INTERNATIONAL
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Iryna coordinates the Local Economic Development Program under which Western NIS Enterprise Fund supported a number of projects. In particular, the e-public procurement system ProZorro, ProZorro.Sale 1991 Open Data Incubator, Technovation Challenge project, CANactions Scholl of Urban Studies, reconstruction of schools in post-war territory, “Hub Schools” project and others.

Previously, Iryna worked at ADETEF, a public agency of French international technical assistance under the Ministry of Finance of France that ensures intergovernmental cooperation between the two countries at the national and regional levels in the field of public finance, audit, public service reform, energy efficiency and transport.

She is a member of the Board of the Professional Government Initiative, which brought together graduates of foreign universities to support the reforms. Iryna conducted a study on the role of graduates of foreign universities as change agents in Ukraine, the results of which were provided to the team of reformers at the Presidential Administration.
Master of Advanced European Studies at College of Europe (Warsaw), Iryna taught European integration policy at the National Academy of Public Administration, where she did her thesis.

Erion Veliaj was born in Tirana in 1979. He was elected as the 42nd Mayor of Tirana in June 2015. Veliaj’s leadership is focused on the implementation of child-friendly policies aimed at transforming Tirana into a long-term sustainable city. As part of his vision of giving the city back to its citizens, Veliaj’s administration worked on the complete renovation of the city’s central square, the Skanderbeg Square, which was awarded the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2018. During his term in office, another major project that has been undertaken by Mayor Veliaj’s team is the Orbital Forest; a two-million tree belt that will serve as a pivotal element in addressing the environmental concerns of the city by 2030.

Veliaj served as Minister of Social Welfare and Youth from September 2013 through April 2015. During his tenure, he introduced sweeping reforms in pensions, welfare payments, employment opportunities and professional education.

In the parliamentary elections of June 2013 Veliaj was elected Member of Parliament for the district of Gjirokastra. His main focus during the electoral campaign was the organization of the voting process for the Albanian immigrants, which resulted in more than 70,000 immigrants voting in elections.

In 2011 Veliaj joined the ranks of the Socialist Party of Albania as Secretary for Youth and Immigration. For the first time, he structured the Socialist Party’s branches in countries where the Albanian Diaspora resides, particularly in Greece and Italy.

In 2003 Veliaj founded the movement “MJAFT” (i.e.: “Enough”), a civic organization which unified activists to raise awareness and inspire peaceful protest for social, educational and political issues in Albania. “MJAFT” gained huge popularity as a youth movement and in 2004, it was granted the United Nations Award for Civil Society by the former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, for its novel methods of peaceful protest. At the time, Veliaj became well-known for his innovative leadership focused on team-work and the delegation of tasks. Veliaj earlier worked with several international humanitarian organizations in the Americas, Eastern Africa and Kosovo.

Veliaj holds a Master’s degree in European Integration from the University of Sussex, UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Grand Valley State University, Michigan. In April 2017 Veliaj received the “Doctor Honoris Causa” degree, extended by the Grand Valley State University for his contribution to the improvement of the quality of the public services in Tirana.

Born in 1977 in Kharkiv.

Has higher education. In 1999 Chernyshov Oleksiy graduated from the Kharkiv University of Humanities “People’s Ukrainian Academy”, specialty “Enterprise Economics”. In 2002 he graduated from the National University “Jaroslav the Wise Law Academy”, specialty “Law”.

1999 – undertook professional training according to the standards of the International Project Management Institute (Pennsylvania, USA).

1998 – worked for Telesens, a company that developed system software for the telecommunications business.

2012 – founded the investment and development company Eastgate Development, with a focus in activity on the development of large-scale commercial real estate projects, as well as attracting foreign investment in Ukraine and stabilization of the investment climate in the country.

2014 – founded the investment company VI2 Partners. The company’s offices are based in Kyiv and Vienna.

2014 – founded the KyivVision Foundation, an organization dealing with leveraging investments to the country, supporting cultural projects, promoting Ukraine in Europe through the potential of contemporary Ukrainian art.

November 2017 – appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Real Estate Club URE Club.

