Salzuflen (confirmed) |
| 12:20 Uhr |
Wrap-Up & Words of Farwell Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Program Director International Affairs, Protestant Academy Loccum |
| 12:30 Uhr |
Goodbye Lunch |
| 12:50 Uhr |
Bus Shuttle to Wunstorf |