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Luboš Veselý 02

Luboš Veselý

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Ukraine

Edwin Bendyk 06

Edwin Bendyk

journalist, publicist, head of the Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)

Abel Ravás 11

Abel Ravás

President of the Matías Belá Institute and Advisor to the Minister of Education of the Slovak Republic

András Rácz 12

András Rácz

Deputy Director General for Science and Research at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA)

Armand Goshu 13

Armand Goshu

Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Bucharest

Oleksandr Lyakh 17

Oleksandr Lyakh

Head of the Department of Nationalities and Religions of the Transcarpathian Regional Military Administration

Csilla Fedinec 18

Csilla Fedinec

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Minority Studies at the Center for Social Sciences, Hungary

Serhiy Lysak 20

Serhiy Lysak

Head of the Odesa City Military Administration of the Odesa District, Odesa Region

Félix Dillmann 22

Félix Dillmann

an architect and designer working at the intersection of (post-)crisis reconstruction, circularity, and social design (Basel, Switzerland)

Iryna Ozymok 23

Iryna Ozymok

Local Economic Development Program Director at the Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund

Frans Geradts 30

Frans Geradts

co-founder of Governance and Integrity (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Marianna Kolodiy 37

Marianna Kolodiy

coordinator of the Western Women’s Recovery and Development Hub (SheRebuilds HUB) in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpattia, and Lviv regions, and director of the Gender Center at Uzhhorod University

Myroslava Lendiel 39

Myroslava Lendiel

Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Acting Vice Rector for Research and Teaching at Uzhhorod University

Krzysztof Czyżewski 41

Krzysztof Czyżewski

Polish intellectual, writer, founder of the “Pogranicze” Foundation, and director of the “Pogranicze of Arts, Cultures, and Peoples” Center in Sejny