THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES OF NONPROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL IN UKRAINE

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ROUND TABLE "THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES OF NONPROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL IN UKRAINE “
12 DECEMBER 2006, KIEV, 2, VELYKA ZHYTOMYRSKA STR. (CONFERENCE HALL, 3RD FLOOR), KIEV, UKRAINE (PREMISES OF THE DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE)

Organizers:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
- Swedish Nuclear Inspectorate (SKI)
- State Service for Export Control of Ukraine
- Scientific and Technical Center on the export and import of special technologies, hardware and materials (STC)

09:00-09:30 Registration of participants

09:30- 09:45 Welcoming and opening speeches
Welcome speech, Mr. Oleksandr Ghryshutkin, First Deputy Head of the State Export Control Service of Ukraine
Welcome speech, Mr.Viktor Gvozd’, Secretariat of the President of Ukraine

09:45–11:30 Session I: The role of the public in the effectiveness increase of the export control system of Ukraine.
Moderators – Mr.Volodymyr Belashov (MFA), Mr.Lars van Dassen (SKI)

Public control as an important element of a democratic society. Presentation of results of the social survey held in the framework of the Contract between SKI and STC on the improvement of the export control in Ukraine, Mr.Alexandr Siver (STC).

Involvement of the public in realization of the state policy in the field of state export control. Ms.Liudmila Checheiuk, Head of Unit, State Export Control Service of Ukraine.

State and effectiveness of the public control in the field of the arms export. Mr.Volodymyr Vorobyov, Head of the Public Council at the State Service for Export Control of Ukraine.

The role of civil society organisations in the strengthening of national and internatioinal arms export controls (Bernardo Mariani, Saferworld)

EU Code of Conduct in the field of export control (Mr. Werner Knapp, BAFA)

Discussion

11:30-12:00 Coffee break

12:00–14:00 Session II: Public control in a democratic society. The role of mass media as one of the elements of the democratic control in the field of nonproliferation.
Moderators – Mr.Grigoriy Perepelytsia (Foreign Policy Research Institute at the Diplomatic Academy of the MFA of Ukraine), Mr.Duncan Hiscock (International Centre for Policy Research)

The role of NGOs’ in the increase of export control efficiency in Ukraine. Mr.Valentyn Badrak, Director, Center for Army Conversion and Disarmament Studies.

A search of balance between the restriction and transparency in the field of export control. Speeches of representatives of Ukrainian industrial enterprises.

Means of transparency increasing in the activity of executive bodies in the field of arms trade. Mr.Mykhailo Samus, Editor-in-Chief of the "Export Control Newsletter".

Non-government mass media in Ukraine as one of a key factor of public influence on policy in sphere of prevention of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. Whether they have future prospects? Mr.Sergiy Kondratov, Editor-in-Chief of the "Security and Nonproliferation".

General discussion and conclusions on future prospect of international cooperation on issues of ensuring transparency and the raising of public part in the field of export control.

Lunch