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«If there is no dialogue, there is no communication, and then there is nothing» – Jan Bielecki with the open lecture at KSE
May 15, 2015
On May 14th Jan Bielecki, Minister for European Integration of Poland paid visit to Kyiv School of Economics. During the meeting with Ukraine’s business community and students of the school Mr.Bielecki discussed political, social and economic difficulties Ukraine is ought to overcome in post-revolution period. “Reforming is an ongoing process, not the one that is done at once,” Mr. Bielecki said.
He also emphasized the importance of continuous dialogue between Ukraine and the EU which should be driving changes in Ukraine. “Ukrainian side is in particularly difficult situation, transition is always a painful process. It’s very difficult to agree on the steps to be undertaken,” Mr.Bielecki said. “Start the dialogue,” he said. Mr. Bielecki also brought up the issue of privatization of state-owned enterprises and shared his views on the ways Ukraine can use Polish experience to reform banking sector, which has large number of insolvencies, in particular. Oshchadbank, state-run saving bank has to be restructured before it can be privatized, Mr. Bielecki said. “Then 30 percent of it can be listed at one stock exchange and maybe 20 percent at other,” he said. “We can let go the banks weak on liability,” he said.