October 28, 2019 – March 4, 2020 – Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration.

March 4, 2020 – appointed as Minister for Communities and Territories Development.

Married. Has two sons.

Deputy Chairman of the “SLUGA NARODU” POLITICAL PARTY parliamentary faction

Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning

Member of the Temporary Investigation Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Investigation of Corruption in the Bodies of State Architectural and Construction Control and Supervision

Deputy Member of the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the EU Parliamentary Assembly – Eastern Neighbors (EURONEST PA)

Member of the Interparliamentary Relations Group with the United States of America

Member of the Interparliamentary Relations Group with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Canada

Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Denmark

Member of the Interparliamentary Relations Group with the Swiss Confederation

Member of the Interparliamentary Relations Group with the Federal Republic of Germany

Head of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection

Ukraine

Over the last 15 years, Vladyslava Magaletska has had a successful professional career in various spheres, and since November 2020 she has been the Head of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.

Vladyslava has extensive experience both in business and in government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and she also focuses her attention on charity.

In 2004-2007 she was a member of the board of directors of Palmira-Ruta (wholesale and retail trade). In 2007-2010 she was a member of the board of Kyiv Investment Group (Ukrainian financial and industrial holding), where she was responsible for strategic control. Since 2009 she has occupied top-managerial positions in the agro-industrial industry.

In 2014 she was appointed Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. She was engaged in strategy development and implemented projects on opening up new markets, agricultural insurance, digitalization, cooperation with international institutions.

In 2016 she worked as an adviser to the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and coordinated activities in order to protect the interests of Ukrainian producers in foreign markets.

Since 2016 she has been Vice President of SigmaBleyzer Investment Group and Vice President of AgroGeneration.

Since July 2019 she has been co-chairman of the committee on agri-food business of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs, since May 2019 – Vice President of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs.

Vladyslava was a member of the National Council of Reforms of Ukraine, a member of the coordination council of ASPEN Ukraine, a member of the Rembus reformers’ association.

She has an MBA degree from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Engineering.

Education:

2001 — graduated from Pryazovskyi State Technical University. Qualification “Transport Technology Specialist”.

2015 — graduated from Donetsk National University. Qualification “Master of Business Administration”

Supplementary education:

2015 — INSEAD French Business School “Strategic Development Programme”

2016 — The Aspen Institute Kyiv “Responsible Leadership”

2016 — Mayor School

Career:

Oleksandr Serhiiovych Symchyshym was born on November 4, 1980 in the village of Yosypivka, Starosyniavskyi district, Khmelnytskyi region. In Stara Syniava,  he graduated from secondary school of I-III stages with a gold medal. He has repeatedly become the winner of the district olympiads and prize-winner of the regional olympiads on history.

In 1997 entered the History Faculty of Kamianets-Podilskyi State Pedagogical University. In 2002 he entered the top ten students of history in Ukraine. After graduating with honours from the Historical Faculty, O. Symchyshyn entered the Kamianets-Podilskyi State Pedagogical University as a postgraduate student, choosing to study the activities of local organizations of political parties in the early 20th century. After completing his postgraduate studies, Oleksandr Symchyshyn defended thesis and received an academic degree of the Candidate of Historical Sciences.

In 2002 he worked as a teacher at the Pasichna Training and Educational Facilities of Starosyniavskyi District of Khmelnytskyi Region. In 2002-2006 he worked as a teacher, methodologist for large-scale organizational work of Khmelnytsyi Regional Charitable Foundation “Hesed-Besht”. From 2007 to 2014, he worked as a teacher of the Department of General Education Courses, associate professor of the Department of Law, dean of the Faculty of Economics and Law of Khmelnytskyi Institute of Social Technologies of Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”. In 2010, he was elected a deputy of the Khmelnytsky City Council.

From April 2014 to July 2015, he worked as the First Deputy Chairman of the Khmelnytsky Regional State Administration. In November 2015, he was elected as mayor of Khmelnytsky.

