The online event will bring together representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora from different countries to discuss a role transnational communities can play in humanitarian response and country’s recovery, and to identify concrete cooperation opportunities and the way forward.
Simultaneous translation in English and Ukrainian will be provided.
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Opening Remarks Stephen Rogers, IOM Ukraine a.i. Deputy Chief of Mission Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs (TBC) Roman Waschuk, Business Ombudsman in Ukraine, former Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine |
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16.30 – 17.15 |
Session I: IOM’s work in Ukraine and opportunities for diaspora engagement IOM’s work with diaspora groups in crisis situations and in development context IOM’s response in Ukraine and opportunities for cooperation with diaspora Q&A/Discussion |
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17.15 – 18.00 |
Session II: Diaspora work and good practices Panel discussion among representatives of Ukrainian diaspora from Czechia, Italy, Ireland, Poland and USA. |
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18.00 – 18.15 |
Break |
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18.15 – 19.00 |
Session III: Group brainstorming Breakout-room 1 | What can we do for humanitarian response? Breakout-room 2 | What can we do for economic recovery? |
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19.00 – 19.15 |
Conclusions and the way forward |
