President of the DiXi Group Olena Pavlenko attended a hearing Association Agreements, Beyond Rhetoric at the European Parliament dedicated to the progress of implementing Association Agreements in Ukraine and Moldova. Among other things, such topics as energy, combating corruption, cross-border cooperation, political dialog, and human rights were discussed during the Ukrainian panel.
The second Ukrainian report according to the standards of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) will be much more detailed than the first one. In particular, it covers a number of additional industries, namely production of coal, iron, titanium and manganese ores. That was mentioned by Roman Nitsovych, the Project Manager of DiXi Group Think Tank, at the Extractive Industries Transparency for Improving the Quality of Life of Communities Conference held on February 13 in Lviv.
A Regular "Energy Breakfast" which took place on February 10 at the initiative of the DiXi Group Think Tank brought together representatives of the three Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine – on Fuel and Energy Complex, on Urban Development, Housing and Utility Services, and on European Integration, Johannes Baur, a representative of the Support Group for Ukraine, European Commission, and leading public experts. The goal of the latest informal meeting was to determine the main short-term goals for the implementation of European legislation in the field of energy. Olena Pavlenko, President of DiXi Group, acted as the moderator of the discussions.
On Wednesday, January 18, at a joint meeting of the Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety and the Board of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, a public discussion of the draft Energy Strategy of Ukraine until 2035 was held involving experts and representatives of trade unions. The basic version of the document was created due to cooperation between the National Institute for Strategic Studies and the Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies named after O. Razumkov.
At the briefing that took place on December 23, 2016, experts listed the major "achievements" and "failures" of the Ukrainian implementation of European reforms in the energy sector and environmental issues as of the end of the year and outlined the priority tasks for the sector for 2017.
Creation of the gas hub in Ukraine plays an important role in achieving gas supply diversification and liberalization of Ukrainian gas market. Gas hubs concentrate large quantity of gas supply that assures long-term energy security for the country, as well as gas-on-gas competition, which pushes the prices down. Gas hub will furthermore contribute to the improvement of overall business environment in Ukraine and to further Ukrainian integration into the European Union.
President of the DiXi Group Think Tank Olena Pavlenko and Program Manager Roman Nitsovych took part in the 5th Forum of Civil Society Organizations Development.
Transparent Energy Project - the Initiative for Counteracting Corruption and Improving Fiscal Transparency in the Energy Sector of Ukraine ("Transparent Energy") - aims to fight corruption and improve financial transparency in Ukraine's energy sector.
The second draft report of the EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) was approved at the ordinary meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG), held on November 15.
On 17 October, DiXi Group think tank initiated a round table to discuss the draft law "On Disclosure of Information in Extractive Industries" (registration No. 4840).
On 17 October 2016 from 14:00 to 16:00, a round table on the draft law "On Disclosure of Information in Extractive Industries" will take place.
DiXi Group junior analyst Mariia Melnyk participated in the 12th Eurasian regional meeting of the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalition. The event took place on 27-30 September in Lviv, where eight countries of the Eurasian region were represented.