In 2018, O. Symchyshyn was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for significant achievements in professional activity, many years of conscientious work and high level of professionalism. In 2019, he was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

In 2020, he was re-elected as mayor of Khmelnytskyi.

Married. He and his wife Svitlana have three children.

Born on February 4, 1982 in Mykolaiv.

He has two higher education qualifications. 2004 — graduated from Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University, 2007 — graduated from the Educational and Research Complex “Institute for Applied Systems Analysis” of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. 2020 — received the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.

He started his career in December 2002, when he became a teacher in the Mykolaiv branch of the private enterprise Shah Computer Academy.

From June 2005 to November 2015 — worked at Quadrologic LLC.  Initially, he held the position of a software engineer. From September 2005 to December 2006 — hold the position of the HR and Household Issues Director. In December 2006, he became the Director of Quadrologic LLC. He has worked as a director of this company until November 2015.

In 2014, in order to participate actively in the life of Mykolaiv, he founded Holos Hromady Public Association.

On November 24, 2015, Oleksandr Sienkevych was elected to the post of mayor of Mykolaiv, he became the youngest mayor of the regional centre in Ukraine. On November 22, 2020, he was elected for the second time as mayor of Mykolaiv.

Oleksandr Fedorovych Sienkevych defined as his main task the transformation of Mykolaiv into a truly comfortable city, where conditions are created for every resident to realize their potentials. He believes that it is necessary to declare the ambitions of a competitive city as a major player in the investment market. To achieve these goals, he directs his activities, inter alia, to the infrastructure projects, the establishment of a system of quality and accessible services for city residents, the attraction of investors. One of the core principles of his work is the open and rational use of Mykolaiv’s budget.

Oleksandr Sienkevych knows what Mykolaiv of the future should be. And he has a clear vision of how this should be achieved.

Oleksandr Fedorovych Sienkevych, mayor of Mykolaiv, appreciates decency, honesty and diligence of people.

Born on April 16, 1976 in the village of Sadove, Arbuzynskyi district, Mykolaiv region. Citizen of Ukraine.

Education

He finished Voznesensk Secondary School No. 4 (Mykolaiv region) with a gold medal.

He graduated from the Ukrainian-Finnish Institute of Management and Business majoring in “Finance and Credit” with honours.

USA Training programme for Ukraine “Marshall Plan”. Construction Management.

“Newport Business Academy”. Netherlands. Financial Management.

National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. Master’s degree in Public Administration.

Professional experience

Specialist, Specialist of the 1st category, chief specialist of the State Treasury in Slavutych

Leading engineer of Atma-Torh CJSC

CEO of “Construction Company “Slavutych” PE

Secretary of the Slavutych City Council in Kyiv region

Mayor of Slavutych of Vyshhorod district, Kyiv region

In October 2020, he was elected as mayor of Slavutych for the second time.

Public activities

Starting from 2006 — Deputy of the City Council. Chairman of the Commission “Municipal Reform, Reforming of Housing and Communal Services, Communal Property and Tariff Policy”.

City Public Association “Union of Producers and Employers in the field of Public Utilities”. Member of the Supervisory Board and co-founder.

Participated in the preparation of the Housing and Communal Services Programme of Ukraine.

Participated in projects of the Local Self-Government Foundation.

Member of the city rental committee, architectural and artistic city council until March 2015.

Achievements

​In 2021 — elected as President of Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”

Certificate of Honour of the State Committee of Ukraine “On Housing and Communal Services Issues”

Certificate of Honour of the State Committee of Ukraine on regulatory policy and entrepreneurship

Certificate of Honour of the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine

Winner of the Young Entrepreneurs Competition in the Kyiv region

Winner of the city contest “Best Quarter of the City”

Winner of the city competition “Person of the Year” in the category “Service of the Year”, “Team of the Year”

Winner of the city competition “Quality Leader” in housing and communal services

Record of appreciation of the Kyiv Regional Council

Diploma of the International Academic Rating “Golden Fortune” and the award “Labor Glory”

Diploma “Best Representative of Medium-Sized Business”

Certificate of Honour of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on industrial and regulatory policy and entrepreneurship

Marital status

Married. He has three children.

