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Dmytro is an economist with 7+ years of professional experience in public policy, strategy development and market research. He is Chairman and CEO at EasyBusiness and an Associate Partner at CIVITTA Ukraine (management consulting company), where he oversees public policy projects, as well as projects for private sector clients in the fields of IT, agriculture & food processing and infrastructure.
Since April 2020, Dmytro is appointed as an Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and consults the Prime Minister regarding the development of Ukraine’s anti-crisis strategy. Dmytro is a Manager of Economic Development Group at Reanimation Package of Reforms, the biggest coalition of civil society organizations in Ukraine.
Furthermore, Dmytro Lyvch manages the activities of the Center for Economic Recovery — an independent think tank aimed at consolidation of efforts of Ukrainian leading think tanks, business, and CSOs to assist the government in overcoming COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis and in development of National Economic Strategy 2030, a comprehensive document, first of its kind in Ukrainian history, that contains clear vision, mission, goals, principles, and initiatives to foster the economic development of Ukraine.
Besides, Dmytro is a Chief Strategy Officer and Board Member at Medics IT, a major Ukrainian eHealth company delivering a cloud-based medical information system for the broad usage. Moreover, Dmytro is a well-known public policy expert with 30+ co-authored policy papers and analytical reports, 50+ published articles and 100+ national TV and radio appearances, focusing on farmland market reform, business climate and investment attractiveness improvement, deregulation and privatization.
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Kyrylo is an expert in public policy, strategy, and SMEs development with over 10 years of experience. Kyrylo is a Vice Chairman at EasyBusiness. His track record includes experience in working with central and local authorities, medium and large business.
Mr. Kryvolap serves as an Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and Chief Operating Officer at the Centre for Economic Recovery since 2020. On this position, he is managing the overall activities of the Centre and was coordinating the development of several government strategic documents, including the Economic Stimulus Program, Audit of Ukrainian Economy, Vectors for Economic Development, National Economic Strategy 2030 (NES 2030), which was officially adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 3rd of March 2020.
Besides, Mr. Kryvolap is an Associate Partner of CIVITTA Ukraine — a leading management consultancy in Central and Easter Europe. He developed strategies for Ukraine’s most innovative projects such as UNIT. City and VDNH.
Kyrylo has experience working in the Ministry of Ecology Natural Resources of Ukraine as Head of Investment Department as well as in other consulting companies including Astarta-Tanit, Veles Capital, SLAV, ASTRON Ukraine. He holds an MBA from Kyiv-Mohyla Business School.
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Antanas Speckauskas is a business-performance improvement professional with 15+ years of experience specializing in digital transformation, process reengineering, and green economy.
Antanas hold the position of adviser at EasyBusiness. During his career, he worked on 200+ performance improvement projects in Europe & Asia. That includes a number of projects in the field of transport, civil security, public healthcare, social services, education, and agriculture.
Antanas has extensive experience working with governmental agencies, international and private organizations. He holds an MSc degree in Economics from Vilnius University and has PRINCE2, EFQM, and Lean Management certificates.
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Kateryna Shapovalenko has 5+ years of experience in public policy and economic analysis. She is now a Project manager at EasyBusiness think tank and Civitta Ukraine where she directly participates in the conduction of economic and policy research, comprehensive studies of the regulatory systems, and assessment of the impact of policy options.
Kateryna has profound experience in capital and commodities market development, market research regarding land reform projects. Also, she participated in the Harvard Policy Institutional Research Program. Kateryna worked on the development of National Economic Strategy 2030 where she managed 5 streams: State Property, Investment Attractiveness, International Economic Policy, Digital Economy, and ICT.
Kateryna received a BSc in International Economics from Kyiv National Economic University and MicroMaster degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Artem Nykonovych is an expert in public policy, regulatory environment and communications. Currently, Artem is Head of the Implementation department at the Centre for Economic Recovery, where he is responsible for facilitating the coordination between the Centre and high-level government officials, contributing to the development, adoption, and implementation of key government strategic documents, namely the Economic Stimulus Program, Audit of Ukrainian Economy, Vectors for Economic Development and National Economic Strategy 2030 (NES 2030). Previously, he was working as a Head of the Communications department in EasyBusiness.
In EasyBusiness Artem has developed the organization’s communication strategy to build a network of media partners both at national and regional levels. He was responsible for communication streams in projects regarding the farmland market and the improvement of Ukraine’s position in Doing Business Ranking.
Prior to his communication activity, he held the position of Head of Tangible Department at an audit firm. In addition, he has been serving as a Head of the Communications Department in SPILNO Project Office under the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine. Mr. Nykonovych received a Specialist Degree in accounting and audit from Mechnikov Odesa National University.
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Vasyl is an expert in public policy and governance with 10 years of experience. His track record includes experience in working with central and local authorities, medium and large businesses, Ukrainian and international NGOs, diplomats, and international organizations. Mr. Babych is a Public Policy Team Leader at the Center for Economic Recovery.
