DiXi Group experts worked in Vienna

01 October 2018

DiXi Group President Olena Pavlenko, program manager Roman Nitsovych and senior expert Denys Nazarenko took part in an advocacy visit to Vienna.

During the trip, the experts joined the Energy Community Dispute Resolution Forum and the 6^th Vienna Forum of European Energy Law organized by the Energy Community Secretariat.

In particular, in the course of the debate on the Future of Gas Transit through Ukraine, DiXi Group President Olena Pavlenko had an opportunity to ask questions and discuss enhancing the security of natural gas supply in Ukraine and the EU with the participants.

In co-operation with the Energy Community Secretariat, a meeting was also held on the preparation to the Energy Transparency Week, which will be held in Kyiv on October 8-12. The preliminary agreements were reached on the presentation of the Energy Transmission Index, which is currently being prepared by DiXi Group analysts, in Vienna.

In addition, the delegation held a series of meetings, including with representatives of the Austrian E-Control energy regulator, researchers from the Vienna Institute for International Economic Research (wiiw) and the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO).

The purpose of these meetings was to acquaint and discuss the research priorities of DiXi Group and potential partners, possible joint areas of work, as well as exchange of experience - in data management in the energy sector and market monitoring, preparation of analytical products, and further expert dialogue.

The trip took place within the framework of the grant for the organizational development of DiXi Group from the Open Society Foundations (OSIFE) and within the framework of the USAID Transparent Energy project.

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