Chief Marketing Officer of Wireless Security Systems Manufacturer Ajax Systems.

He has been developing the Ajax brand since 2016. General experience in marketing – 10 years, worked in bot agencies, media, and clients.

The first non-technical specialist at Ajax Systems. In the fifth year, the development of global marketing. Over the years, the company has grown from a local startup to one of the largest manufacturers of security systems in Europe.

Vasyl Khmelnytsky is a Ukrainian businessman, founder of UFuture holding company and K.FUND foundation.

Vasyl Khmelnytsky’s priority is to develop innovative industries and increase Ukraine’s competitiveness in international markets.

UFuture is a company with a portfolio of assets in real estate, infrastructure, industry, renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, and IT. UFuture’s assets are valued at $500 million, and the total capitalization of the businesses in which it has invested is up to $1 billion.

UFuture is the majority shareholder of the development company UDP,  Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport, a group of IT companies and ecosystem technology solutions ITernal. UFuture is a strategic investor in Biopharma (pharmaceuticals) and UDP Renewables (renewable energy).

The company is also developing new business projects, including UNIT.City innovation parks in Kyiv and Kharkiv, LvivTech.City in Lviv; Bila Tserkva Industrial Park and “Plank Electrotechnic”, a plant for the production of modern electrical installation systems.

Vasyl Khmelnytsky actively supports the educational and economics projects, in particular: Kyiv International Economic Forum (KIEF), Lean Institute Ukraine, SME School, Novopecherska School, the production accelerator INDAX and others.

In 2019, Vasyl Khmelnytsky released the first Ukrainian business reality show on YouTube — WIN WIN Show for young entrepreneurs, who open their own businesses in Ukraine.

Murat Sahin stepped into the position of UNICEF Representative in Ukraine in July 2021. Murat is leading UNICEF’s efforts in Ukraine to enable the rights of all children, adolescents and young people, especially the most marginalized, to be progressively fulfilled and their full potential to be developed in a protective and inclusive society.

Prior to joining UNICEF’s office in Ukraine, Murat served as Head of Office in Kosovo (2018-2021) and Deputy Representative in DPR Korea (2016-2018). He had provided strategic direction in the planning, design, formulation and implementation of Country Programmes and activities, in line with national development priorities and United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks.

In his earlier career, Murat served the organization as adviser and specialist responsible for WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) and Education programmes at UNICEF Headquarters and in multiple duty stations including the DPRK, Tajikistan and Turkey. He has been with the organization since 1999.  Mr. Sahin is a national of Turkey and passionate about supporting the realization of the rights of all children and giving his best to his work and family.

Mr. Sahin has a postgraduate degree in business research methods from Edinburgh Business School, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Bilgi University in Istanbul, and a Civil Engineering degree from Middle East Technical University in Ankara.

Markus Appenzeller (*1972) studied architecture and urban planning in Stuttgart and Chicago. He graduated from Stuttgart University in 2003. His diploma focussed on expansion, stagnation and consolidation at the example of the City of Duisburg in the Ruhr Area.

Since the beginning of his professional career Markus Appenzeller has been involved in international large-scale architecture and urban planning and design projects. Markus developed special expertise in the development of strategic regeneration frameworks as well as tactical development and neighbourhood plans.

Markus worked for Munich based Fink+Jocher Architects as project leader and at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam on projects in London, Riga and the UAE. Since 2006 he was working for KCAP Architects&Planners in Rotterdam – first as project leader for a number of masterplans in the London Docklands then as director international projects, responsible among others for the Olympic Legacy Masterplan for London.

Between 2009 to 2011 Markus was a Studio Professor at Berlage Institute Rotterdam. In 2012 Markus founded MLA+, a practice for architecture, planning and consultancy. MLA+ today employs around 140 people in offices in Rotterdam, London, St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro. 2013 and 2014 Markus was curator and co-creator of the Post-graduate Master Program „Design of Urban Ecosystems“ Ecosystems“ at National Research University ITMO in St. Petersburg. In 2016 Markus was Diploma Studio Professor at Moscow School of Architecture (MArch). Since 2018 he is heading the Urbanism Department of the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. Markus regularly lectures at architecture schools in Europe and Asia and acts a guest critic and member of competition juries.

