After careful analysis, the Board of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA has awarded Ukrainian entrepreneur and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk -- Founder of EastOne Group and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation -- with the "Palazzo Strozzi Renaissance Man of the Year Award 2014.”
On April 1-2, the Board of YES (Yalta European Strategy) has visited Kyiv.
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk was presented with the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Award – 2014 for his work in fostering Ukrainian-Jewish relations and advancing his homeland’s European aspirations.
Russia is seeking to restore the superpower that the Soviet Union used to be, and the politicians in Europe and in the USA should know about that, this is the message shared by Alexander Kwasniewski, Polish President (1995-2005), chairman of the board of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) when closing the 11th YES Annual Meeting in Kyiv.
The citizens of Ukraine have to unite in the fight against corruption in the state, since they can’t overcome this phenomenon severally, stated Tomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. State Department at the session “Fight Corruption, Introduce the Rule of Law: Finally Walk theWalk” at 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on
Saturday in Kyiv.
The new Parliament of Ukraine will have to use the pause in the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donbas to raise foreign investment, to fight against corruption and to modernize the army, stated Yuriy Lutsenko, Advisor to the President of Ukraine – Head of the “Bloc of Petro Poroshenko” Party at the session “Parliamentary Elections: Breakthrough or Entrenchment of the Old?” at 11th annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.
Decentralization as it is does not create peace, but it can be applied to address various conflicts, stated Yves Leterme, Prime Minister of Belgium (2009-2011), Secretary General of International IDEA, at the session “Strength via Decentralization” at 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.
The three things are requisite for reconciliation – to have enough strength, a reference system to move forward and leadership skills, stated Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the UK (1997 – 2007), during the working lunch “Towards Reconciliation” at 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.