Recording: Securing the Integrity and Resilience of Ukraine’s Financial System - Conference
A conference on the funding of Ukraine's reconstruction, hosted by the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) at RUSI and the Ukraine-based think tank Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO)
Overview
As discussions on the funding of Ukraine’s reconstruction continue, this event, to be held on the margins of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) that will be co-hosted in London by the UK government in June, will address an issue that is currently absent from the wider URC agenda and discussions related to reconstruction – namely, the importance of integrity and resilience in the Ukrainian financial system to combat potential corruption-related money laundering.
This is the latest activity of RUSI’s Project SMURF, funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, through which the CFCS engages with government, private sector and civil society partners in Ukraine on the importance of integrity and resilience in the Ukrainian financial system.
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Agenda
12:30 - 12:40
One-on-one Conversation on Maximising Awareness of Russia’s Threat to the Integrity of the Global Financial System
Speaker: Tom Keatinge, CFCS Director, RUSI
Moderator: Valeriya Melnichuk, Vice-President, HIGHGATE
12:40 - 13:00
Warm-up Session on Open Data
Speakers:
Ihor Samokhodsky, Head of the ICT sector, Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO)
Natalia Chornohub, Head of the Open Data Association
13:00 - 13:15
Welcome Speech
Speakers:
Tom Keatinge, CFCS Director, RUSI
Assia Ivantcheva, Senior Director for the Europe Program, National Endowment for Democracy
13:15 - 13:45
One-on-one Conversation on the International Perspective on Ukraine’s Financial Integrity and Resilience
Speaker: Bob Seely, Member of the UK Parliament
Moderator: Oleksii Dorogan, CEO, Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO).
13:45 - 14:45
Panel One: Promoting Financial Integrity and Resilience in Ukraine’s Reconstruction
This panel will explore the corruption and money-laundering risks inherent in the scale of funding required to support Ukraine’s reconstruction. Panelists will be encouraged to reflect on where and how vulnerabilities in the financial system might facilitate money laundering, and the importance of demonstrating the integrity and resilience of the Ukrainian financial system to the outside world.
Speakers:
John Mair, Chief Compliance Officer, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Roman Komendant, Deputy Head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, Ukraine
Eka Tkeshelashvili, Chief, Party for the USAID-funded Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI)
Roman Waschuk, Business Ombudsman, Ukraine
Moderator: Tom Keatinge, CFCS Director, RUSI
15:00 - 15:15
One-on-one Conversation
Speaker: Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament
Moderator: Yurii Gaidai, Senior Economist, Centre for Economic Strategy
15:15 - 15:30
One-on-one Conversation on the Current State of the Ukrainian Banking System
Speaker: Kateryna Rozhkova, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU)
Moderator: Tom Keatinge, CFCS Director, RUSI
15:30 - 16:30
Panel Two: Perspectives from Civil Society
This panel will bring the civil society perspective on Ukraine’s financial integrity and resilience to the fore. Discussants will consider the ways in which a failure to secure the financial system from abuse threatens Ukraine, and what reforms are needed to minimise the risks posed by illicit finance.
Speakers:
Anna Isichko, Deputy Director, Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law (CEDEM)
Yurii Gaidai, Senior Economist, Centre for Economic Strategy
Olena Korobkova, Head of the Board, Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine
Moderator: Kinga Redlowska, Head, CFCS Europe, RUSI
16:30 - 16:45
One-on-one Conversation
Speaker: Oleksandr Novikov, Head of the National Agency of Prevention of Corruption, NAZK
Moderator: Glib Kanievskyi, Chairman, StateWatch
16:45 - 17:00
Civil Engagement as a Condition for Transparent Recovery: The Status Quo
Speaker: Martyna Boguslavets, Executive Director, Institute of Legislative Ideas
17:00 - 17:15
Presentation of DREAM (Digital Restoration Ecosystem for Accountable Management) and Closing Remarks
Speaker: Oleksii Dorogan, CEO, BRDO