Andy Hunder is President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, representing more than 600 US and international investors and corporate members. A native Londoner, Andy was a TV presenter on a leading Ukrainian television channel. He headed the Public Relations department at Ukrainian Mobile Communications (now Vodafone Ukraine) and subsequently was External Affairs and Communications Director at GlaxoSmithKline with responsibility for Ukraine, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Hunder was the director of the Ukrainian Institute in London, regularly delivering analysis and comment on Ukrainian current affairs on BBC, CNN, SKY, Bloomberg TV, ITV, Al Jazeera, and others. He has spoken on Ukrainian affairs at the UK Houses of Parliament, House of Lords, Oxford University, London School of Economics, and University College London.

From 2016 till 2020, Andy Hunder served as Treasurer of AmChams in Europe, the umbrella organization for American Chambers of Commerce in 43 countries throughout Europe, accounting for more than $ 1.1 trillion in investment on both sides of the Atlantic.
Andy is a member of Ukraine’s Business Ombudsman Council, National Reforms Council, and National Investment Council, and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Investment Promotion Office UkraineInvest.

Born on February 25, 1977, in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, Anna Derevyanko graduated
from Kyiv National Economic University with a degree in International Economics
and Law.
In 2000 Anna was appointed the Deputy Director of the European Business
Association (the EBA), and since 2003 she has been serving as the Association’s
Executive Director.
The EBA under Ms. Derevyanko’s supervision has quadrupled its size now
bringing together more than 1000 companies and, consequently, has become the
largest union of foreign business and one of the most influential advocacy
groups in Ukraine, with four regional branches (Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk,
and Odesa).
Currently, the EBA takes an active part in facilitating the development of EU
practices in Ukraine’s regulatory field and contributes to its vision – making
Ukraine a better place for business.
Anna Derevyanko is a member of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval.
Anna Derevyanko is married and has two sons

Igor Lisky is the founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Effective Investments Group (EFI Group). Igor is an investor who has been attracting Ukrainian and international investments into various spheres of the national economy for more than 15 years.

Among the company’s main fields of activity are: paper, food and wood processing industries, development and implementation of energy saving solutions, gas trading, and supply of agricultural products.

Igor launches the biggest and the most scalable companies of the above mentioned industries, including the Greenfield projects. By implementing new quality standards, Igor’s companies succeed in creating successful businesses to promote Ukrainian business in the world. Such projects include BEEHIVE, the largest honey factory in Ukraine, FEEDNOVA, a modern high-protein feed additive factory and Doc.ua, the most famous medical online hub.

Igor is also a co-founder of the think tank “Ukrainian Institute of the Future”, which is engaged in shaping Ukraine’s economic development strategy.

Igor holds an Executive MBA from Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Founder and President of Biosphere Corporation; Owner, Charisma Fashion Group; Co-owner, Vapiano restaurant chain in Ukraine; Member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs.

Mykhailo Shelemba was appointed as CEO of Datagroup in July 2016. During his first two years at the head of the company, he conducted a large-scale IT transformation, initiated an important staff development program, and optimized business processes, which helped improve business performance. Mykhailo is responsible for strategy development and operational change management.

He started his career in the banking field in 2007 at Piraeus Bank Ukraine followed by project management at McKinsey Ukraine (2011-2014) and McKinsey Middle East (2014-2016). He consulted and managed projects in banking, telecommunications, mining, and metallurgy. Mykhailo graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Ukrainian businessman, son of the famous businessman Orest Vovk. He headed a family business.

Head of Kormotech. Since 2014, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Enzyme.

In March 2013, he was one of the co-founders of the Lviv Tourist Alliance.

In 2003, together with his father Orest Vovk and sister Olena Vovk, he founded the first company in Ukraine in the production of cat and dog food.

For 10 years, the company has implemented and certified a quality management system in the food industry in accordance with ISO 22000 and FSSC 22 000. This is an unprecedented case in the history of doing business in Ukraine in the category of “Pet Food”.

