The meeting will be dedicated to discussing the first practical experience of preparing and submitting reports in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Lobbying". Participants will be able to exchange experiences on the main challenges that companies have faced during this process, as well as discuss possible ways to improve the reporting mechanism.
Special attention will be paid to European practices of lobbying transparency, in particular the experience of maintaining and reporting within the EU Transparency Register, and the possibility of applying such approaches in Ukrainian realities. Participants will have the opportunity to share their own practical cases, ask questions to experts, and participate in the formation of joint recommendations to improve the reporting process.
Agenda:
Panel 1. Reporting practices under the Lobbying Law: challenges for business and expectations from the system
Topics for discussion:
- Main difficulties that companies encountered during the preparation of the first reports.
- Legal requirements that raise the most practical questions;
- How clear are the criteria for determining activities that are reportable as lobbying?
- Companies’ experience on how to organize internal processes for collecting information for reporting;
- What aspects of the report form and structure need to be improved?
- What changes or additional clarifications could make the reporting mechanism more practical for businesses?
Moderator:
- Tetyana Prokopchuk, Vice President, AmCham Ukraine
Speakers:
- Oleg Krykavsky, Director of Government Relations, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
- Yevhen Kuzmenko, Regulatory Affairs Manager, JTI Ukraine
- Inna Boichuk, Chamber Retail & E-Commerce Committee Co-Chair, Director of Corporate Affairs, Avrora Multimarket
Panel 2. European experience in lobbying transparency: lessons for Ukraine
Topics for discussion:
- How does the reporting system within the EU Transparency Register work?
- What information should organizations disclose within this Register?
- How is the reporting submission and verification process organized?
- What are the key differences between the Ukrainian and European reporting models?
- What elements of European practice could be useful for the further development of the Ukrainian lobbying regulation system?
Moderator:
- Oleg Krykavsky, Director of Government Relations, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
Speakers:
- Representative of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Representative of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention
- Yarema Kovaliv, Partner, Impacta Law
- Natalia Sydoruk, Director of Government Relations, Interpipe Ukraine
- Timur Longynenko, Representative of the VRU Committee on Legal Policy
The event will be held in Ukrainian. Simultaneous translation will not be provided.
The meeting will be held under Chatham House rules and is open for employees of Chamber member companies only.
Registration is required to participate. If you would like to attend the meeting in-person, please let Iryna Demtsiura, Junior Policy Officer (Committees), at idemtsiura@chamber.ua know till Wednesday, March 18, 2:00 PM. Registration for in-person participation will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis and may close before the deadline if venue capacity is reached.
If you would like to join the meeting online, please register on our website till Wednesday, March 18, 5:00 PM. After the registration deadline, we will inform you on the venue for joining in-person or provide the link for joining us online. Information on the venue or the link will be sent to registered participants only.
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