Transcript Opening remarks: Workshop on “Enhancing Ukraine`s

Opening remarks
Peter Goliaš
INEKO Director, Slovakia
October 24, 2014
Workshop on enhancing Ukraine`s integration chances
Kyiv
Project info
• Title: Hidden Triggers of Economic Growth in V4
plus Ukraine
• Goal: To identify policies leading to higher
sustainable economic and social progress in four
areas:
– Enhancing integration chances of Ukraine
– Consolidation of public finances
– Education, measurement quality and (labor market)
results
– High unemployment
In need of a new reform agenda
GDP per capita in V4 and Ukraine (in PPP, as % of EU28 average)
95%
85%
Czech Republic
75%
Slovakia
65%
Hungary
55%
Poland
45%
35%
Ukraine
25%
15%
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
Source: INEKO based on data from Eurostat (for V4 and EU28)
and the World Bank (for Ukraine)
2011
2013
Partners
1. Czech Republic: Centre for Economic and Market
Analysis, http://eceta.cz
2. Hungary: Centre for Economic and Regional
Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
http://vki.hu
3. Poland: The Polish Institute of International
Affairs, http://www.pism.pl
4. Slovakia: INEKO – Institute for Economic and
Social Reforms, http://www.ineko.sk
5. Ukraine: International Centre for Policy Studies,
http://icps.com.ua
Schedule
• October 2014: Workshop on enhancing Ukraine`s
integration chances, Kyiv
• May 2015: Webinar on public finance
consolidation
• October 2015: Webinar on education,
measurement of quality and (labour market)
results
• January 2016: Webinar on solutions to high
unemployment rate
• June 2016: Final conference in Bratislava
presenting project results
Outputs
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25 presentations
20 analyses
4 policy papers
1 final report
Let us start!