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7th YES Annual Meeting opens today in Yalta
The 7th Yalta Annual Meeting entitled “Ukraine and the World: Re-Thinking and Moving On”, organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, will take place in Livadia Palace from 30 September to 3rd October 2010.
The main topics of this year’s largest non government forum, taking place since 2004 and covering issues on Ukraine’s global integration, include: re-thinking the basic approaches to economics, politics and international relations; discussion of key global challenges and threats, such as climate change, as well as various models of modernizing countries in the context of today’s world.
Speeches delivered by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich and President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski will open the Annual Meeting.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn will engage in a dialogue on the global economy and Ukraine.
William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, will be a special guest at the Yalta Annual Meeting.
International participants of the meeting include top politicians, public figures and experts of the highest level: President of Poland (1995 – 2005), Chairman of the Board of YES Aleksander Kwasniewski; European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Stefan Füle; Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexey Kudrin; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Carl Bildt; Deputy Head of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Alexander Babakov; Nabucco Project Adviser
Joschka Fischer; former Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (1999 – 2009) Javier Solana; President - Chairman of the Board of VTB Bank Andrey Kostin; Chairman of Renova Group, Coordinator of International Innovation Center “Skolkovo” Viktor Vekselberg; Head of the Working Group on Creating an International Financial Center in the Russian Federation Alexander Voloshin; Member of the Board of YES Marek Siwiec and other.
Ukraine will be represented at the Yalta Annual Meeting by the following panelists: 2nd President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma; Speaker of the Parliament of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn; First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Andriy Klyuev; Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikov; Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Tigipko; Minister for Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Yuri Boyko; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Kostyantyn Gryshchenko; First Deputy Head of Administration of the President of Ukraine Irina Akimova; Head of Working Group for National Projects at the Committee on Economic Reforms Vladislav Kaskiv, Member of Parliament of Ukraine Arsenyi Yatseniuk; president of DCH Group Alexander Yaroslavskiy and other.
During the Annual Meeting there also will be interactive TV-links with participation of the 7th Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan; chief columnist of the Financial Times Martin Wolf and Director of Peterson Institute of International Economics Fred Bergsten, Director of the National Economic Council of the United States Larry Summers.
Among others, the 7th Yalta Annual Meeting will be joined by Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Volodymyr Stelmakh; Head of the Council of Ministers of Crimea Vasyl Dzharty; the Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Head of the Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship Nataliya Korolevska; Member of the European Parliament, Vice President of the European People's Party, YES Board Director Mario David; former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Hryhory Nemyria; president of Kyivstar company Igor Lytovchenko;Chairman of the Board of Nemiroff Holding Oleksandr Glus; heads of foreign diplomatic missions in Ukraine - the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft; Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov; Ambassador of Poland to Ukraine Jacek Kluczkowski; British Ambassador to Ukraine Leigh Turner; Ambassador of the French Republic to Ukraine Jaques Faure; Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth; Ambassador of Austria to Ukraine Wolf Dietrich Heim and other.
In general, over 200 people from more than 20 different countries will take part in the 7th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy.
All discussions will be moderated by Chrystia Freeland, Global Editor-at-Large at Reuters News.
For the very first time Euronews TV channel and Ukrainian edition “Korrespondent” have become Media Partners of this year’s YES Annual Meeting.
Special partners of the 7th Yalta Annual Meeting:
DCH
Kyivstar
International Renaissance Foundation
Partner of the 7th Yalta Annual Meeting:
Nemiroff
Detailed programme of the 7th Yalta Annual Meeting is available on the website:www.yes-ukraine.org
News and photos from the forum will also be available on the Victor Pinchuk Foundation: www.pinchukfund.org
Background:
Yalta European Strategy (YES) – is an international non-partisan network established in 2004 by the Ukrainian businessman and public figure Victor Pinchuk. The mission of the network is to promote the development of a just, free and prosperous Ukraine; to support Ukraine’s reforms and its eventual accession to the EU. YES often organizes different events that bring together policy-makers, business leaders and distinguished public leaders to debate on the crucial issues and generate recommendations regarding the future of the world and Ukraine.
The YES Annual Meeting is the largest and most influential non government platform to discuss and develop political and economic strategies for Ukraine, Europe and the world and also to engage in an open and professional dialogue on politics, law, energy and investments. Since 2004 YES Annual Meetings were attended by Bill Clinton, Aleksander Kwasniewski, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Gerhard Schroeder, Shimon Peres, Alan Greenspan, Viktor Yanukovych and other.
