Ukraine's future: a discussion on a just and lasting peace

Gary Klaukka currently serves as Executive Director of the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP), and has experience working in both parliamentary support and political party strengthening programmes worldwide. He worked in UK politics as a political adviser to the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, in local government and for other MPs and peers. Klaukka has also worked as a policy adviser for a Member of the European Parliament. In the democracy support sector, he previoiusly worked for International IDEA in Stockholm, for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in London, for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Myanmar and as Executive Director of Demo Finland in Helsinki.

Sofiia Kostytska is a Chevening Scholar from Ukraine, legal researcher and lawyer specialising in sustainable public finance, public audit, international tax law and crisis management research. With eight years of experience across both private and public sectors, Kostytska has worked at the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine, the Supreme Audit Institution of Ukraine, contributing to high-profile litigation, development of internal regulatory and strategic documents and international cooperation.

Tamara served as the minister for public administration, digital society and media in Montenegro, in which role she advocated for public administration reform, digital transformation and the development of e-government services. Prior to this, Tamara was integral to the launch of the Government of California’s Digital Innovation Office, established to improve the state’s digital services. In this capacity, she led the COVID-19 digital response, the Policy Design Lab and the Inclusive by Design initiative. She is also the Co-Founder and former deputy director of the Office of Innovation at the California Health and Human Services Agency, where she was responsible for driving innovation to provide critical healthcare and social services. She has been involved with a number of organisations and programmes, including Alchemist, CivicMakers, Code for America, New America and most recently, Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA), where she provides support for public administration reform in the Western Balkans.