INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MEDIA AND ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS 5 April 2016 Kyiv, Ukraine Venue: Hotel “Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv” 1, Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska Street Ball room AGENDA [DRAFT]
The conference is organized by the Council of Europe with the support of the Council of Europe projects “Strengthening Freedom of Media and Establishing a Public Broadcasting System in Ukraine”, “Reform of the Electoral Practice in Ukraine”, “Assistance to the Ukrainian authorities in reforming electoral legislation and in conducting constitutional reform” 09:30 – 10:00
Registration of participants. Welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:40
Opening remarks Moderator: Mr. François Friederich, Head of the Division of Electoral Assistance and Census, Council of Europe
Mr. François Friederich, Head of the Division of Electoral Assistance and Census, Council of Europe H.E. Jan Tombiński, Ambassador, Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine Mr. Yuriy Artemenko, Chair of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine [TBC] Mr. Mykhailo Okhendovsky, Chair of the Central Election Commission [TBC] Ms. Viktoria Syumar, Member of the Parliament, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on freedom of speech and information policy [TBC] 10:40 – 12:00
Panel 1: Media coverage of elections: international experience and Ukrainian context Moderator: Mr. Yevgen Glibovytsky, Ukrainian media expert and former journalist [TBC] Keynote speakers: Mr. Jacob Mollerup, Council of Europe media expert Mr. / Ms._____________, representative of foreign media regulator [TBC] Mr. Peter Wardle, expert of the Venice Commission Mr. Bertrand Simon, Council of Europe media expert Mr. Yuriy Artemenko, Chair of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine [TBC]
12:00 – 12:20 12:20 – 13:30
Mr. Mykhailo Okhendovsky, Chair of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine [TBC] Coffee break Panel discussion 2: Unbiased coverage of elections – a challenge for Ukraine? Moderator: Ms. Natalia Ligachova, Director of Ukrainian NGO “Telekrytyka” [TBC] Keynote speakers: Ms. Oksana Romaniuk, Executive director of Ukrainian NGO “Institute of Mass Information” [TBC] Ms. Olga Aivazovska, Coordinator of the Civil Network “OPORA” Mr. Oleksiy Koshel, Director of the “Committee of Voters of Ukraine” Mr. Viktor Chumak, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, deputy chair of the Parliamentary committee on prevention and combatting corruption [TBC] Mr. Sergii Leschenko, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, chair of the subcommittee on the issues of international cooperation and implementation of the anti-corruption legislation of the Parliamentary committee on prevention and combatting corruption [TBC]
Questions & Answers 13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Panel 3: Legislative initiatives as possible solutions Moderator: Mr. Taras Shevchenko, Director of Media Law Institute [TBC] Keynote speakers: Mr. Roman Golovenko, Lawyer of the NGO “Institute of Mass Information” [TBC] Mr. Taras Shevchenko, Director of the NGO “Media Law Institute” [TBC] Mr./ Ms. ____________, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine (Media parliamentary committee [TBC] Mr. Oleksandr Chernenko, Member of Parliament, Co-Chair of the Subcommittee on Elections and Referenda of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy and Justice [TBC]
Mr. Yurii Kluchkovskyi, President of Institute of Electoral Law [TBC]
15:30 – 16:00
Questions & Answers Conclusions and closing remarks Moderator: [TBD] Ms. Viktoria Syumar , Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee of Freedom of expression and information policy [TBC] Mr. Mykhailo Okhendovsky,
representative of the Central Election
Commission [TBC] Ms. Olga Gerasymiuk, First Deputy Chair of the National Council of Ukraine on TV and radio broadcasting Mr. François Friederich, Head of the Division of Electoral Assistance and Census, Council of Europe Representative of the Council of Europe