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A solemn meeting was held on October 31 to mark the end of the Business and Society seminar. A welcoming speech was made by Natalia Yaresko, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of The Aspen Institute Kyiv. After that, the panel discussion “The Aspen Institute Kyiv Community: Ideas, Leadership, Action” took place with participation of Natalia Yaresko, Anatoliy Klepatsky, …
From October 30 to November 1, a philosophical seminar for teenagers “Realms of the Future 6.0” took place. It was organized by The Aspen Institute Kyiv and Klitschko Foundation. During the seminar, boys and girls discussed the works of modern and classical thinkers to form their opinion on fundamental philosophical issues: – What is a state …
On September 17, 2020, the Supervisory Board of The Aspen Institute Kyiv approved policies and compliance procedures that will help strengthen institutional capacity, increase the efficiency of the Institute’s mission and ensure sustainable development in the long run. By approving the statement on the policy of equal opportunities, The Aspen Institute Kyiv confirms its commitment …
On October 21, within the framework of the Good Governance Program, a moderated conversation “Ukraine on the eve of local elections: trends, expectations, consequences” took place. The participants discussed the importance of this year’s local elections in the context of decentralization, the political landscape of Ukraine at the regional level, as well as the impact of …
On October 17-18, a club seminar “ReInventing Ukraine: in search of national narratives” was held. For the first time after a long break, graduates of various Aspen seminars gathered together in an offline format to exchange their own ideas and opinions about the phenomenon of Ukrainian identity, its history and prospects. During the seminar, participants …
Members of the Ukrainian Aspen community – Ilya Chernogorenko, Hanna Novosad and Alina Nosenko – took part in an international Aspen Young European Leaders Seminar, which took place on September 3-5. Aspen Young European Leaders Seminar is an annual international seminar for leaders from different countries, organized by the Aspen Institute Central Europe and the Aspen …
Daily economic challenges in the country require expertise and prompt decisions not only from central authorities, but also from the direct creators of decentralization on the ground: local governments, representatives of the expert and scientific community, business associations, the public sector. Effective work on social and economic development of united territorial communities, implementation of anti-corruption …
The Aspen Institute Kyiv announces the recruitment of participants for the seminar “Media and Reality: Dimensions of Responsibility”, which will take place on December 9-13, 2020. The seminar aims to create a platform for dialogue between representatives of the media community on the importance of the media for democracy, civil society, good governance and conflict …
One of the features of the Aspen format is the appeal to the works of classical and modern thinkers. At each seminar, we discuss ideas and concepts that problematize common phenomena and open a deeper perspective. In this way, we join the more than two-thousand-year-old Western intellectual tradition to build our own worldview on its …
Within the framework of the Good Governance Program, experts and participants of the Program developed the experience of functioning of the system of effective management of state bodies and prepared a proposal for the implementation of such a system for local governments. The system of effective management of public bodies (performance management) has become widespread …