The world economic crisis will not substantially impact Ukraine and
economies of the neighboring countries. So predicted director of
Petersen Institute of International Economy (Sweden) Fred Bergstein in
his speech on the 4th Davos Ukrainian Luncheon, organized by the Victor
Pinchuk Foundation and EastOne Company.
Davos Philanthropic Roundtable organized by the Victor Pinchuk
Foundation closed its work in Davos, Switzerland. Participants thereof
discussed a new, accountable to society philanthropic model allowing to
achieve long-term measurable results.
On October 24, 2007, as part of the KSE Public Lectures project hosted by the Kyiv School of Economics, Colin Powell, the 65th US Secretary of State gave a press briefing and a lecture "Democracy and Global World Challenges".
PinchukArtCentre celebrates its second year by opening REFLECTION exhibition, which showcases the newest acquisitions from PinchukArtCentre's collection.
As part of the joint charitable initiative Ukraine Relief Fund, founded by Victor and Elena Pinchuk and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Eric and Wendy Schmidt and Schmidt Futures, Robert F. Smith and Vista Equity Partners, the Minderoo Foundation (Andrew and Nicola Forrest), Bill Ford, and the General Atlantic Foundation, two portable ventilators with a total value of 1,654,500 UAH were purchased and installed in the MOAS-Ukraine Foundation’s emergency response vehicles.
The Victor Pinchuk Foundation covered the cost of repairing medical equipment and components for the neonatal intensive care unit at the perinatal center of the Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital. Specifically, six open resuscitation systems with automatic regulation were repaired. The total cost of the repairs and components amounted to 141,013 UAH.
The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) “Peace Through Strength NOW!” was held on 11-12 September in Kyiv. 700 leading politicians, diplomats, businessmen, servicemen of the armed forces of Ukraine, veterans, civil activists, and experts from 28 countries took part in the conference organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.