In 2015, the company began to expand European markets. In 2017, the company took 30th place in the ranking of the TOP-50 best European manufacturers of animal feed.

In 2018, Rostislav Vovk’s company received a permit to export its products to the United States and began construction of its own plant in Lithuania.

In 2019, Kormotech will export its products to more than 24 countries, including the United States, Chile, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France and others.

Social responsibility
The company, owned by Rostislav Vovk, implements many social initiatives.

“Don’t leave us in the anti-terrorist operation”

In 2014, the company launched the initiative “Do not leave us in the ATO.” The action supports the owners and guardians of abandoned animals in the combat zone. Thanks to the joint efforts of the company and volunteers, four-legged homeless people in the war zone have a chance to survive.

“Little Prince. Ukraine that loves animals”

An innovative educational course for schoolchildren that promotes the idea of ​​humane treatment of animals. A specially designed program reveals the themes of harmonious coexistence of man and animal, the welfare of four-legged animals, as well as warns against the consequences of irresponsible and cruel treatment. The course has already been introduced in all schools of the city of Lviv, and in 2019 it is planned to train educators from other cities.

“All-Ukrainian day” Take a dog to work ”

The annual “Take a dog to work” campaign develops animal-friendly infrastructure in Ukrainian cities, promotes comfortable living conditions for pets in offices and aims to change the status of four-legged animals in society. In 2019, 550 companies from 90 cities of Ukraine joined the action. Not only private companies, but also medical institutions, ministries, departments, divisions and even politicians of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine join the action.

Alexander Pochkun is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Baker Tilly Ukraine; Member of the Board of the Ukrainian Club of Agricultural Business; Chairperson of the Board of the Eastern Europe Foundation; Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Ukrainian Entrepreneurs Union; Member of the Advisory Board of Agroxy.

Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities since April 24, 2017. Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration.

Education
In 2000 he graduated from school in the city of Izmail.

July 2005 – graduated from the Faculty of History of Izmail State University for the Humanities, majoring in History and Law. He received a diploma of a specialist with honors.

October 2006 – graduated from Ternopil State University of Economics with a master’s degree in Public Administration. Specialty – “Civil Service”, specialization – “World and European Integration”. He received a master’s degree with honors.

November 2010 – Graduated from the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Institute of Public Administration and Local Self-Government. Direction – “Public Administration”.

November 2012 – received the title of Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration, defending his dissertation on “Local Government” at the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. Dissertation topic: “Formation and organization of legal services of local governments.”

July 2016 – retrained as a “lawyer” and received a diploma at the University of Economics and Law “KROK”.

Career
December 2006 – September 2006 – Coordinator of the Department of Cooperation with Authorities, Ternopil City Youth Non-Governmental Organization Association for the Protection of Youth Rights and Freedoms “Druzhba”.
June – September 2006 – Trainee in the Department of Analytics and Forecasting of Internal Policy of the Ternopil Regional State Administration.
October 2006 – November 2007, December 2010 – Legal Adviser, Acting Head of the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the Izmail City Council.
November 2008 – July 2009 – Intern of the Parliamentary Assistance Program II (USAID), Department of Local Self-Government and Administrative-Territorial Reform of the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing of Ukraine.
December 2009 – December 2012 – Research Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine (Institute of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Department of Local Self-Government and Regional Development).

August 2010 – November 2010 – Consultant of the Legal Aid Center of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, DIALOGUE Project, USAID.
January 2011 – September 2013 – Budget Policy Expert of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, DIALOGUE Project, USAID.
October 2013 – September 2014 – Analyst of the Analytical Center of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, DIALOGUE Project, USAID.
October 2014 – August 2015 – Director of the Center for Analysis and Development of Legislation, Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, DIALOGUE Project, USAID.
August 2015 – October 2015 – Director of the Center for Analysis and Legislation Development of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, DIALOGUE Project, USAID.
October 2015 – January 2016 – Senior Budget Expert of the Center for Development and Implementation of Projects of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, DIALOGUE Project, USAID.
January 2016 – May 2016 – Head of the Project “Transparent, accountable, efficient budget process in Ukraine” (PBP, EU).
January 2016 – now. time – Senior Political Dialogue Expert of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, PULSE Project, USAID.
August 2015 – April 2017 – First Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities.
April 24, 2017 – now. time – Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities.
Distinctions
2005 – Laureate of the Prize of the Izmail City Council for significant achievements of youth in various spheres of public life.

