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More than four and a half years after the start of the full-scale war launched by Russia against Ukraine, the 2026 France-Ukraine Forum will bring together policymakers, experts, academics, and civil society representatives from both countries to discuss three main topics: the formats and conditions for a lasting diplomatic settlement; Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration, encompassing both the EU accession process and closer ties with NATO; and the societal transformations of postwar Ukraine, as well as its prospects for reconstruction.
Program :
12:30-13:15: Lunch buffet
13:15-13:30: Welcome remarks by the organizers
Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Director, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri, France
Leo Litra, Senior Fellow, New Europe Center, Ukraine
13:30-13:40: Opening remarks
Vadym Omelchenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the French Republic (TBC)
13:40-15:00: Towards a Diplomatic Settlement? Actors, Formats and Conditions for a Lasting Peace
Chair: Dimitri Minic, Research Fellow, Scientific Director of the Russia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Observatory, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri
Speakers:
Ukraine:
- Rostyslav Ohryzko, Deputy State Secretary, Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
- Nadiia Koval, Policy Fellow, European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK)
France:
- Arnaud Guillois, Director for Continental Europe, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
- Stéphane Audrand, Associate Research Fellow, Security Studies Center, Ifri
- Arnaud Valli, Head of Public Affairs, Comand AI
15:00-15:30: Coffee break
15:30-16:45: Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic Integration: EU Accession and Relations with NATO
Chair: Olena Halushka, Board Member at the International Renaissance Foundation, Board Member at the Anti-Corruption Action Center, Ukraine
Speakers:
Ukraine:
- Alyona Getmanchuk, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO
- Vadym Halaychuk, First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the European Union
France:
- Vincent Guérend, Director for the European Union, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
- François Benaroya, CEO of Europe-Mediterranean, BNP Paribas
- Hugues Mingarelli, Honorary Deputy General Director at European Commission
16:45-18:00: Post-War Ukraine: Societal and Elite Transformations and Recovery Prospects
Chair: Anna Colin Lebedev, Assistant Professor at Paris Nanterre University and Scientific Director of the Observatory of Contemporary Ukraine
Speakers:
Ukraine:
- Oleksandr Sushko, Executive Director, International Renaissance Foundation
- Maryna Kumeda, Writer, Journalist, and Member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (visio)
France:
- Muriel Lacoue-Labarthe, France's Special Envoy for Ukraine's Recovery and Reconstruction
- Céline Bardet, International Lawyer, Specialist in War Crimes
18:00-18:30: Conversation with Ministers
Chair: Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Director, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri, and Leo Litra, Senior Researcher, New Europe Center
Vsevolod Chentsov, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine (TBC)
Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of European Affairs, France
18:30-20:30: Cocktail reception near Ifri (by invitation)
Co-organized by Ifri (Paris) and the New Europe Center (Kyiv)
With the support of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
For this event, the New Europe Center benefits from the support of the International Renaissance Foundation
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