Vasyl contributed to the stakeholder coordination and development of governmental strategic documents, including the National Economic Strategy 2030 for Ukraine, Audit of Ukrainian Economy, Vectors of Economic Development, National Strategy for Barrier-free Environment 2030. As a Board Member and the Deputy Head of Board of the Professional Government Association of Ukraine, Vasyl worked on the public administration reform together with the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the National Agency of Civil Service of Ukraine, Kyiv School of Economics and Stanford University.
As the Head of the International Relations Department at the Reanimation Package of Reforms Coalition, Mr. Babych was the Team Lead on the preparation of 12 policy briefs on reforms and the Toronto Principles — visionary document on the key Ukraine reform priorities for 2019-2023 that was endorsed by the Ukrainian and the Canadian governments at the Ukraine Reform Conference in Toronto.
Mr. Babych is a Co-founder and Supervisory Council Member at the Urban Space 500 — social restaurant, which aims to contribute to the sustainable development of the Kyiv community and support social grassroots projects and initiatives.
He holds a Master of Politics degree from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
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Vadym has 4+ years of experience in public policy and economic analysis. Vadym is working as a Senior Economic Analyst in EasyBusiness and as a Senior Analyst in CIVITTA Ukraine. At these positions, Vadym is mostly engaged in the projects related to public policy, economic reforms, international donors’ activities, as well as market research projects for private clients. In addition,
He is now working as a Public Policy Team Lead in the Centre for Economic Recovery. In this position, Vadym is responsible for coordinating several strategic areas, including Macroeconomic Policy, Agriculture and Food Industry, Tourism and Creative Industries, and Services.
While working in the Centre, Vadym has participated in the development of several governmental strategic documents (including the Economic Stimulus Program, Audit of Ukrainian Economy, Vectors for Economic Development, and National Economic Strategy 2030).
He was collaborating closely with high-level government officials from multiple Ministries and government agencies. Vadym has a Bachelor’s degree from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
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Yaroslav Zhydyk has 4+ years of experience in public policy and economic analysis. He is now working as a Senior Analyst in EasyBusiness and CIVITTA Ukraine.
Yaroslav is also a Public Policy Team Lead in the Centre for Economic Recovery and University Case Club Consultant on the USAID ERA project. Yaroslav majorly focuses on market research and public policy projects regarding the business environment facilitation both from SMEs and large companies.
Mr. Zhydyk has significant experience in the preparation of complex policy documents, including analytical reports, policy proposals, evaluation memos etc. Within the development of the National Economic Strategy 2030, Yaroslav led the analysts’ team on the development of the National Economic Strategy 2030 (4 areas: regional development, entrepreneurship, regulatory environment, and country’s reputation).
Yaroslav holds a Bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship and stock exchange activities from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
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Ivan is a Public policy analyst with wide experience in communication and advocacy campaigns. Ivan has 5+ years of experience in public policy analysis and communications. Currently, he is working as a Senior Analyst in EasyBusiness, CIVITTA Ukraine and as Public Policy Senior Analyst in the Center for economic recovery.
Ivan has profound experience working with service providers for SMEs, various municipal and governmental social and infrastructure service providers. At the Center for economic recovery, Ivan worked on the development of the National Economic Strategy 2030 (NES 2030) focusing on the 3 streams Rule of Law, Cultural Transformation, and Quality of Life. Within Quality of Life, Ivan mainly worked on Education, Culture, and Environment sub-streams.
Development of NES 2030 included performing as-is analysis, development of the initiatives designed to foster the development of streams, communication with experts and governmental representatives in order to validate analysis results, etc.
Ivan finished Erasmus+ Programme (focused on Cultural studies) at the University Viadrina, graduated from the Open University of Reforms, and had a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities from the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. Currently, he is studying at the Public Policy and Governance Master Programme at Kyiv School of Economics.
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Yulia is a public policy professional with 5 years of experience in legal and political affairs. Yuliia joined the Centre for Economic Recovery in August 2021 as a Public Policy Team Lead.
For the last two years Yuliia has served as a Legal and Policy Adviser to a Ukrainian MP, who works as a Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee and a Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to NATO Parliamentary Assembly. In this capacity Yuliia provides advice on draft legislation and on matters of international policy, prepares draft legal documents, policy briefs, manages work streams on international relations of the MP’s office, and performs general coordination of other staff members.
Yuliia also gained experience of legal consulting in the Redcliffe Partners Law Firm where she prepared due diligence reports, as well as conducted legal research and analysis, as well as prepared memoranda and legal opinions. Before that, Yuliia has worked with all three branches of government, interning at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the High Council of Justice. She has also worked as a trainee at the Parliament of Canada.
Yuliia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Odessa Law Academy and a Master’s degree in Law from Kyiv Mohyla Academy.
