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VIII Lviv International Economic Forum

October 1st -3rd 2008 in Lviv the VIII Lviv International Economic Forum ‘European Partnership - Open Opportunities’ was held. In the framework of forum discussions on infrastructure development and its financing, tourism, cultural heritage, marketing of regions, public-private partnerships and examples of cross-border cooperation.

Agenda of the  VIII Lviv International Economic Forum "European Partnership - Open Opportunities"

Wednesday October 1st

19:00 – Celebration Dinner with Mykola Kmit (Head of Lviv Regional State Administration), Andriy Sadovyy (Mayor Of Lviv), Myroslav Senyk (Head of Lviv Regional Council)

Thursday October 2nd:

09:00-9:15 – opening ceremony with  Celebration Dinner with Mykola Kmit (Head of Lviv Regional State Administration), Andriy Sadovyy (Mayor Of Lviv), Myroslav Senyk (Head of Lviv Regional Council)

9:15-13:00 – plenary session ‘Sustainable development of regions - the basis of competitive growth of state economies ».

Speakers:

Viktor Kapustin, CEO at Ukreximbank

Lev Holubets, Partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Vitaliy Lomakovych CEO at Bank of Moskow

Yavuz Mildon , President of the Congress Chamber of Regions;

Anatoliy Blyznyuk, Head of Donetsk Regional Council;

Єва Срейбер, Vice – President At European Investment Bank;

Francois Gaudet- Senior Banker at EBRD;

Serhiy Khoperskyy, first deputy director at Ukrainain Centre for Foreign Investment Promotion;

Gregor Postl, trade councillor of the Austrian Embassy in Ukraine;

Oleksandr Lazorko, CEO at Oil Refinery Complex ‘Halychyna’;

10:45-11:00 –coffee break;

11:00-11:40 Viktor  Yushchenko the president of Ukraine Speech..

‘Strategies for investment attraction as a requirement for economic development of competitive regions’:

11:40-12:00 – special guest Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy;

12:00-12:15 – Mykola Kmit’, head of Lviv Regional State Administration;

12:15-12:30 – Andriy Sadovyy, Mayor of Lviv;

12:30-12:40 – Roman Bezsmertnyi, deputy Head of Ukrainian president's secretariat ;

12:40-12:50 – Vasyl Kuybida, Regional Development and Construction Minister of Ukraine;

12:50-13:00 – Grigory Yavlinsky, public leader.

Supporting Events:

10:00-10:30 –  Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy press briefing

12:35-13:00 –  Mykola Kmit’ (head of Lviv Regional State Administration) and Andriy Sadovyy (Mayor of Lviv) press briefings.

15:00-17:00 – Forum Sessions:

1) ‘Infrastructure Development and Financial Instruments’. Development of infrastructure and territories accessibility as a condition for economic development breakthrough: the sample projects. Moderator: Lev Holubets, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Issues to discuss:

–the influence of centralized tariff regulation policy on the development of regional infrastructure and cooperation with investor;

– how regions approach the implementation of long-term projects for infrastructure improvement;

– action-plan – from concept preparation towards project realisation. The experience of cities and regions of Ukraine, international experience. Project Samples.

– Examples of the Projects.

Speakers: Yosyp Vinskyy, Minister of transport and Communications of Ukraine; Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport; Krzysztof Celiński, CEO of PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A.; Vasyl Melnychuk, CEO of State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine ‘Ukrzaliznytsya’;  Brigitte Wunderlich, Head of the Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III;  Marcus Pfeffer, Senior Loan Officer, European Neighbour and Partner Countries Department, EIB

2) ‘Infrastructure Development and Financial Instruments’. Effective financial instruments: their role in ensuring sustainable development for cities and regions.  Moderator: Terry Brown, Member of the Board of Directors of EBRD, President of the EIB

Issues to discuss:

–  How can the regions finance long-term projects to improve infrastructure?

–  Which sources of funding are currently available, on which conditions are they working? International financial institutions – ‘lifesavers’ or ‘debt traps’?

–  Preparing the infrastructure for EURO 2012 –proposals by EIB and EBRD.

Speakers: Ivan Kylichenko, Dnipropetrovsk City Mayor;  Oleksandr Lukyanchenko, Donetsk City Mayor;  Nikolai Tust, project director in Ukraine and turkey at KfW Bank;  Eva Srejber, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank; Aleksander Aigner, Alaris Group, Austria;  Anatoliy Blyzniuk, Head of Donetsk Regional Council;  Francois Gaudet- Senior Banker at EBRD ; .

 

3) ‘Tourism, Historical and Cultural heritage, marketing of regions’. Using historical and cultural heritage to boost the growth of tourism market and hospitality industry of the region. Moderators: Vyacheslav Negoda, Deputy Prime-Minister for Regional Development and Construction of Ukraine and Mykola Yakovyna, Deputy Prime-Minister for Culture of Ukraine  .

Issues to discuss :

–  How important is tourism for regional economies? ?

–  Which strategies should be adopted and which investments should be attracted to the region and the city in order to ensure competitiveness in tourism?

–  How to manage tourism activity of the region? ?

–  How to maximise the historical and cultural heritage as a marketing factor of the region?

–  Presentation of castle projects .

Speakers: Wolfgang Kippes, CEO of Schönbrunn Palace Company, Austria ; Peter Schneider, Director of the Ukrainian-Austrian project ‘Galician Crown’, PAN-PLAN GmbH, Austria ; Jacques Akerboom, Director Monumentenwacht; Gerhard Hauser, Architect, Austria ; Andrzej Wyzykowski, Chief of Urban Complex Revitalisation and Development Office of Krakow City,Poland;

4)  ‘Tourism, Historical and Cultural heritage, marketing of regions’.  Positioning the regions and cities – how to create effective reality through proper management?  Moderator: Roberto Ferigno, Vice-President, Weber Shandwick EMEA.

Issues to discuss:

–  Which positioning strategies are being used by successful regions for European and world competition?

– Entrepreneurship development? Investment Promotion? Tourist positioning?

– Strategies to create a positive reputation of the city and the region for the target audience;

– managing the work of visit-centres;

– lobbying the interests of regions in the European  Union.

Speakers: Franz Schausberger, President of the Institute of Regions of Europe (IRE), Salzburg, Austria;  Martins Zemitis, Director, Baltic-Europe Consultancy;  Jean-François RIVALAIN, Director "Wider EU advocacy & projects" agency; Yuriy Tretyak executive directoe at  Regional Development Agencies (RDAs);  Andrea Sharon, National Park Services, the USA;  Philip De Roo, urban planner of the City of Ghent.

5) ‘Infrastructure Development and Financial Instruments’

Speakers:

– in theme of airport development – Lviv Airport Reconstruction ( Oleksandr Davydov, Deputy Minister for Transport and Communications of Ukraine, Head of the ‘State Air Service’)  and the announcement of the tender winner for design and construction of the airport terminal (Anatoliy Kolisnyk, Head of the State Aviation Administration);

– in the theme of railway transport – Euro-Railway Project ( Bogdan Godziejewski, vice –president of Movares Company) and the project of multifunctional railway station construction (Mykhaylo Mostovyy, head of the Lviv Railway Company);

– in the theme of road construction –Lviv –Krakivets Concession Road (Mykola Berezovskyy, deputy head of State Road Service of Ukraine.

Friday October 3rd

9:30-11:00 – round-tables:

1) ‘Public-Private Partnership and the examples of Cross-Border Cooperation’

2) ‘Tax authorities: with their face to tax payers’

11:15-11:30 – conclusion-speeches

12:00-13:00 – Final Press Conference

12:00-16:00 – Investment Fair