Organisers: DiXi Group, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Center for Economic Strategy, Institute for Analysis and Advocacy
Format: in-person and online
RRR4U consortium* continues to monitor the Ukrainian government’s compliance (or non-compliance) with its commitments to international partners.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, international financing has covered half of Ukraine’s budget needs. To receive this support in full and on time, the Ukrainian government committed to implementing reforms outlined in the Ukraine Facility plan and the IMF programme.
However, in recent months, a series of negative developments have taken place, undermining both these commitments and Ukraine’s overall progress toward EU integration.
These include the failure to appoint the competitively selected head of the Bureau of Economic Security (BES), the persecution of civic activists, and, most recently, the erosion of the independence of National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecution (SAPO).
During the event, experts will discuss how these developments may affect Ukraine’s wartime budget financing and what can be done in response.
Event agenda:
16:00 — 16:05 Introductory remarks, Roman Nitsovich, Research Director, DiXi Group.
16:05 — 16:10 Ukraine’s progress in implementing the IMF programme. Oleksandra Betliy, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting.
16:10 — 16:20 Status of implementation of the Ukraine Facility programme. Vitalii Nabok, Policy and Data Analyst at the Institute of Analytics and Advocacy.
16:20 — 16:30 Special topic: ‘Why Ukraine is increasingly failing to meet the conditions of international donors and what to do about it’. Maksym Samoiliuk, economist at the Centre for Economic Strategy.
16:30 — 17:30 Discussions among representatives of the government, business and expert community.
Moderator: Hlib Vyshlinsky, Executive Director of the Centre for Economic Strategy.
*RRR4U (Resilience, Reconstruction and Relief for Ukraine) is a consortium of four Ukrainian civil society organizations: the Centre for Economic Strategy, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, the Institute for Analytics and Advocacy, and DiXi Group.
RRR4U publishes monthly monitoring reports on Ukraine’s fulfillment of the conditions of key international financial programs with the IMF and the EU. You can find previous editions on the consortium’s website.