Briefing Presentation of Reforms in Energy and Environment: Autumn is Near

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July 10, 2019, 16:36

On 10 July 2019, a joint project of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation “Increasing the influence of civil society in monitoring and political dialogue regarding reforms in the energy sector and related sectors in accordance with the implementation of the Association Agreement” presented an assessment of the status of implementation of reforms in Ukraine in the energy and environmental sectors according to the Association Agreement entered by and between Ukraine and the EU, as well as the following necessary steps.


The experts spoke about the achievements and challenges in the following areas: gas, electricity, energy efficiency, business climate in the energy and oil sectors, and the environment.

The briefing also featured a presentation of a study on the compliance of the energy programs of political parties participating in the 2019 Verkhovna Rada elections with the European course. The study was carried out by the editors of European Pravda with the assistance of the Energy Reforms Coalition.

The participants included:

  • Ilya Polulyakh, an expert of the Energy Reforms Coalition
  • Roman Nitsovych, a research director, at DIXY GROUP
  • Gennady Ryabtsev, an expert of the Energy Reforms Coalition
  • Natalya Andrusevich, a chairman of the Board of the Resource and Analytical Center "Society and Environment"
  • Tatyana Boyko, a coordinator of energy programs OPORA Citizens Network
  • Olexandra Gumeniuk, a director of the Association “European & Ukrainian Energy Agency”
  • Sergey Sidorenko, an editor of European Pravda
  • Yuri Panchenko, an editor of European Pravda