2014 – a clock from the Prime Minister of Ukraine for the development of local self-government.

2015 – Thanks to the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing for active participation in reforms.

2020, December 7 – awarded the Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine “For special services to the Ukrainian people.”

2021, August 23 – awarded the Order of Merit of the III degree on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine.

Experience in civil society organizations for over 25 years

Co-founder of the Donetsk Women’s Council, a non-governmental organization that promotes social problems, sustainable development, equal rights and opportunities for women and men, prevention and eradication of all forms of discrimination in society, overcoming all forms of violence

Coordinator of the Ukrainian Democratic Women’s Network in the Donetsk region

Delegate to the European Association for Local Democracy

Co-author of the Mariupol Development Strategy until 2021 “Mariupol is strong, smart, inspiring”

Member of the community of mediators of Ukraine

Manager of social transformation projects in Donetsk region, developing the culture of people and the culture of space, together with active citizens, representatives of business and government

Coordinator of cultural events and projects

Deputy, Chairman of the Standing Deputy Commission on Family, Youth, Culture and Sports of the Mariupol City Council of IV and V convocations. Deputy Mayor (2010-2015). Adviser to the mayor (since 2015)

Invited expert from the OSCE Project Office, ALDA, Internews

Member of the Supervisory Board of Donetsk State University of Management

Born in Porto in 1972, Marco Espinheira has a degree in management by Católica University in 95 and master in New Ventures by California State University in 99, Marco Espinheira is a serial entrepreneur and creative explorer. He founded several companies in the communication, advertisement, technology and cultural sectors. His main areas of intervention are business development, strategic and innovation management. He was responsible for creating and manage the first European digital film festival, consulted regularly for several organizations on communication, cultural and innovation strategy, such as Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and Banco de Inovação Social. He was responsible for the coordination of economic and cultural diplomacy in Camões, IP – Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in charge of redesigning the cultural and educational international network. He Lectures on entrepreneurship, cultural entrepreneurship and the relation between culture and business. Among others, he is on the consultative committee of IPDAL, AGAVI and ILC and he is also Belize Honorary consul in Portugal.

Since 2014 he has been Head of Future at the Cascais City Hall, in charge of communication, innovation, information technology, culture, heritage, citizenship, talent, youth, sports, strategic planning and smart cities.

Jean Barroca is the Global Public Sector Digital Modernization Leader, working closely with Deloitte Public Sector Leaders across the world to help develop and deploying solutions and assets to support the Public Sector in their Digital Modernization. Jean is also the Senior Manager responsible for CitySynergy working with clients globally supporting Smart City and Future of Mobility initiatives.

Prior to joining Deloitte in 2018, Jean worked with the World Bank in the Latin America & Caribbean and Africa regions in Smart Cities, Mobility, and Open Data. He was also part of the World Bank Innovation Labs team.

