UKRAINE

Information Day in Ivano-Frankivsk «How to find a business partner in the European Union?»
5 July 2018

The Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, together with the EEN-Ukraine Consortium held an information day "How to find a business partner in the European Union?" on 5 of July 2018. The event was attended by about 50 representatives of enterprises and various start-ups of the region.

The main topics of the event were:

  • • The benefits of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area for Ukrainian entrepreneurs;
  • • Presentation of the opportunities of the Enterprise Europe Network as an instrument for finding foreign partners;
  • • Presentation of COSME (Competiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises) - European Small and Medium Enterprise Support Program;
  • • Presentation of Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs) - EU programs for international exchanges for young or current entrepreneurs;
  • • Possibilities of the Ivano-Frankivsk Chamber of Commerce in search of partners in Europe and systematic access to the European market.

Among the main experts of the event were:

  1. Olena Fesenko, Coordinator of the Enterprise Europe Network-Ukraine;
  2. Andriy Remizov, Chief Specialist of the Entrepreneurship Development Department of the Entrepreneurship Department;
  3. Igor Bartkov, Vice president of the Ivano-Frankivsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
  4. Mykola Savulyak, Head of the Business Support Center in Ivano-Frankivsk, Director of the Club of Business People.

The event was held within the framework of the information campaign "Building Europe in Ukraine”. Organizers of this event were the EU Delegation, the European Enterprise Network (EEN). Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and Info campaign includes a series of information and awareness raising activities that the EU Delegation in Ukraine conducts throughout the country. The purpose is to explain the importance of implementing the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, to spread European values and to raise the awareness of Ukrainians about the development of relations between Ukraine and the EU.