UKRAINE

Information day in Kyiv for SME during the SWE week in Ukraine
26 September 2018

The EEN-Ukraine Consortium together with the representative of European Commission Rebeca de Sancho Mayoral held an information day in Kyiv on 26th of September, 2018. The event took place at the Grand Conference Hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and was attracted about 50 representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. During the event, COSME experts' presented their reports and told about modern and effective tools and opportunities for Ukrainian companies to find business partners in Europe and increase their competitiveness in the EU market.

The representative of the European Commission in Ukraine Iryna Gubarets and Rebeca de Sancho Mayoral, the representative of the European Innovation and SME program and visited Ukraine within the framework of SWE week made a welcoming speech.

The reports of the leading experts of the COSME were presented:

  1. Olena Fesenko, coordinator of the EEN-Ukraine consortium, spoke about the activities of the consortium in Ukraine;
  2. Andrei Remizov, Chief Specialist of the Department for Enterprise Development and Regulatory Policy of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, presented the COSME program and its features;
  3. Oksana Budnyk, expert of the EEN Consortium, presented the SME Instrument;
  4. Mykola Chaika, expert of the EEN Consortium, described in detail what to do to become an EEN customer;
  5. Andrew Yaremkevich, expert of the EEN Consortium, provided practical skills for filling profiles / requests / offers on the EEN network;
  6. Olga Shubina, expert of the EEN Consortium, presented the European program for young entrepreneurs ERASMUS;
  7. Nataliia Skichko, expert of the EEN Consortium, spoke about the modern tool IMP3rove concerning the innovation management.

During the info day were shown the success stories of the EEN-Ukraine consortium clients.

All reports induced lively discussions during the event and were useful for representatives of innovative enterprises in Kiev.