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Ivan is an expert with 10+ years of experience in the field of European integration, development of state policies, strategies and export consulting. In the EasyBusiness team, he assists in the implementation of public policy projects, in particular in the development and implementation of the National Economic Strategy 2030 and other projects related to the implementation of European integration reforms in Ukraine.
Since July 2020, Ivan is an advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, working on updating the trade and economic parameters of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and its sectoral annexes.
In addition, Ivan is a PhD in political science and a recognized scholar in the field of European integration and research of the European Neighborhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership initiative. In particular, he is the author of more than 20 scientific and analytical articles in this field, which are available at his profile in academia.edu.
Ivan gives lectures at universities in Ukraine and EU member states on the current state of relations between Ukraine and the EU, as well as actively cooperates with European partners in the implementation of joint research projects.
Since 2010, Ivan has also been advising enterprises in the Ivano-Frankivsk region on entering the markets of EU member states.
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Volodymyr is a professional with experience in public policy, market research and analysis, developing forecasts, collaborating with stakeholders, and managing teams of analysts. His track record includes work with international organizations such as UNDP and USAID, think tanks, state institutions, and start-ups.
As the Multiple Sector Team Leader at the Centre for Economic Recovery (an independent analytical centre that consolidates efforts of Ukrainian business and leading think tanks), Volodymyr was working on the Economic Stimulus Program, particularly on the energy sector development, and was leading a team of analysts within the development of the National Economic Strategy 2030 for the following sectors: Energy, Industry, Mining, Transport, and Infrastructure. Alongside Volodymyr was researching the key investment opportunities in the Energy sector of Ukraine and managing the analytical side for other major projects in the energy sector: Introduction of the RAB-regulation for the electricity infrastructure, the causes, and solutions of the debt crisis on the gas market, Top-3 effective initiatives to recover Ukrainian economy through the energy sector.
Volodymyr is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. in Economics at the National Academy of Science of Ukraine.
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Ivanna is a public policy professional with 10+ years of experience including experience in private and public sector consulting, government reforms, law and compliance, agriculture, women empowerment projects, policy analysis, project management & advocacy.
Ivanna has a profound knowledge of government processes. She is experienced in stakeholder management (senior officials, government of Ukraine and local government, parliament, international organizations, NGOs); has a profound track record of collaboration with international donors and public speaking.
Ivanna joined CIVITTA in 2020 as a Senior Analyst, focusing on public sector projects. She also serves as a Head of the Board in the Professional Government Association (Ukrainian network of top international universities’ alumni). Before that, Ivanna was working at World Economic Forum, Ukrainian Agrarian Investments Group, AVIR and “Pravochyn” legal firms.
Ivanna holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Law from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Master of Philosophy from University of Cambridge.
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Oleksandr Kostryba has more than 5 years of experience in the field of quantitative and qualitative analysis, is a Senior Analyst at the Center for Economic Recovery, where he worked on Digital Economy and ICT in the National Economic Strategy of Ukraine 2030, as well as the Digital Audit project of Ukraine. Oleksandr has a master’s degree in political science from Central European University.
Oleksandr has significant experience in the preparation of complex analytical documents, including reports, policy proposals, and evaluation memos. Oleksandr possesses the significant international experience, good communication skills, gained via my experience in journalism, contacts with journalists gained through experience in newsrooms.
All that supported by in-depth education makes Oleksandr a prominent economic and political analyst, who professionally conducts his responsibilities.
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Andriy has over 4 years of professional experience in public policy and market research. He was working as a Senior Economic Analyst at EasyBusiness and Public Policy Analyst at Centre for Economic Recovery, where he directly participated in the conduction of economic and policy research, investigation of the key obstacles and opportunities, growth drivers for various markets.
At the Centre for Economic Recovery, Andriy worked on the development of an Economic stimulus program to overcome the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic. In Civitta and EasyBusiness he mainly focused on the advocacy of land market reform and conduction of market researches and political economy analysis. During his work at KPMG Ukraine and IT-startup Medics, Mr. Diakiv conducted market gaps assessments and the identification of growth factors in the Agribusiness and IT industries.
As a volunteer, Andriy with his team implemented 6 urban, 2 regional, and 2 national-level projects and oversaw the financial unit at the Kyiv department of The Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine. Also, Andriy has participated in the educational program «Open University of Reforms» from the «Reanimation Package of Reforms».
During that program, he was a volunteer — analyst at an NGO, where he was focused on public procurement systems. Mr. Diakiv received a BSc in Economics at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
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Vitaliy is an experienced Policy Analyst with over 5 years of experience in regional development, analytics, strategic planning, accounting, grant management, and operational management of social programs and initiatives.
Currently, he is working as an Analyst at the Centre for Economic Recovery, focusing on regional development, policy interventions development, and inclusiveness and accessibility policy.
Vitaliy has an MA in Economic Analysis from Kyiv School of Economics, Kyiv, Ukraine and Houston University, TX, USA as well as a BA in International Economics from National University «Lviv Polytechnic».
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