World Economic Forum Expert Group Assists Ukraine

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World Economic Forum Expert Group Assists

Ukraine

PR Newswire

KYIV, Ukraine, June 6, 2012

KYIV, Ukraine

,

June 6, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Global Agenda Council on

Ukraine

was launched at the

World Economic Forum (WEF) on the

Middle East

,

North Africa

and Eurasia (

Istanbul, Turkey

,

June 4-6,

2012

). The Council was initiated as a result of the

meeting between Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder

and Executive Chairman of the WEF, and Viktor

Yanukovych, President of

Ukraine

. The WEF Council

will generate ideas to further social, political, and

economic progress in

Ukraine

.

Among other topics, the Council will concentrate on democracy, human rights

and energy security issues as well as

Ukraine's

position in

Europe

. The experts

will also examine the progress of the state's economic reforms and its social

sector.

The Council will include government, business, academia and civil society

experts who will address global, political, economic and social positioning of the

country. The Executive Chairman of the WEF will personally appoint all the

members of the expert group on

Ukraine

. It is planned that the Council will

operate within the Network of Global Agenda Councils (an expert body of over

1,200 members, who monitor key trends and develop recommendations for

problem-solving).

The President of

Ukraine

visited the WEF following the invitation of the head of

the Turkish government Prime Minister Erdoğan. Viktor Yanukovych

participated in the Future of European Integration summit session dedicated to

political and economic aspects of the EU development. The president

addressed an issue of European perspective of

Ukraine

and noted that both

Europe

and

Russia

would benefit from cooperation with

Ukraine

. He also

discussed the possibility of holding the next Regional Summit of the World

Economic Forum in

Ukraine

.

The heads of state and government of Eurasia, the

Middle East

and

North

Africa

, heads of international organizations, among them - the IMF, World Bank,

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, EBRD, the

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), NATO, OSCE

participated in the Summit.

The World Economic Forum on the

Middle East

,

North Africa

and Eurasia

opened on

June 4

under the theme Bridging Regions in Transformation. The

Summit brought together more than 1,000 leaders from business, government,

academia and civil society representing over 70 nations. Eurozone crisis,

Syria

,

youth unemployment and the aftermath of the Arab Spring topped the agenda.