On 30 September, at 15:00, we invite you to the presentation of the new issue of the Monitoring of the IMF programme and EU assistance under the Ukraine Facility by the RRR4U consortium, which takes into account the results of the implementation of commitments as of the end of September 2024. In addition, the event includes a special topic on the reform of the State Customs Service.
Ukraine and the IMF reached an agreement at the expert level on the fifth review of the four-year EFF programme. Ukraine may receive the next tranche of $1.1 billion after the IMF Executive Board approves the agreement, which is expected in October.
During the event, experts will present an assessment of whether Ukraine is ready for the fifth review of the IMF programme and highlight the progress under the Ukraine Facility.
The reform of the State Customs Service of Ukraine is one of the indicators of the Ukraine Facility programme implementation, which will be a special topic of the public discussion. As a reminder, on 17 September, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law 6490-d on the staffing of the customs service.
Date: 30 September 2024
Time: 15:00 – 16:30
Format: offline (Kyiv, venue will be sent to all registered participants additionally) and online in ZOOM
Language: Ukrainian (simultaneous translation into English will be provided)
Pre-registration by the link.
Event programme:
15:00 – 15:05 – Introduction (Yuriy Romashko – IAA, moderator);
15:05 – 15:15 – Is Ukraine ready for the fifth review of the IMF programme? (Maria Repko, Maksym Samoiliuk – CES)
15:15 – 15:25 – Ukraine’s plan: progress and future commitments (Alyona Korogod – DiXi Group);
15:25 – 16:00 – Expert discussion: ‘Customs reform: what is it about and why is it important?’ (Oleksandra Betliy – IER, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Oleksandr Moskalenko, Vladyslav Suvorov)
16:00 – 16:25 – Q&A session
RRR4U (Resilience, Reconstruction and Relief for Ukraine) is a consortium of four Ukrainian civil society organisations: Centre for Economic Strategy, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Institute for Analysis and Advocacy and DiXi Group.
RRR4U releases a monthly Monitoring of Ukraine’s compliance with the terms of key international funding programmes with the IMF and the EU. Quarterly issues additionally contain a more in-depth analysis of a particular aspect of the programmes with international partners. The results of the previous Monitoring are available on the consortium’s website.
The event is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.
