2nd Mental Health Forum
in a series Moving Towards Mental Health System & Services of the Future

HUMAN RESILIENCESYSTEM RESILIENCE

26–28 November 2024, Kyiv

Agenda

Time (GMT+2)

Topic

Hall

8:00 — 10:00

Registration

Main Hall

10:00 — 11:00

Opening & Welcoming

Main Hall

11:00 — 13:15

Panel discussion: Health Sector

Panel moderator:
• Viktor Liashko, Minister of Health of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Oleksandr Prokopchuk, director of the Primary Healthcare Center, Zolotonosha (Cherkasy Oblast), family doctor
• Oleksii Vlasov, director general of the Regional Medical Center for Family Health, Dnipro
• Tetiana Holovko, acting director of the Regional Clinical Specialised Hospital of the Sumy Oblast Council
• Andrii Burachyk, director of the Rivne Oblast Hospital for War Veterans
• Yurii Kuchyn, rector of the Bogomolets National Medical University

Main Hall

11:00 — 13:15

Panel discussion: Sector of Veteran Policy

Speaker:
• Natalia Kalmykova, Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine

Main Hall

11:00 — 13:15

Panel discussion: Education Sector

Panel moderator:
• Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Liudmyla Kostiukevych, teacher, deputy director of the preschool educational institution of the first level - gymnasium № 56, Kherson
• Svitlana Pokynboroda, practical psychologist and social pedagogue at Myrhorod Gymnasium №3 (Poltava region)
• Viktor Yevdokymov, rector of the State University “Zhytomyr Polytechnic”
• Valeriia Palii, vice president of the National Psychological Association, Academic Director of Psychology Programmes at the Kyiv School of Economics
• Nataliia Mas, head of the Department of Military Psychology and Pedagogy at the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Main Hall

13:15 — 14:15

Lunch and Networking

14:15 — 16:40

Panel discussion: Social Protection Sector

Panel moderator:
• Oksana Zholnovych, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Olena Khomych, head of the NGO “Integration Center”, social manager of the Resilience Center of the Rivne Territorial Hromada
• Svitlana Knyha, Deputy Mayor of Bakhmach, Chernihiv Oblast
• Iryna Roshkovych, deputy director of the Zakarpattia Oblast Center for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities
• Valentyna Voitkova, director of the Department of Social Policy of Vinnytsia City Council
• Oksana Boiko, head of the Volodymyr Poltavets School of Social Work, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Main Hall

14:15 — 16:40

Presentation: Security Sector

Speaker:
• Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Main Hall

14:15 — 16:40

Panel discussion: Informal Services in the Communities

Panel moderator:
• Oksana Zbitnieva, head of the Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Valentyna Zhyvotovska, director of Kirovohrad Regional Universal Scientific Library named after D.I. Chyzhevskyi, Kropyvnytskyi
• Valentyna Vitos, director of the Odesa Regional Center of Ukrainian Culture
• Petro Avramenko, director of the Zhytomyr Academic Music and Drama Theatre named after Ivan Kocherha, Honoured Artist of Ukraine
• Yevheniia Antoniuk, head of the Department of Culture, Nationalities and Religions of Irpin City Council
• Heorhiy Pachkoria, director of the Kyiv Chamber Theatre “Malanka”

Main Hall

16:40 — 17:15

Summary presentation

Speakers:
• Oksana Zbitnieva, head of the Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• Fahmy Hanna, Technical Officer at WHO Headquarters, Co-Chair of the IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings

Main Hall

17:15

Summary and closure of the day
Briefing on the Day 2 and Day 3

Main Hall

17:30

Dinner

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Time (GMT+2)

Topic

Hall

10:00 — 11:30

Community Mental Health Centres (CMHCs): An emerging service model in Ukraine

Moderators:
• Alisa Ladyk-Bryzghalova Mental Health Programme Lead, WHO Country Office in Ukraine
• Iryna Mykychak project development director, Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Oleh Chaban director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Mental Health of the Bogomolets National Medical University
• Anna Koba psychiatrist of the community mental health team, Ivano-Frankivsk
• Oleksii Skrypachenko service user of the community mental health team, Vinnytsia
• Lesia Ivanyshchuk director of the Department of Humanitarian Budget Expenditures, Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
• Tetiana Latyshenko director of the Varash Multidisciplinary Hospital
• Mariana Svirchuk head of Project Management, UNBROKEN, Lviv
• Dmytro Stoian psychiatrist of the community mental health team, Chernivtsi
• Devora Kestel director, Department of Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use, WHO Headquarters
• Anna-Mariia Breysacher specialist in specialized mental health services, WHO Country Office in Ukraine