Political Scientist, Director of the analytical center “Politics”, Founder of Forum of new political leaders. Manager of political election campaigns, blogger, political expert in Ukrainian and
international media. Certified international observer OSCE elections. Candidate of Political Science. Author of two books.
WORK:
2021 – established lectures for deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, journalists and publicists, for whom I organize lectures every month, mixing it with networking.
December 2020 – The publication of the book “How Putin’s propaganda works” for the US and Canadian markets, in English.
August-November, 2020 – Voice Party Adviser on Strategic Communications in Local Elections.
2019 – political technologist of the Voice party in the parliamentary elections.
December, 2018 – publication of the book “HOW TO MAKE UKRAINE SUCCESSFUL” – a series of 17 thematic conversations with the most popular and successful opinion leaders, from V. Yushchenko, B. Gudziak, L. Lukyanenko, to M. Gongadze, E. Libanova and J. Hrytsak.
September, 2018 – national trainer and lecturer at: IRI (International Republican Institute), NIMD (the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy) and UAL (Ukrainian Leadership Academy).
October 2016 – publication of the book “HOW PUTIN’S PROPAGANDA WORKS” – analysis of communication, political and media cases. The book has been translated into Russian, Macedonian, English, German and Belarusian.
October, 2011 – present – Director of the Analytical Center “Politics”.
from October, 2011 – until today – head of the Forum of New Political Leaders (more than 1 thousand participants and 50 top speakers, including national leaders, politicians, public figures and political experts).
2008 –September 2011 – Analyst in the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (NGO) during election campaigns.
He participated in more than 15 election campaigns in Ukraine and abroad.
An OSCE certified observer, he participated in the election campaigns of Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Spain. He also worked on election campaigns in Poland, Lithuania and Kazakhstan.

Expert in long-term strategies. Partner of pro.mova company. Member of Nestoriv and Univ expert groups.

He was born and raised in Lviv. He graduated from high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2000 he received a diploma from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in political science. He also studied law at the Frank University in Lviv and philosophy at the American University of Blufton.

He is a teacher of communication programs for media, business and non-profit organizations, the author of popular educational developments in PR and media communications. Teacher of Kyiv-Mohyla Business School. Its competence lies at the intersection of the public, business and public sectors.

Ukrainian architect, urban planner, public and political figure. In 2015-2019 he worked as the head of the Department of Architecture of the city of Lviv. From September 2019 to February 2020 – Deputy Minister of Community and Territorial Development for European Integration.

He was born on January 10, 1982 in Lviv, Julian’s parents and brother are musicians. In the 9th and 10th grades he studied at the Lviv Physical and Mathematical Lyceum in the chemical and biological profile. Then the boy dreamed of becoming an artist and in the 11th grade began to go to a tutor, who convinced him to do architecture.

Later, Julian entered and graduated from Lviv Polytechnic National University with a degree in Architecture of Buildings and Structures. In 2005-2006 he worked as an architect in the private firm “Yuvit”. In 2006-2011 he was an architect and director of the private enterprise “Architects Chaplinsky Trofimenko”. In 2011-2015 he managed his own architectural firm CHAPLINSKYY & Associates.

In 2015, in partnership with Stefan Benisch, he worked as the chief architect of the project of the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Center, which was later nominated in 2019 for the European Union Architectural Prize named after Miss van der Rohe. While working on the Sheptytsky Center, Chaplinsky thought of emigrating to Stuttgart, working for Benisch’s office and receiving a second higher education there, but later Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy offered Yuliana to become the city’s chief architect – and he agreed.

On February 25, 2015, he was appointed Chief Architect of Lviv. He worked on the reconstruction of the villa at 26 Efremova Street and on the construction of a new SoftServe office. On September 10, 2019, he wrote a letter of resignation.

On September 29, 2019, Chaplinsky was appointed Deputy Minister of Community and Territorial Development for European Integration. On February 13, 2020, he was fired due to a change of minister.

He runs a blog on YouTube, where he covers the problems of Ukrainian cities in the field of urban planning, architecture and urban planning.

In 2006 and 2008 he was included in the rating of the top 100 architects of Ukraine by the Kyiv architectural magazine “A + C”.
In 2010 he won the INTERYEAR 2010 competition.
In December 2010, he was awarded the Golden Lion Award as part of the Man of the Year 2010 competition in Lviv in the Architect of the Year category.

Key qualifications:

• 10 years experience on policy dialogue and stakeholder consultations on energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable development, and energy market reforms in Ukraine
• Understanding of gender aspects in infrastructure projects, including gender impact assessment and gender mainstreaming consultations in frames of investment programmes and donor projects
• More than 10 years of experience in programme and project management in the multicultural environment with the focus on Ukrainian energy efficiency and renewables market
• 12 years of experience in marketing, communications, events management
• Experienced Team Leader and Project Manager

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