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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 …
In order to form an effective local self-government capable of effectively exercising its own and delegated powers, it is important to provide it with appropriate resources, in particular, financial ones. During 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine initiated, and the initiative was supported by The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, amendments to the Tax and …
On September 23, an Aspen meeting took place online, during which we talked about the prospects of relations between businesses from the European Union and Ukraine. Thanks to our panelists: – Olha Stefanishyna – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. – Anna Derevyanko – Executive Director of the European Business Association. – Dmytro Salimonov – Chairman of the Board …
Within the framework of the Good Governance Program, experts and participants of the Program developed Methodological and Practical Recommendations and Regulations on local self-government consultations with the public and stakeholders. The recommendations are based on the principles of good democratic governance, the experience of The Aspen Institute Kyiv in consulting with stakeholders on decentralization reform …
On September 21, The Aspen Institute Kyiv held a round table “Dialogue as a tool for building a good society”, during which participants discussed the results of the first National Round Table on the culture of dialogue and political and legislative measures to promote the idea of dialogue in Ukraine. In a welcoming speech, Yulia …
On September 16, the Aspen meeting “Safety Principles: How to Protect Yourself, Your Family and Business” took place. The panel discussion was attended by: – Dmytro Stryzhov – General Director of the Sheriff Security Enterprise Holding – Denis Bugay – President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, partner of VB PARTNERS, lawyer. The meeting was moderated by Yulia Tychkivska, Executive …
Within the project “Promoting and Improving Decentralization” being the part of the Good Governance Program, the participants and experts of the Program prepared the Guide for Сommunity Leaders “Local Economic Development and Local Democracy: Dialogues with Stakeholders”. Download Guide The Guide was formed as the result of four dialogue sessions with stakeholders of the reform …
On August 13, Director of program development at The Aspen Institute Kyiv Denis Poltavets granted an interview to Radio Ukraine International. In it, he elucidated a history of spreading of the Aspen idea in the world and Ukraine, a mission of The Aspen Institute Kyiv and its program activities. The special accent of the interview is the Good Governance Program, …
On August 1, the online seminar “Homo economicus: in search of self” came to an end. It was the first module of the “Business and Society” program amongst four planned modules. The seminar gathered about 40 participants from different regions of Ukraine, who formed two groups. A series of online meetings for the participants of the …