Official website: www.yes-ukraine.org
DCH
DCH group is one of the largest business groups in Ukraine. Its beneficiary is Aleksandr Yaroslavskyy - an influential Ukrainian businessman, ranked by the Korrespondent magazine as one of the TOP-10 wealthiest Ukrainians, general investor of Kharkiv's preparations for Euro 2012.
DCH consolidates a large part of the assets of one of the oldest and most powerful financial and industrial groups in Ukraine - UkrSibBank Group. DCH assets are represented by industrial enterprises, construction and development companies, financial institutions, etc. Since 2007, the Group is implementing a complex program of Kharkiv preparation for Euro 2012. The program includes the reconstruction of several objects of sports infrastructure (including Metalist Stadium) and the "Kharkiv" International Airport. The total investment of Aleksandr Yaroslavskyy in Kharkiv preparation for Euro 2012 at the end of the first half of 2010 exceeded UAH 2 billion.
Kyivstar
Telecommunication operator Kyivstar is Ukrainian mobile and data transmission market leader that is trusted by 22.43 million people (as to September 01 2010). Kyivstar network covers all big cities and small towns, more than 28 thousand rural communities, all the major national and regional highways, the majority of sea sides and riversides of Ukraine. Kyivstar provides EDGE/GPRS services within its coverage in Ukraine and roaming services in 195 countries of the world on 5 continents. More than 2.4 million Ukrainians use Kyivstar mobile Internet. In seven biggest Ukrainian cities - Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Simferopol, Odesa – for 500 thousand families in 4 thousand houses Kyivstar provides high speed fixed Internet access services.
Kyivstar mission is to make life better due to high quality telecommunication services.
Kyivstar is a socially responsible company aspiring to success in business in such a way that brings benefit to our country and society and strengthens social foundations. Not only are excellent business results important for us, but also how we achieve them. We thus make our contribution to the social and economic development of Ukraine.
When Kyivstar invests in social initiatives, Kyivstar aims at the following for telecommunications to bring only benefits to people and make their life better, also to help those in need.
For this purpose Kyivstar implements the following programs: Mobile Culture (to develop ethical principles of mobile phone usage in public places); Safe internet for kids (goal is to protect children from negative content and violence in internet, to teach kids, parents and teachers how to safely use the internet); Kyivstar supports orphans in 25 orphanages, lonely old people in 11 geriatric homes, disabled people and children, talented students in 9 technical universities.
Kyivstar contributes to the creation of the positive image of Ukraine among our citizens and the world community. Kyivstar aspires to be the best and the most trusted company in Ukraine.
The International Renaissance Foundation
The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) was founded in April 1990. IRF is an integral part of the International Soros network which incorporates national and regional foundations in more than thirty countries around the world, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the former Soviet Union. These foundations share a common goal of supporting educational, social and legal initiatives that promote the development and establishment of an open society.
IRF is the Ukraine's one of the largest charity organization. Its main objective is to provide financial and operational assistance to the development of an open and democratic society in Ukraine by supporting key civic initiatives in this area.
The International Renaissance Foundation finances projects and programs which foster the development of civil society, promote rule of law and independent mass media. Funds are also allocated for diversification of information resources for the third sector, democratization of education and public health, advancing of social capital and academic publications, as well as ensuring protection of national minorities rights and their integration into Ukrainian society.
Nemiroff
Nemiroff Holding is one of the largest world alcohol manufacturers. It is the first Ukrainian brand with the official ‘international’ status: the company exports over 50% of products and is represented in 55 world countries.
Products under Nemiroff Brand are acknowledged the best by leading international specialized publications, such as Drinks International, Impact, IWSR. According to the IWSR rating results, which were published in the September 2010 issue, Nemiroff International Brand was named the world sales leader among the most stably growing alcohol brands.
For the first half year 2010, Nemiroff Company sold about 3.6 million decaliters of drinks. The sales of Nemiroff International Brand’s products in kind grew by 4% as compared to the same period of 2009. In cash equivalent, the sales volume increased to USD $ 203.8 million, thus exceeding the 1H 2009 results by 25%.
Nemiroff Company is a party to the UN Global Compact, a socially responsible company placing a special emphasis on charity, environment protection and support of international level projects dealing with culture, arts and sports.
www.nemiroff.ua
