Dear Colleagues!

Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, with the assistance of The Directorate-General for Rendering Services to Diplomatic Missions, invite you to take part in a round-table discussion for foreign diplomatic missions and the expert community entitled: “On the Path to Ukraine’s EU Membership: A Journey with an Uncertain Future”. The event will take place on 6 November 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:10 p.m., at the Press Centre of the Directorate-General for Rendering Services to Diplomatic Missions, located at: 6A Pyrohova Street, Kyiv.

The following key issues will be discussed during the roundtable:

• 2027 as a year of potential political transformations in Europe: Ukraine’s adaptation strategies
• EU economic and financial support for Ukraine under the proposed EU budget for 2028–2034
• Ukraine’s accession to the EU: the current state of play and realistic prospects
• Defence and defence-industrial cooperation with the EU.

The event will be attended by:

Nadiia KOVAL, Policy Expert at the European Political Institute in Kyiv (EPIK);
Petro OLESHCHUK, Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of Political Science, Ukrainian political scientist;
Veronika MOVCHAN, Research Director at the Institute for Economic Research;
Ivan NAHIRNIAK, Policy Expert at the European Political Institute in Kyiv (EPIK), Candidate of Political Science;
Denys SVIATOKUM, Chair of the Board of the Ukrainian Dual-Use Technology Cluster, Board Member and Chair of the International Cooperation Committee at FRU Defence;
Mykhailo SAMUS, Military and Political Analyst, Director of the New Geopolitics Research Network.

Working language: Ukrainian, with simultaneous interpretation into English.