Mykola Yakovenko, an intern of DiXi Group think tank, has been enrolled in a PhD program in European Law at the University of Eastern Finland. He will study at the Faculty of Social Science and Business Studies.
Vice-President of DiXi Group think tank Anton Antonenko participated in a meeting with the EU Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli.
On 23 September, Round Table "Key Challenges for New Electricity Market" was held in the premises of committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, during which international, national experts and politicians discussed a model of the electricity market according to the new draft law on the electricity market (No. 4493), which risks participants could face, and which prospects were expected during the transition to the new market model.
Experts think that the key measure for improving the competitive environment in the energy industry will be creation of the system of control of the state assistance by the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine.
Adoption of Draft Law 2966-д "On the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission" will facilitate greater transparency and control over the regulator.
What the new model of the electricity market will be like according to the new draft law on the electricity market (No. 4493), how tariff setting for natural monopolies will change under new conditions, which international experience Ukraine can implement – national and international experts answered all those questions during the round table "Key Challenges for New Electricity Market", which took place on 23 September in the premises of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Round Table "Competition in the Energy Sector as a Tool to Attract Investments to Ukraine"
DiXi Group think tank welcomes a historical decision of the Verkhovna Rada as to strengthening independence of the energy regulator and calls upon ensuring its proper implementation.
On 23 September 2016 from 13:00 to 17:30, the VR Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Safety with the support of the Government of the United Kingdom will conduct a round table "Major Challenges for the New Electricity Market".
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety at its meeting on 7 September approved Draft Law No. 2966-д on the National Commission for State Regulation in the Sphere of Energy and Utility Services.
On July 7, DiXi Group organized a discussion in its office dedicated to the issue of positioning Ukraine on the CIS energy markets, in particular in Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Central Asia.
DiXi Group’s analysts participated in the presentation “Ukraine and the Association Agreement: Monitoring of Implementation in 2014–2016” as independent reviewers of the relevant study.