III Diálogo Estratégico Hispano-Ucraniano: Ukraine’s Path to EU Integration. Achievements, Problems and Prospects – INCIPE:Instituto de Cuestiones Internacionales y Política Exterior

l 20 de octubre de 2011, el III Diálogo Estratégico Hispano-Ucraniano se centró en el camino de Ucrania hacia la integración en la Unión Europea, abordando los logros, problemas y perspectivas de este proceso. La jornada incluyó tres mesas redondas sobre temas clave: las relaciones bilaterales hispano-ucranianas en el contexto de la integración de Ucrania en la UE, el estado de las relaciones entre la UE y Ucrania, con énfasis en el Acuerdo de Asociación y el diálogo sobre la liberalización de visados, y la arquitectura de seguridad europea desde las perspectivas española y ucraniana. Además, los participantes discutieron los desafíos y las oportunidades de Ucrania en su proceso de integración en la UE.

PROGRAM

9:00 – 9:30 Registration of participants

9:30 – 10:00 Conference inauguration and key remarks
– José Pedro Sebastián de Erice, Ambassador of Spain. Secretary General of INCIPE and
Técnicas Reunidas International, Spain
– Valeriy Chalyi, Deputy Director General, Razumkov Centre, Ukraine
– José Rodríguez Moyano, Ambassador of Spain to Ukraine
– Anatoliy Scherba, Ambassador of Ukraine to Spain

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee – Break

10:15 – 11:45 Panel I: “Spanish-Ukrainian bilateral relations in the framework of the
Ukraine’s EU integration»
Chairman: Darío Valcárcel, Vicepresident of INCIPE. CEO, Estudios de Política Exterior S.A., Spain
– José Rodríguez Moyano, Ambassador of Spain to Ukraine Anatoliy Scherba, Ambassador of Ukraine to Spain
– Luis Fraga, Senator, Vicepresident of the Foreign Affairs Commission in the Spanish Senate
– Leonid Kozhara, Deputy Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Ukrainian Parliament. Foreign
Policy Advisor to the President of Ukraine. Co-chair of the Ukraine-Spanish Parliamentary Group

Discussion

11:45 – 12:15 Coffee – Break

12:15 – 14:00 Panel II: “The state of the EU-Ukrainian relations: the Association Agreement and EU-Ukraine visa liberalization dialogue”
Chairman: Valeriy Chalyi, Deputy Director General, Razumkov Centre, Ukraine
– Andriy Melnyk, Director General, Third Territorial Department (Europe), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
– Francisco Fonseca, Director of the EU Commission Representation in Spain
– Pilar Méndez, Deputy Director General for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
– Natalia Shapovalova, Researcher, FRIDE, Spain Discussion

14:15-15:30 Buffet – Lunch

15:30 – 17:00 Panel III: “European Security Architecture: Spanish and Ukranian perspectives”
Chairman: Vicente Garrido, Director of INCIPE. Professor of International Relations, King Juan Carlos University, Spain
– Francisco Ruiz, Analyst, Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies, Ministry of Defence, Spain
– Julio Núñez Montesinos, Advisor, Under Directorate General for Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
– Oleh Shamshur, Ambassador of Ukraine, former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Discussion

17:00 – 17:30 Closing session and final remarks
– Santiago Cabanas, Director General for Foreign Policy, Europe and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
– Vicente Garrido, Director of the INCIPE. Professor of International Relations, King Juan Carlos University, Spain
– Valeriy Chalyi, Deputy Director General, International Programmes Director, Razumkov Centre, Ukraine

18:30 Reception offered to Participants in the Dialog by courtesy of the Embassy of Ukraine in Madrid