News for 2016 en - page 7

Mrs. Olena Pavlenko, President of DiXi Group think tank, participated in the meeting of the Ukrainian side of the EU–Ukraine Civil Society Platform with Mrs. Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, and other representatives of the Government and the Parliament who discussed the progress in the implementation of the Association Agreement and cooperation between the parties.

More and more countries all over the world join the extractive industries transparency initiative. Thus, one of the world’s largest markets — U.S. — has at last implemented the country-by-country reporting provisions set by the Dodd-Frank Act back six years ago.

President of DiXi Group think tank Olena Pavlenko participated in the discussion of “Reforms in Ukraine and Drives thereof: What’s the Most Effective Way to Organize Cooperation between Public Authorities and NGOs?” that was organized by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Think Tank Fund.

The Parliament Committee on Environmental Policy, Nature Resources Utilization and Elimination of the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe recommended to adopt the draft Law “On Disclosure of Information in Extractive Industries” in the first reading.

“There are undertakings in Ukraine that are ready for openness and fair play. And there are others that apparently have things to conceal. We will definitely support those companies that are ready to disclose information about them”, said DiXi Group’s President Mrs. Olena Pavlenko during the discussion that took place in the office of Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.

DiXi Group think tank was mentioned among successful cases in the report “Independent think tanks and government: Partners in promoting reforms or two parallel worlds?”.

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.

The Parliament Committee on Environmental Policy, Nature Resources Utilization and Elimination of the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe recommended MPs to adopt the draft Law No. 4840 “On Disclosure of Information in Extractive Industries” in the first reading.