Main Hall

300 seats

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10:00 — 11:30

Trauma-informed Approach & Communication:
What everyone needs to know

Moderator:
• Oksana Zbitnieva, head of the Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Marta Melnyk, Mental Health Team Lead, USAID project “Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity”
• Yuliia Yevstratova, chief specialist of the Department of Post-Isolation Support and Work with Families of Prisoners of War, Department of Repatriation and Reintegration Measures, Central Department of Civil-Military Cooperation, General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Hall 1

70 seats

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10:00 — 11:30

Peer Support in Ukraine: Current application and further opportunities

Moderators:
• Olha Horbanova, mental health expert, Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• Andrii Kostiuk, head of the Psychological Service Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Mykyta Baburkin, veteran, head of the “Peer to Peer” department at Superhumans Center
• Danylo Kravets, staff sergeant 1st category, Department of Post-Isolation Support and Work with Families of Prisoners of War, Department of Repatriation Measures, Civil-Military Cooperation Department, General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• Mykhailo Vernyhora, veteran, head of the military social work unit of the social support division of the personnel department of the Main Directorate of the National Guard of Ukraine
• Kateryna Lutsyk, veteran, support specialist
• Hanna Obukhova, IDP from Kherson, wife of a prisoner of war
• Igor Koutsenok, professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego

Hall 2

70 seats

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10:00 — 11:30

The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on mental health in Ukraine

Moderator:
• Iryna Pinchuk director of the Institute of Psychiatry of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, President of the Association of Psychiatrists of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Viktoriia Kolokolova analyst at the Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• Stanislav Chumak senior researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
• Volodymyr Virchenko director of the Analytical Center for Mental Health and Socio-Economic Well-Being of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
• Olena Protsenko Master of Laws, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France

Hall 3

50 seats

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11:30 — 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 — 13:00

National Consultation on the Draft Law on the Mental Health Care System in Ukraine

Moderators:
• Fahmy Hanna, Technical Officer at WHO Headquarters, Co-Chair of the IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
• Anastasia Holotenko, mental health expert at the Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Yulia Mazur, analyst at the Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• Volodymyr Virchenko, head of the Department of International Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
• Orest Suvalo, executive director of the Institute of Mental Health of the Ukrainian Catholic University, coordinator of the project “Mental Health for Ukraine”
• Valeria Paliy, Vice President of the National Psychological Association, Academic Director of Psychology Programmes at the Kyiv School of Economics.
• Oksana Syvak, director of the Ukraine Institute of Traumatherapy
• Liudmyla Karamushka, President of the Ukrainian Association of Organisational and Occupational Psychologists

Main Hall

300 seats

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12:00 — 13:00

What is the role of Supervision in mental health care?

Facilitators:
• Andrii Karachevskyi psychiatrist, psychotherapist, associate professor of the Department of General, Child, Forensic Psychiatry and Narcology, Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine
• Oksana Boiko associate professor, head of the Volodymyr Poltavets School of Social Work, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Speakers:
• Sofiia Nastyshyn family doctor, family medicine outpatient clinics “svoi.ridni”, NGO “Academy of Family Medicine of Ukraine”
• Hanna Morvaniuk psychiatrist, Clinic of Neurology and Rehabilitation “Expert Health”, WHO consultant
• Marta Stoian psychologist, psychoanalyst, head of psychosocial support, Project HOPE
• Galyna Naumenko psychotherapist, WHO consultant
• Viktoriia Sukharieva Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, Sumy Oblast Hospital for War Veterans
• Anna Flomboim psychologist, Ukrainian Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Volodymyr Kirov clinical psychologist, MHPSS programs trainer, FHI 360
• Yuliia Yakubovska psychologist, Center for Professional Development of Teachers, Kryvyi Rih

