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The Ukrainian-Polish-German Expert Forum 2026 is a high-level trilateral platform that gathers leading experts, business leaders, policymakers, civil society representatives, and analysts from Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. This landmark trilateral forum serves as a pivotal platform uniting leading experts, business leaders, policymakers, civil society representatives, and analysts from Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. It addresses the profound regional security challenges stemming from Russia's ongoing aggression against Ukraine since 2014, escalated by the 2022 full-scale invasion.
Participants will engage in in-depth discussions on strengthening cross-border economic cooperation, enhancing human capital flows and migration policies, and reshaping Europe's security architecture to foster Ukraine's Euro-integration and long-term socio-economic resilience.
The forum synthesizes insights from the three Expert Roundtables successfully conducted earlier in 2026, with their joint position papers presented and debated over two intensive days:
Roundtable 1: "Business as a Bridge: Polish-Ukrainian-German Cooperation for Investment and Growth" (18 February 2026): Focused on cross-border investment barriers, public-private partnerships, and EU regulatory adaptation.
Roundtable 2: "Human Capital in Motion: Cooperation on Skills, Migration and the Role of Innovation" (18 February 2026): Examined labor market needs, wartime displacement, return migration, and AI-driven reskilling; included employers, trade unions, municipalities, and migration experts.
Roundtable 3: "European Security Architecture in Transition" (16 April 2026): Analyzed deterrence systems, defense industry expansion, ReArm Europe initiatives, and Ukraine's strategic role in EU/NATO..
Forum Program
Spanning two intensive days, the forum features expert panels, moderated roundtables, and interactive sessions to debate and refine roundtable outputs into actionable trilateral recommendations. Discussions will dive deeper into:
● Business: Overcoming trade frictions, risk insurance, public-private partnerships, and transparent procurement for reconstruction.
● Human Capital: Migration as economic driver, AI-driven competencies, veteran programs, and integration without brain waste.
● Security: Capability gaps, NATO/EU coordination, resilience-building, and Ukraine as a strategic EU/NATO asset.
● Ukrainian, German and Polish Ambassadors Panel.
Expect 50+ participants, including business associations, think tanks, chambers of commerce, city authorities, EU representatives, and sectoral leaders from IT. This format transcends bilateral tensions, enabling systemic regional solutions.
The Forum is jointly delivered by Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), UCU Foundation in Poland, and KEW. It is implemented in partnership with the European Commission, with additional support from the Stefan Batory Foundation, Regionalny Ośrodek Debaty Międzynarodowej and the City of Wrocław. The initiative also benefits from strong community and institutional engagement, including Fundacja Ukraina, as well as the Consulate of Ukraine in Wrocław as official partners.
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Event Venue
Wrocław, Poland, Wroclaw, Poland
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