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2009-02-26

BRAAC Director reported at International Conference on Pension System Reform in Ukraine

Kyiv, 26 February 2009 – Mr. Marcin Swiecicki, BRAAC Director, participated in a high profile International Conference on Pension System Reform in Ukraine arranged by a leading Ukrainian business news-paper “Kommersant - Ukraine”. The aim of the Conference was to support the debate on state-of-art of Ukraine’s pension system and discuss the perspectives for its further reform. Mr. Swiecicki took the floor to address the issue of the retirement age in Ukraine, and explain why is it necessary to raise the retirement age.

The rationale for the reform has been highlighted in the presentation “Necessity of pension reform in Ukraine. Raising the retirement age”.

Earlier, in 2008, the Blue Ribbon Analytical and Advisory centre published the brochure “Pension Reform: A Challenge for Ukraine” and hold a series of follow-up seminars and conference on key aspects and models of pension reform. The publication was presented to high level officials, experts, journalists and broad public in Volyn region at the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee for Pensioners, Veterans and People with Disabilities,jointly with the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine, Pension Fund of Ukraine, at the events in Odessa, Kyiv, Lviv, Donetsk and Sumy, as well as at various round tables and conferences of employers and of trade unions.

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