Security risks in the energy sector: public opinions and expert proposals

November 01, 2023

On October 30, 2023, Ukrinform news agency held a press conference "Security risks in the energy sector", which was attended by the Director of Energy and Infrastructure Programmes of Razumkov Centre V. Omelchenko.


Issues for discussion:

  • Energy sector and critical infrastructure in wartime: expectations of Ukrainians regarding the heating period.
  • A critical issue of nuclear safety: public opinion on the risks of an accident at ZNPP and steps to be taken by the authorities.

During the event, the results of the nation-wide survey, which was conducted by Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation together with the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service on August 9-15, 2023, were made public. 2019 respondents took part in the poll. The poll was conducted by the method of stratified multistage sampling with random selection at the first stages of sampling and quota selection of respondents at the final stage. The sample structure reproduces the demographic structure of the adult population of the territories where the poll was held as of the beginning of 2022 (by age, sex, settlement type).


Organizer: Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

Participants: Bohdan Serebrennikov — Deputy Research Director of Dixi Group; Oleksandr Kharchenko — Director of the Energy Research Centre; Volodymyr Omelchenko — Director of Energy and Infrastructure Programmes of Razumkov Centre

Moderator: Petro Burkovskyi — Executive Director of Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.


https://razumkov.org.ua/novyny/bezpekovi-ryzyky-u-sferi-energetyky-dumka-gromadian-ta-propozytsii-ekspertiv