Hall 1, 2

120 seats

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12:00 — 13:00

Coordination of networks of mental health services at the regional level

Moderator:
• Oksana Zbitnieva, head of the Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Natalia Kravchenko, First Deputy Head of Cherkasy Oblast State Administration
• Nadiia Vailo, head of Hlukhiv territorial hromada, Sumy region
• Yulia Kazakova, coordinator of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program in Kyiv region
• Mykhailo Danylchuk, consultant of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Programme in Shumska hromada, Ternopil Oblast
• Kateryna Krizhik, Mental Health Specialist, WHO Country Office in Ukraine, Co-Chair of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Technical Working Group

Hall 3

13:00 — 14:00

Lunch and Networking

14:00 — 15:30

National Consultation on the Draft Law on the Mental Health Care System in Ukraine (continued)

Main Hall

14:00 — 15:30

What do Multidisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity mean to us, and do we use their full potential?

Moderator:
• Oksana Zbitnieva, head of the Coordination Center for Mental Health of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Speakers:
• Alla Pivnyk, head of the RECOVERY rehabilitation center in Dnipro at the City Clinical Hospital No. 4
• Olena Bobrovska, coordinator of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program in Rivne Oblast, director of the Day Center for Social and Psychological Assistance, Rivne
• Halyna Skipalska, Country Director of HealthRight International in Ukraine and Executive Director of the ICF “Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health
• Inna Draganchuk, emergency response and health services restoration advisor, USAID Project “Community Action for HIV Control”
• Maryna Levko, manager of the Resilience Center at the Center for Social Services of Khotyn City Council
• Oksana Koliada, project director of the NGO “Space of Opportunities”
• Olena Bessaraba, regional coordinator of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program in Vinnytsia Oblast
• Vita Slavopas, deputy dean of the Academic & Scientific Institute of Nursing of the I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University
• Oksana Boiko, associate professor, head of the Volodymyr Poltavets School of Social Work, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Hall 1

70 seats

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14:00 — 15:30

Task Sharing & Task Shifting to address mental health worker shortages and improve access to services

Facilitator:
• Ivan Kutchak family doctor, medical director of the Medical Center “My Family Clinic”
Speakers:
• Serhii Horishchak pediatric neurosurgeon, Director of the Children's Polyclinic №6 Compass, Odesa
• Olena Kolodenko family doctor, director of the Primary Health Care Center №3, Odesa
• Nataliia Skakodub therapist, Primary Health Care Center №1 in Dniprovskyi district, Kyiv
• Olena Hnylytska nurse, Primary Health Care Center №1 in Dniprovskyi District, Kyiv
• Oleksandr Vlasenko family doctor, general director of the Primary Health Care Center №1, Kramatorsk
• Olesia Krylova chief nurse, National Cancer Institute
• Hanna Chervona doctor, acting director of the P.I.Gavros Kyiv Professional Medical College
• Pavlina Guk expert in nursing and midwifery, WHO Country Office in Ukraine

Hall 2

70 seats

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14:00 — 15:30

Overview of Chapter VI of International Classification of Diseases (11th Revision)

Speaker:
• Oleh Chaban, director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Mental Health of the Bogomolets National Medical University

Hall 3

15:30 — 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 — 17:00

Summary panel discussion: Transforming mental health system & services at times of crises

Main Hall

300 seats

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17:00

Dinner

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Time (GMT+2)

Topic

Hall

10:00 — 11:30

“Marketplace”: intro- & inter-oblast networking for ideas, support, and inspiration

Main Hall

10:00 — 11:30

Workshop: Early experience of community-based mental health services in Ukraine and the way forward

Hall 1, 2

10:00 — 11:30

Workshop: Human-Centred Design

Hall 3

11:30 — 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 — 13:00

“Marketplace” (continued)

Main Hall

12:00 — 13:00

Workshop: Early experience of community-based mental health services in Ukraine and the way forward (continued)

Hall 1, 2

12:00 — 13:00

Workshop: Human-Centred Design (continued)

Hall 3

13:00 — 14:00

Lunch and networking

14:00 — 15:00

“Marketplace” (continued)

Main Hall

15:00

Wrap-up and closure of the Forum

Main Hall

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