The DiXi Group team presented the analytical report Ukraine and the Association Agreement: a New Season and the areas of its activity to key European stakeholders.
Speaking at the presentation of an annual report on the status of implementing reforms in Ukraine’s energy and environment sectors under the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, held at Ukraine Crisis Media Center, experts said that positive shifts were observed in most energy and environmental reforms in 2019.
DiXi Group experts and Ukrainian Energy journalists attended “How to Learn More about Energy and the Environment?” training held on 29 November in Kyiv.
The Energy Charter Secretariat published the 2019 Energy Investment Risk Assessment (EIRA) report. The materials for this report concerning Ukraine were prepared with the assistance from DiXi Group expert Taras Tkachuk. The report was recently presented at a conference in Brussels.
Ex-Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and DiXi Group President Olena Pavlenko were invited to the round table “Reforms and prospects of Ukraine’s energy sector after 2020” held in France.
The experts of the Energy Reforms coalition identified the priority tasks for the implementation of the Association Agreement in the energy and environment sectors. This was discussed during the Briefing “Energy and Environment Reforms: Autumn is Coming”.
The fulfillment of Ukraine’s commitments under the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement was discussed at the press briefing held at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center on 4 July. An assessment of the situation in the energy sector was provided by DiXi Group President Olena Pavlenko.
DIXI Group together with the Reforms Delivery Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine launches the Energy Reform Alphabet Project. Twice a week we will publish our ironic texts, in which we will explain how things work in our energy sector in an understandable and clear language.
The European Union and Ukraine will continue the process of integrating gas and electricity markets by updating Annex 27 of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and ratifying the amendments via a decision of the Ukrainian parliament. This was discussed at a meeting presided by Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Vice Prime Minister for European Integration.
In 2018, Ukraine continued to fulfill its obligations under the Association Agreement in sectors of energy and environment, with the largest delays recorded at the stage of implementation of already adopted decisions. In turn, the year of 2019 bears the risks of further slowdown of reforms as well as arising of security issues, in particular transit of gas and energy supply to districts close to the frontline. Such conclusions were made public by the experts of the coalition “Energy Reforms” within the framework of the presentation of the annual monitoring report for 2018 “Ukraine and the Association Agreement: Endless Repair” on 18 April 2019 at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center.
The representatives of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform have adopted a joint declaration. The document appeared during the first regional meeting, which took place from 3 April to 4 in Lviv. It reflects the common position of the European and Ukrainian Platform members.
A round table "Catch Me If You Can, or Why Do "Active Participants" of Investigative Journalism Go Unpunished?" was devoted to the problem of incomplete journalistic investigations in the energy sector and interaction between investigative journalists and law enforcement agencies authorised to consider anti-corruption cases. The event took place on May 29, 2017 at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.