THE PRODUCTION INDUSTRY IN UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA: SHARING EXPERIENCE AND DISCOVERING OPPORTUNITIES TO COOPERATE IN AN EVOLVING LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT

The Ukrainian-Moldovan Roundtable Discussion – a special public event in the course of KYIV MEDIA WEEK 2017 dedicated to Ukrainian-Moldovan cooperation in media. The project was organized with the support of the Embassy of the United States in Moldova.

Key representatives of the media industry and state authorities from Moldova and Ukraine participated in a roundtable discussion during KMW on September 19 in order to share experience and discuss opportunities for cooperation between the countries, including coproduction opportunities, content distribution, and common educational programs.

The discussion was moderated by Artem Vakalyuk, Head of Analytical Department of Media Resources Management (Ukraine).

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PROGRAM:

14:30–15:00	WELCOME COFFEE AND REGISTRATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS LONDON Conference Hall
15:00–16:30	ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION LONDON Conference Hall
16:30–18:00	COCKTAIL RECEPTION FOR ALL GUESTS OF THE EVENT Main Hall of Hyatt Regency Kyiv Conference Area

"The Embassy of the United States in Moldova is proud to sponsor this special focus on Moldovan media during Kyiv Media Week as an opportunity to connect Moldovan media companies and production studios with collaborative opportunities in the region. We aim to help our Moldovan partners in media, civil society, and the government to increase foreign investment in the media sector as the changing regulatory environment creates new opportunities in the market", – comments Joseph Tordella, Public Affairs Officer, Embassy of the United States in Moldova.

During the roundtable event Ukrainian and Moldovan experts discussed the following issues:

state of the Ukrainian and Moldovan media landscape
the impact of new media regulations for creating market opportunities
finding crossroads: discovering opportunities for cooperation among media outlets, production studios, and at the national level

Speakers

From Moldova
	1. Dragos Vicol, Head of the Audiovisual Coordinating Council 2. Valeriu Jereghi, Head of the National Film Center 3. Virgiliu Margineanu, Head of the Union of Filmmakers 4. Dorin Pavelescu, Director of CasaMedia 5. Olga Bordeianu, President of public broadcaster Teleradio Moldova (TRM)

From Ukraine
	1. Sergey Sozanovsky, Founder of FILM.UA Group 2. Olga Zakharova, Director for Strategic Marketing, Media Group Ukraine 3. Yuriy Artemenko, Head of National Council of Ukraine on TV and Radio Broadcasting 4. Pylyp Illienko, Head of State Film Agency of Ukraine 5. Victoria Yarmoshchuk, Executive Director of Ukrainian Motion Picture Association

The Ukrainian-Moldovan roundtable discussion was held on September 19, 2017 at Hyatt Regency Kyiv (Ukraine).