How should we support the economies of regions with increased war risks?

What should the government’s policy be towards regions with increased military threats? How can we bring investors, jobs, and people back to these communities and restore the infrastructure?

We proposed a public discussion on these topics during an expert roundtable. The event took place offline and online.

Together with analysts, business leaders, and government representatives, we explored universal approaches to mitigate the negative effects of Russian armed aggression. This was preceded by a brief overview of the current state of the regions affected by the invasion and still vulnerable to new threats.

Invited participants:

• Yuriy Atanasov, CEO of “Centavis”
• Yuriy Bova, Mayor of Trostianets
• Andriy Dligach, Founder and Head of Advanter Group
• Andriy Gapon, Director of the Entrepreneurship Development Fund
• Dmytro Horiunov, Head of the Economic Losses Department of the “Russia Will Pay” project
• Serhiy Zuyev, Chief Financial Officer of DTEK
• Oleksandr Kalenkov, President of Ukrmetallurgprom
• Yuriy Kation, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Oschadbank
• Kyrylo Kryvolap, Executive Director of the Center for Economic Recovery
• Yuliya Mincheva, Anti-Corruption Advisor in Mykolaiv
• Oleksandr Popovych, Head of Unisoft printing house
• Ihor Sbitniev, Member of the Coordination Council of the Kharkiv Office of EBA, Director of the “Axioma” Company, Founder of the “French Boulevard” Shopping Center
• Nataliya Sydoruk, Director of Government Relations at “Interpipe”
• Olga Shapoval, Executive Director of Kharkiv IT Cluster
• Borys Shestopalov, Co-owner and CEO of “HD-group”
• Andriy Teliupa, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine
• Olga Trofimtseva, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, former Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Moderator: Volodymyr Landa, CES senior economist.

The event is one of the activities under the Good Governance Fund Project “Economic Hub: Strengthening Macroeconomic Stability Through Robust Public Financial Management”, which is supported by the UK government (UK International Development). The project delivery partners are Abt Global and Centre for Economic Strategy.