Opening - welcome

• Ukrainian cultural  
• Jan Kristensen, mayor of Lyngdal municipality
• Chairman Gunn Marit Helgesen, KS
• Dr. Liliya Honcharevych, Chargé d`affaires, the Ukrainian Embassy in Norway

The invitation to solidarity and partnership between Norwegian and Ukrainian municipalities

Elita Cakule, subject manager - international projects, KS

Status and challenges in our city Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine

- Iurii Vilkul, Secretary of Kryvyi Rih City Council - Acting Mayor, Ukraine (interpreted from Ukrainian)

Solidarity and partnership between a Ukrainian and a Norwegian municipality - what is needed to succeed

municipal director Kjell Olav Hæåk and culture director Jan Seland, Lyngdal municipality

Break

Interaction between Ukrainian and Norwegian companies increases value creation for both

- managing director Kjartan Svaland Tveitnes, Norwegian Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce - NUCC

What could a solidarity and partnership agreement mean for the hard-hit Ukrainian cities and municipalities

Lunch

Ukrainian cultural

Short- and long-term opportunities to show solidarity and provide help

- Sissel Knutsen Hegdal, Conservative, Stavanger municipality

What advice may we offer to your municipality from Ukraine House in Norway

- Nina Svetlynska, Ukraine House in Norway

Summary of the conference so far

- Per-Kaare Holdal, s2pU

The government's ability to meet financial needs to show solidarity

-state secretary Eivind Vad Petersson, AP, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Panel debate - participation from political parties and presenters with the opportunity for questions from the participants

End

Ukrainian dinner with cultural elements

(subject to changes in the program)

Download the entire program here (pdf)

Registration form at the bottom of this page.

Read the details of her program

Participation fee: NOK 1,500 per day. Registration can apply for 1 day or both days.

Hotel: We have an agreement with Scandic Solli: NOK 1850 per room per night when booking before 2.8.23. Enter the reservation number 48593367.

Registration deadline 20 August 2023

Registration is binding.

Coffee, tea, mineral water, cakes and lunch: NOK 870.00

Dinner 29 August: Three-course festive dinner includes 2 drinks and entertainment throughout the evening, NOK 500 per person.

Let us know if you want gluten-free/lactose-free food, vegetarian food or other adaptations. Remember to draw attention to this when sending a message.

Opening - welcome

• Ukrainian cultural 
• Jan Kristensen, mayor of Lyngdal municipality
• Dr. Liliya Honcharevych, Chargé d`affaires, the Ukrainian Embassy in Norway

Recognizing the Holodomor as a genocide in the world: a moral duty to the victims and a safeguard against the repetition of crimes

- Andrii Ivanets, researcher of the National Museum of the Holodomor, Kyiv (engelsk)

Genocide must be punished both in the past and present

- Bård Larsen, historian, the liberal think tank Civita

Genocide is not history - it is a crime against humanity

Ninel Svetlynska, Support to the people of Ukraine

Pause

Ukraine culture

No Peace without Freedom, No Justice without Law

- Oleksandra Matvyychuk, head of the Center for Civil Rights and Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2022

Lunch

Ukraine culture

Political recognition of the Holodomor - what is President Zelensky's message and why?

- Dr. Liliya Honcharevych, Chargé d`affaires, the Ukrainian Embassy in Norway

Political recognition of the Holodomor as genocide  

- State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson (AP), Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Panel debate - a responsibility, political recognition of the Holodomor as genocide

- all leaders and political parties in the Norwegian Parliament are invited to participate - debate leader Per-Kaare Holdal

End

(subject to changes in the program)

Download the entire program here (pdf)

Please state whether you wish to attend one or both days, as well as whether you wish to attend the celebratory dinner on 29 August. at 19:00 .

Registration form at the bottom of this page.

Read the details of the program here

Participation fee: NOK 1,500 per day. Registration can apply for 1 day or both days.

Hotel: We have an agreement with Scandic Solli: NOK 1850 per room per night when booking before 2.8.23. Enter the reservation number 48593367.

Registration deadline 20 August 2023

Registration is binding.

Coffee, tea, mineral water, cakes and lunch: NOK 870.00

Dinner 29 August: Three-course festive dinner and entertainment throughout the evening, NOK  per person kr. 500,00

Let us know if you want gluten-free/lactose-free food, vegetarian food or other adaptations. Remember to draw attention to this when registering.