Since the forum was founded in 2004, more than 350 global leaders in politics, business, society and media from over 20 countries have gathered at the YES Annual Meeting to discuss the role of Ukraine within wider Europe and the world. For the first time in its history, the YES Annual Meeting will take place in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. In past years, the forum was held at its traditional venue, the Livadia Palace in Yalta, Crimea, which was annexed by Russia from Ukraine last March.
The 11th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting entitled “New Ukraine, New Europe, New World: Building and Defending,” today announced the addition of several global thought leaders who will be participating in the forum.
The 11th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting announced today that José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Portugal (2002-2004), will be a featured speaker at the forum. YES, the leading public diplomacy platform in Eastern Europe to develop strategies for Ukraine and Wider Europe and promote Ukraine’s European integration holds its 11th Annual Meeting under the title "New Ukraine, New Europe, New World - Building and Defending."
The 11th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting entitled “New Ukraine, New Europe, New World: Building and Defending,” will take place in Kyiv, Ukraine from September 11-13, 2014.
The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the Yalta European Strategy (YES) announce an open competition for Ukrainian students of 3-6 courses to participate in the 11th YES Annual Meeting to be held in Kyiv on September 11-13, 2014.
The Yalta European Strategy (YES) Board on July 23, 2014 met in Brussels with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle and Deputy General Secretary of the European External Action Service Helga Schmid.
Chairman of the Board of Yalta European Strategy, President of Poland (1995–2005) Aleksander Kwasniewski announced Kyiv as the venue of the 11th Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES).
On Maidan, flowers and candles have replaced the cobblestones and barricades. They honor the heroes who fell one week ago for Ukraine. But new challenges are here for Ukraine, as well as for European Union and Russia, together.
Chairman of the Board of Yalta European Strategy Aleksander Kwasniewski is at the top of the annual ranking of "Top 10 Ukraine lobbyists in the world".