Rebuilding Ukraine
Ukraine is defending its independence by paying the price in blood and suffering huge material losses. At the moment, the number one objective is to defeat the Russian aggressor.
This is an indispensable condition for embarking on the full-scale reconstruction of the country from the devastation of war, which will be a colossal undertaking. Even today, however, despite the uncertain future, it is necessary to start identifying the most important challenges, the strengths and weaknesses of the Polish presence, the potential difficulties, and the scale of opportunities facing Poland and Polish companies. This is what we will be discussing during a panel co-organised by the Mieroszewski Centre as part of the Warsaw East European Conference - Rebuilding Ukraine.Key Challenges for the War and Post-War.
The discussion will be attended by:
- Michał Kacewicz - publicist and journalist of the Belsat portal. Author of four books on the events of Euromaidan and the war in Donbass in Ukraine, as well as biographies of Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko.
- Daniel Szeligowski - coordinator of the Eastern Europe Programme at PISM. His research interests focus on Ukrainian affairs: the political and economic situation of Ukraine, its foreign and security policy, prospects for post-war reconstruction, Polish-Ukrainian relations and the question of Ukraine's integration into the European Union and NATO.
- Anna Maria Wierzbicka - academic lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology. She is involved in the Polish Modular Refugee Settlement Project in cooperation with the Lviv Polytechnic University and Professor Yuriy Kryvoruchko's team.
- Ernest Wyciszkiewicz - PhD in political science, director of the Mieroszewski Centre. Previously Head of International Economy and Energy Security Programme and Senior Research Fellow at PISM.
- Marek Ziółkowski - in 1991 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Worked at the Consulate General and later the Polish Embassy in Minsk. He served as ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Ukraine.
The Warsaw East European Conference (WEEC) is one of the most important events dedicated to the region of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia held in Warsaw. During the several-day conference, WEEC speakers and listeners present the most important current and historical issues related to the East.
WEEC is the region's largest conference on Eastern issues.
WEEC speakers are world-renowned experts on the region, academics, politicians, diplomats and journalists. Every year, WEEC hosts representatives from almost all former Eastern Bloc countries, Western Europe, the United States and Asian countries. Among those who have participated in the WEEC are: Lech Wałęsa, Vladimir Bukowski, Zbigniew Kruszewski, Valdas Adamkus, Andrew Michta, Leszek Balcerowicz, Matthew Bryza, Daniel Fried, Leonid Kravchuk, Mikheil Saakashvili, Gennadiy Burbulis, Viktor Yushchenko.
