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On 15 June 2016 at 10 a.m., debates “Coal Mines in Ukraine: Invest or Close?” took place in the office of Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.

DiXi Group think tank’s team passed the Intellectual Quest training program. DiXi’s representatives left the city for one day to take part in an exciting adventure. DiXi Group’s analysts had to try themselves in constructing a flotation device, cross a river using rope hand lines and do many other unusual things.

DiXi Group think tank, the Reanimation Package of Reforms and Stronger Together initiative prepared a petition to the Parliament on the need to adopt the key EU integration Law No. 2966-д “On the National Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Commission” as soon as possible.

On May 30, debates “Decarbonizing electricity generation in Ukraine. Alternatives: nuclear or “green” energy” took place in the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Analysts of DiXi Group took part in the Summer School on Regulation of Energy Utilities (Florence School of Regulation) with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation.

“DiXi Group” think tank and “Stronger together” Initiative published an appeal to the EU Delegation to Ukraine, the Energy Community Secretariat, the European Commission Support Group for Ukraine and the World Bank asking to emphasize the importance of adopting the law on the National Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (reg. No. 2966-д).

DiXi Group think tank announces a tendering procedure for organizing a training on visual storytelling for a team of around 10 persons.

Mr. Anton Antonenko, Vice-President of DiXi Group think tank, will take part in the discussion “Energy reform: what did Groysman’s Government miss?”. The event will take place on 25 May at 15:30 in the office of Ukraine Crisis Media Centre (2 Khreshchatyk, Kyiv).

2016 will see the breakthrough and modernization of Ukraine’s “green” energy. This opinion was expressed during the roundtable dedicated to the progress in the implementation of the National Renewable Energy Action Plan.

DiXi Group think tank was presented in the 8th expo presentation Information Fair 2016. This is an annual event for organizations providing technical, analytical and consulting support to the Parliament of Ukraine.

The Secretariat of the Energy Community has assessed the proposed Naftogaz unbundling plan submitted by the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry and offered its recommendations to improve the document.

On May 10, DiXi Group experts presented a policy brief “Ukraine’s Gas Sector Reform: A Future Win-Win for Ukraine and Europe” in Berlin.

DiXi Group think tank conduced a SWOT-analysis of the two Naftogaz unbundling models proposed by the Ministry of Energy and Coat Industry and Naftogaz itself.

The first meeting of the Supervisory Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC was schedules for early May. This was announced by Yuliia Kovaliv, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, on the Energy Day within the framework of the Structural Reforms Week organized by Kakha Bendukidze Free Market Centre.

DiXi Group think tank announces a tendering procedure for providing services of a legal consultant in improving the draft Law “On the Electricity Market”.

Ukraine has a chance to become an important element of the energy security and a no less important energy market player in Europe. This was stated by participants in the energy panel of the Euro-Atlantic Forum for Leadership and Solidarity that took place in Kyiv on April 19.

The EU Member States might be legally bound to share gas with the neighbouring countries in case of force majeure. This proposal, and the intention to further make it a binding requirement for all country members of the Energy Community, was presented by Oliver Koch, DG Energy, during the 4th Vienna Forum on European Energy Law.

Anton Antonenko, Vice-President of DiXi Group think tank, attended the Eastern Partnership Energy Regulatory Bodies. The event took place in Vilnius. Apart from representatives of regulatory bodies, the participants of the workshop included officials of Energy Ministries of the Eastern Partnership countries and EU Member States, such as Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lithuania, Germany and Austria.

New government has to keep the policy of increasing energy security and competition, including strengthening of sectoral industries’ transparency. Only in this case the international and Ukrainian experts, politicians and the Ukrainian society will take the side of ministries. Neither corruption schemes, nor political manipulations could be acceptable today, when the country remains in the situation of external aggression and economic challenges.