Round Table on Energy Security of Ukraine: Risks of the New Decade

On 10 March 2011, representatives of the Coal Sector Policy Support Programme in the Ukraine took part in a 'Round Table on Energy Security of Ukraine: Risks of the New Decade' organised by the Bleyzer Foundation with the cooperation and support of Human Dynamics. Human Dynamics was represented by the Dr Oliver Mader, Project Director, and Ivan Davidov, Project Manager, HD-led  Coal Sector Policy Support Programme in the Ukraine.

A number of presentations were made in the course of the Round Table on key topics:

• Investment climate of Ukraine in the context of energy security in the country — Oleg Ustenko, Executive Director, Bleyzer Foundation;
• Losses and risks of the Ukrainian economy: Energy aspect — Vasyl Yurchyschyn, Director of Economic Programmes, Razumkov Centre;
• Is the coal sector capable of providing energy security to the Ukraine? —  Ildar Gazizulin, leading expert of the International Centre for Prospective Researches;
• Reforming the fuel and energy complex of Ukraine: Energy security aspects — Sergiy Diachenko, leading expert on energy programmes at the Razumkov Centre; and
• Key recommendation to the Ukrainian coal sector’s development — Wojtek Mlodziejewski, Team Leader, Coal Sector Policy Support Programme in Ukraine.

The participants of the discussion included representatives of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, well-known energy experts, and representatives of the Delegation of the EU to Ukraine — specifically, Hans Rhein, First Secretary of the EUD to Ukraine, responsible for energy issues, and Vaclav Voacek, Project Manager of the Energy Sector.

After the Round Table, the media held a number of interviews with the discussants.