The Gorshenin Institute is an independent, non-profit analytical and research centre studying social and political processes in Ukraine, Europe and across the world. The Gorshenin Institute holds regular events aimed at providing a platform for broad expert discussions on the topical political, social and economic, cultural and other issues of concern to our society. In February 2013, the Gorshenin Institute organized the National Expert Forum "Ukraine 2013. Forecast". The National Expert Forum is a communication platform for Ukrainian and international politicians, government officials, members of parliament, experts, pundits, diplomats and public activists. The goal of the forum is to discuss prospects for Ukraine's development. The range of issues on the expert agenda covers Ukrainian politics, economy, civil society, economic and energy security, geopolitical developments and the country's role in the global world. Over 400 participants attended the Expert Forum in February. It was broadly covered by Ukrainian mass media. You can find a more detailed report about the February 2013 National Expert Forum here http://institute.gorshenin.ua/news/985. Extensive feedback provided by the forum participants and mass media suggests that there is a need in Ukraine for regular expert analysis of ongoing processes as well as for search for development strategies. Therefore the Gorshenin Institute made a decision to hold panel discussions within the framework of the Expert Forum on a quarterly basis. Given the high profile of your organization, we would like to invite you to cooperate and partner us with us in holding the next stage of the National Expert Forum scheduled for May 2013. We will be happy to answer any queries you might have with regard to the forum.

1. NATIONAL EXPERT FORUM
30 May 2013, Kiev

2. NATIONAL EXPERT FORUM "UKRAINE 2013.
SITUATION ASSESSMENT"
The national expert forum "UKRAINE 2013. SITUATION ASSESSMENT" will be held on 30
May 2013. It is a platform for discussion among the most reputable Ukrainian, Russian
and European experts on the most important political and economic issues on the
country's agenda.
The forum is organized as panel discussions on three topics:
• Political forecast
• Economy, infrastructure and regional development
• International relations
The Economy, Infrastructure and Regional Development panel will be extended to
include the presentations of infrastructure projects and EUROBASKET 2015.

3. WHO WILL ATTEND
Invited are Target audience
 Representatives of the Cabinet of  Government/regulators
Ministers  Banks and financial institutions
 Members of parliament  Business community
 Politicians  Investors
 Pundits  Experts/consultants
 Experts on economic issues, finance and  Rating agencies
infrastructure  Journalists
 NGOs

4. MEDIA PARTNERS
The following media outlets have already confirmed their partnership in covering the
event:
Negotiations are underway with Ukrainian Media Holding and StarLightMedia.
The Golf in Ukraine magazine is a special media partner of the project.
*The February expert forum was covered by over 100 media outlets, including UNIAN,
Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrinform, LB.ua, Korrespondent, Focus, RBK-Ukraine, Liga Business
Inform, Ukrayinska Pravda, Kommentarii, RIA Novosti, Zerkalo Nedeli, Delo, Obozrevatel,
Ekonomicheskiye Izvestiya, Dengi, Segodnya and many other.

5. SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE
MAIN PROPOSAL FOR PARTNER
 Three free tickets for Partner's representatives
 Partner's logo on handouts
 Partner's logo used in the branding of the event
 Brand wall / opportunity to have a logo-branded booth (the format and size of a booth to be
agreed separately)
 Partner's logo is mentioned on the Sponsors page of the expert forum
 Partner is mentioned in the news coverage of the event on the LB.ua web portal
 Commentaries by Partner's top managers are posted in the news feed on the LB.ua web portal in
the wake of the forum
 Partner's logo on the banner ads of the forum

6. COST OF SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE
The base price is 32,000 hryvnyas.
Additional options are available for the general partner of the expert forum at extra charge to
be discussed separately.

7. REPORT ON THE PREVIOUS FORUM
"UKRAINE 2013. FORECAST"
Kiev, 6-11 February 2013
Over 400 participants attended the NATIONAL EXPERT FORUM over two days. Among them are leading Ukrainian,
Russian and European experts, politicians, businessmen, diplomats, NGO representatives and journalists.

8. ONLINE BROADCAST
The Internet portal LB.ua, the news partner of the forum, arranged a live web broadcast of the event, thus allowing
over 1,000 web users from all over the world to watch the discussion.
The working languages of the forum were Ukrainian, Russian and English.

9. "UKRAINE 2013. POLITICAL FORECAST"
The NATIONAL EXPERT FORUM was organised as panel discussions.
It started with the "UKRAINE 2013. POLITICAL FORECAST" panel discussion which included the following speakers:
Vadym Omelchenko, president of the Gorshenin Institute; Valeriy Chalyy, deputy director-general of the Razumkov
Centre; Volodymyr Chemerys, public and political activist; and Dmytro Vydrin, political analyst.
The discussion was moderated by Marcin Wojciechowski, vice-president of International Solidarity Fund and well-
known Polish journalist.

10. "UKRAINE 2013. ECONOMY. INFRASTRUCTURE.
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT"
The panel discussion "UKRAINE 2013. ECONOMY. INFRASTRUCTURE. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT" featured Petro
Poroshenko, former minister of economy and MP; Anatoliy Hirshfeld, MP and honorary president of the UPEC
company; Roman Shpek, member of the board of the National Bank of Ukraine; and Oleh Ustenko, executive
director of The Bleyzer Foundation.
The discussion was moderated by the editor in chief of the Kommersant Ukraina daily, Valeriy Kalnysh.

11. "UKRAINE 2013. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS"
Participants in the panel discussion "UKRAINE 2013. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS" included Volodymyr Ohryzko, former
Foreign Minister; Arnoldas Pranckevicius, external policies adviser to the European Parliament president; Andrey
Klimov, member of the Russian Federation Council and Eurasian Dialogue coordinator; and Oleh Rybachuk former
head of ex-President Viktor Yushchenko's administration.
This international discussion was moderated by LB.ua editor in chief Sonya Koshkina.

12. MEDIA COVERAGE
The forum was covered by over 100 mass media outlets, including UNIAN, Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrinform, LB.ua,
Korrespondent, Focus, RBC-Ukraine, Liga Business Inform, Ukrayinska Pravda, Kommentarii, RIA Novosti, Zerkalo
Nedeli, Delo, Obozrevatel, Ekonomicheskiye Izvestiya, Dengi, Segodnya and many others.

13. NATIONAL EXPERT FORUM
Inspired by high interest in the National Expert Forum displayed by experts, the organizers decided to hold additional
discussions at the international and national levels in 2013. The next event is expected to be held in late May 2013.
This expert discussion will focus on the political, financial and economic situation in Ukraine, energy security,
geopolitical scenarios and the country's role in the global world, and the problems of Ukrainian civil society.

14. NATIONAL EXPERT FORUM
SOCIAL MEDIA
Following the success of the expert forum, the Gorshenin Institute decided to set up a permanent platform for expert
discussion on Facebook

15. CONTACTS
Project manager
National Expert Forum:
OLEKSANDR CHUB
Tel: 067 565 7448
alexandr.chub@gorshenin.ua
Gorshenin Institute
18b, Mala Zhytomyrska Street, Ukraine 01001
Tel: +38 044 230 49 62
Fax: +38 044 230 49 66
Website: http://institute.gorshenin.ua
E-mail: info@gorshenin.ua