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Ievgen Kylymnyk is a Regional Project Manager for UNDP Eurasia working on innovation and systems transformation in Europe and Central Asia. Previously Ievgen Kylymnyk served as an Innovation Officer at the UN Secretariat (Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs) where he focused on exploring generative AI for global peace and security and supported other innovation projects, including VR experiences and capacity building. Prior to that, Ievgen served as Head of Exploration at the UNDP Accelerator Lab in Ukraine, where he led innovation projects to find solutions to governance and sustainable development challenges. His work focused on testing and scaling new methods for development, such as collective intelligence and participatory foresight. Ievgen also facilitated knowledge management processes on innovation with other UNDP Accelerator Labs globally.

Before joining UNDP, Ievgen worked in various positions in the European Union Advisory Mission to Ukraine on Security Sector Governance and the Administration of the President of Ukraine. As Head of the Strategic Reforms Planning and Donor Cooperation Unit at the Presidential Office of Ukraine, he dealt with a wide range of responsibilities related to overarching and crosscutting issues, focusing on strategy development, public policy issues, and e-governance reforms.