PROGRAM of the FORUM of the Civil Network OPORA “Key Challenges of Electoral Democracy after the Great War”

10:00 - 10:30 

Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:30 - 11:30

(60 min)

PART 1. INTRODUCTION

“Democracy After the War: Political Frameworks for Recovery”

Welcome remarks:

• Neil Crompton, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ukraine (TBC)
• Gediminas Navickas, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine

Keynote speech:

• Olga Aivazovska, Chair of the Board, Civil Network OPORA

Public interview. Interview conducted by Olga Aivazovska, Chair of the Board, Civil Network OPORA

11:30 - 12:30

(60 min)

PART 2. SECURITY

Panel discussion: “Democracy at War, or How to Protect the Defenders and Protect Ourselves from the Threats of Russian Interference”

Moderator:
Taras Rad, serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, former analyst at Civil Network OPORA

Panelists:

• Vitalii Plukar, Deputy Chair of the Central Election Commission
• Roman Lozynskyi, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Holos faction
• Roman Kostenko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Holos faction
• Olga Kotsiuruba, Senior Legal Advisor, Civil Network OPORA
• Andrii Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council
• Mariia Kucherenko, Analyst, Come Back Alive Foundation

Short interventions from the audience (up to 3 minutes)

12:30 - 13:00

(30 min)

Coffee break

13:00 - 14:00

(60 min)

PART 3. FAIR ELECTIONS

Panel discussion: “System Resilience and a Resilient System for Organizing Secure and Fair Elections”

Moderator:
Yevheniia Honcharuk, Head of the Communications Department, Civil Network OPORA

Panelists:

• Oleksandr Karasevych, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Viktoriia Hlushchenko, Member of the Central Election Commission (TBC)
• Olena Shuliak, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Servant of the People faction
• Alina Zahoruĭko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Servant of the People faction
• Ihor Khokhych, Chief of Staff of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention
• Aliona Shkrum, First Deputy Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine (TBC)
• Bohdan Mokhonchuk, Legal Advisor, Civil Network OPORA

Short interventions from the audience (up to 3 minutes)

14:00 - 14:05

(5 min)

Technical break

14:05 - 15:05

(60 min)

PART 4. FREE ELECTIONS

Panel discussion: “Political Rights Must Be Protected, and All Categories of Citizens Must Have Equal Mechanisms to Implement the Principles and Standards of Free Elections. How to Avoid Politicizing the Human Rights Agenda in the First Post-War Elections”

Moderator:
Pavlo Romaniuk, Legal Advisor, Civil Network OPORA

Panelists:

• Oleksandr Osipov, Representative of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Equal Rights and Freedoms, Rights of National Minorities, Religious and Political Beliefs
• Serhii Postivyi, Member of the Central Election Commission
• Viktoriia Siumar, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, European Solidarity faction
• Oleksandr Burmahin, Member of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting
• Iryna Shvets, Head of the Lviv Office, Civil Network OPORA

Short interventions from the audience (up to 3 minutes)

15:05 - 15:45

(40 min)

Closing remarks and reception