Conference „Ukraine on the Way to Europe – Challenges and Opportunities for the Agro Food Sector” – 15.05.2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club and the German–Ukrainian Policy Dialogue in Agriculture together with their partners are pleased to invite you to the conference “Ukraine on the Way to Europe – Challenges and Opportunities for the Agro Food Sector” to be held in Kyiv on 11 June 2008 on the occasion of the visit of the German Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Horst Seehofer, to Ukraine.

The aim of the conference is to discuss opportunities and risks of integrating the Ukrainian agriculture and food sector into the European market as well as questions regarding sector investments. Participants are Ukrainian policy makers, representatives of the EU, Germany, France as well as Ukrainian and international business representatives and experts.

The event takes place from 9 am until 2 pm at the Hotel President, 12 Hospitalna Street, in Kyiv. Attached you will find the conference programme in English. You might be willing to forward the invitation and programme in Ukrainian to your Ukrainian partners and clients.

We would kindly ask you to pre-register by fax under +38 044 238 05 40 or via email to info@agribusiness.kiev.ua. The registration form is attached.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

 

Attachment : registration form in English

 

Preliminary Programme

 

9^-00- 9^-45     Registration

 

9^-45-11^-30 Introductory Statements

 

Opening Remarks – Dr. Alex Lissitsa President of Association „Ukrainian Agribusiness Club“ (UCAB)
9-45-10-10	Yuriy Melnyk Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine	Welcoming Remarks – Objectives and Priorities of Ukraine-EU relations from the Perspective of the Ukrainian Government
10-10-10-30	Horst Seehofer German Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection	Ukraine as a partner of Germany and the EU – Opportunities of Free Trade
10-30-10-50	Valeriy Piatnytskiy First Deputy Minister for Economy (tbc)	Ukrainian Viewpoints and Positions related to the envisaged Free Trade Agreement with the EU
10-50-11-00	Discussion
11-00-11-30	Nicolas Verlet Head of Unit, Neighbourhood Policy European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development	Policy Dialogue of the European Commission with the Government of Ukraine – Key Issues

 

11^-30-12^-00         Coffee break

 

12^-00-14^-00 Panel Discussion

 

Moderator:

Dr. Heinz Strubenhoff, Team Leader of the Project German-Ukrainian Policy Dialogue in Agriculture

 

Participants:

 

Boris Supikhanov Deputy Minister for Agrarian Policy of Ukraine (tbc)   Nicolas Verlet Head of Unit, Neighbourhood Policy European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development   Andriy Verevskiy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Member of Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada), Member of the Agrarian Policy and Land Relations Committee, Chairman of the Board of KERNEL Group   Dr. Hagen Duenbostel Chairman of the Working Group on Agriculture and Food of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations – Russia (Association of German Industries), Member of the Executive Board of KWS Saat AG   Luis Manuel Portero-Sanchez Head of Trade and Economic Section of the European Commission Delegation to Ukraine

More information by +38 044 238 0540 or by info(at)agribusiness.kiev.ua

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