Context
On 28 November at 15:00, RRR4U Consortium will launch a presentation of the Monitoring of IMF and EU Macro-Financial Assistance Programme Implementation
Cooperation with international partners is critical for Ukraine today: domestic budget revenues are only enough to finance defence and security. The EU and the IMF are ready to provide funding to the budget, but not just by providing money, but by creating the preconditions for Ukraine’s prosperity.
To this end, the loan memoranda include structural benchmarks (IMF) and commitments (EU) – reforms and changes that Ukraine must implement to achieve macroeconomic stability and create the basis for economic growth. That is why the RRR4U consortium is launching regular monitoring of Ukraine’s implementation of the benchmarks and commitments.
Date
28 November 2023 at 15:00
Location
The event will be held in a hybrid format (offline in Kyiv + online).
The location of the event in Kyiv will be announced to the registered participants (the number of offline seats is limited)
Registration is required by the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/exTuiTGYpn
Languages
Ukrainian/English (simultaneous translation)
Programme of the event:
Moderator: Roman Nitsovych, Research Director, DiXi Group
14:30 Registration and coffee break
15:00 – 15:20 Welcome remarks:
Alberto Fernandez-Diez, Head of Trade and Economic Section, EU Delegation to Ukraine
Vahram Stepanyan, Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund in Ukraine
15:20 – 15:35 IMF and EU programmes: what, where and how?
Oleksandra Betliy, Leading Expert, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting
15:35 – 15:55 Main results of the first monitoring: what has been done, what has not.
Yuriy Romashko, Executive Director of the Institute for Analysis and Advocacy
15:55 – 16:15 Topic of the issue: Currency liberalisation as a structural beacon of IMF programmes
Maria Repko, Deputy Executive Director, Maksym Samoiliuk, Economist at the Centre for Economic Strategy
16:15 – 16:35 Questions and answers
16:35 – 16:55 Open discussion
16:55 – 17:00 Closing remarks
Inna Pidluska, Deputy Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation
