AGENDA

‘Political Neutrality of the Civil Service: From Theory to Reality’

2009 Profession in Perspective conference

Kyiv, 4-5 September 2009

During the day   Meeting of participants at Boryspil Airport, transportation to the hotel.
                        Hotel location:
                        President Hotel Phone:+38 044 289-19-34
                        12, Hospitalna Street
                        Kyiv, Ukraine +38 044 256-38-55
                        http://www.president-hotel.com.ua/en/virtualtour

18:00                Transfer from the hotel to the welcome reception

18:30 — 20.00   Welcome Reception
                        Location:
                        Building of Offi cial Receptions of the Government
                        22 Hrushevskoho Street, Kyiv, Ukraine

20:15                Transfer from the welcome reception to the hotel

8:15                Departure from the hotel to conference venue

8:30                Registration and Coffee

9:00                Conference opening

                            Tymofiy Motrenko, Head, Main Department of Civil Service of Ukraine

9:05                Welcome address

                       Maryna Stavniychuk, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine
                       Volodymyr Yalovyi, Deputy Head of the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
                       Volodymyr Fedorchuk, Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of the Ministers of Ukraine

9:15                Political Neutrality of the Civil Service: From Theory to Reality

   Keynote Address:
   Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation
   Presentations to Plenary:
   Maria Barrados, President, Public Service Commission of Canada
   Christos Zois, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Interior of Hellenic Republic
   Tymofi y Motrenko, Head, Main Department of Civil Service of Ukraine

9:45                 Plenary discussion

10:05               Key competencies for senior bureaucrats in the 21st century nation-state

                       Sub-theme introduction

                       Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation

10:10               Health Break

10:25               Discussion in small groups
                       Group moderators:
                       Group 1: Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation
                       Group 2: Tymofiy Motrenko, Head, Main Department of Civil Service of Ukraine
                       Group 3: Bryan Andrews, Chief Executive, Public Appointments Service of Ireland

11:25               Groups report to Plenary

11:55               Plenary discussion

12:10               Drivers and trends impacting on the balance between bureaucratic neutrality and                        political responsiveness in civil services

                       Sub-theme introduction
                       Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation

12:15               Buffet-lunch

                       Location: Open terrace at the Club of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

13:15               Discussion in small groups
                       Group moderators:
                       Group 1: Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation
                       Group 2: Tymofiy Motrenko, Head, Main Department of Civil Service of Ukraine
                       Group 3: Bryan Andrews, Chief Executive, Public Appointments Service of Ireland

14:15               Groups report to Plenary

14:45               Plenary discussion

15:00               Group photo
                        Location: Entrance Foyer, Club of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

15:15               Transfer from the conference venue to the Riverside station

15:45               Riverboat tour on the Dnipro river

17:00               Transfer from the Riverside station to the open-air reception venue

18:00               Open-air reception

                       Location: National Museum of Folk Architecture (Pyrohiv Village)

12:30               Return to hotel

8:15                  Departure from the hotel to conference venue

8:30                 Coffee

9:00                 The administrative-political interface and its implications for the accountability of senior bureaucrats
Sub-theme introduction
Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation

9:05                 Discussion in small groups

                        Group moderators:
Group 1: Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation
Group 2: Tymofiy Motrenko, Head, Main Department of Civil
Service of Ukraine
Group 3: Bryan Andrews, Chief Executive, Public Appointments
Service of Ireland

10:00                Groups report to Plenary

10:30                Closing Remarks and Wrap up of the Conference

                        Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation
Maria Barrados, President, Public Service Commission of Canada
Bryan Andrews, Chief Executive, Public Appointments Service of Ireland
Tymofi y Motrenko, Head, Main Department of Civil Service of Ukraine

10:50                Buff et-lunch
Location: Conference Hall

11:30                Departure from conference venue to St. Sophia Cathedral

11:45                Guided tour of St. Sophia Cathedral

13:45                Departure from St. Sophia Cathedral to the hotel / airport