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EU-Ukraine Association Agreement fully enters into force
Ukraine
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01/09/2017
On 1 September 2017, the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement comes into full force. The Association Agreement, including its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), is the main tool for bringing Ukraine and the EU closer together: it promotes deeper political ties and stronger economic links, as well as respect for common European values. The DCFTA provides a framework for modernising...
BRDO helps Ukraine establish a competitive energy sector
Ukraine
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22/08/2017
During a round table discussion on balancing Ukraine’s energy and gas supply markets, the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) presented a White Paper on how to best regulate these markets. The White Paper helps public authorities use regulatory reform to empower consumers, support SMEs and increase the overall efficiency and competitiveness of the energy sector. The paper provides practical...
New online tool helps Ukrainian entrepreneurs cut through the red tape of starting a new business
Ukraine
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21/08/2017
To make the process of starting a new business easier, a new online tool helps Ukrainian entrepreneurs find the correct permits and file the right paperwork. Although many of us have dreamed about starting our own business, for many, it has remained exactly that: a dream. The daunting tasks of understanding the rules and regulations, finding the right permits and filing the correct paperwork...
The round table was organised under the EU4Business project, Forbiz, aimed at improving the business environment in Ukraine, and involved the country’s Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO).
Poor energy efficiency is undermining the international competitiveness of Ukrainian SMEs – round table
Ukraine
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18/07/2017
Spending on energy represents a growing share of SME costs in Ukraine, a round table on energy efficiency and SMEs heard in Kyiv on 5 July. Poor energy efficiency and energy saving measures is costing SMEs dear when it comes to their competitiveness on the international stage, several speakers told the event, “Energy Efficiency and SMEs: New Regulation – New Opportunities” , at the IQ Business...
Participants at the Forbiz round table included representatives from mobile market players, the Ukraine government and industry associations.
Mobile payments market in Ukraine has great potential for growth, round table hears
Ukraine
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18/07/2017
Ukraine’s plans to introduce a mobile payment system (MPS) as part of a transparent cashless economy could prove a great success, a round table on the subject heard in Kyiv on 13 July. Some 15% of all subscribers are expected to be making payments through mobile devices within two years, according to research presented at the IQ Business Centre event, attended by mobile market players and...
Ukrainian farmers will be able to export more duty-free wheat and other cereals to the EU under an agreement that comes into effect end of September 2017.
More Ukrainian goods can be sold to EU countries tariff-free
Ukraine
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17/07/2017
The EU Council has agreed to expand zero-tariff trade quotas for a range of Ukrainian agricultural and industrial products. The measure is expected to result in increased revenues for Ukrainian companies of around €170 million over the next three years. The quota increases will come into force at the end of September this year and add to the trade provisions that have existed since 1 January 2016...
EU-Ukraine Summit in Kiev on 13 July 2017. Pictured, left to right: Donald Tusk, President of the European Council; Volodymyr Groysman, Prime Minister of Ukraine, and; Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission.
EU ratifies Association Agreement with Ukraine
Ukraine
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14/07/2017
The EU and Ukraine have signed an Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, to come into force on 1 September 2017. The AA provides the blueprint for Ukraine's ambitious reform path and will foster trade and investment between the EU and Ukraine. The DCFTA has been operating provisionally for a year and has already seen significant growth in trade. EU is Ukraine’s...
Iryna Halimska (left), acting vice-president of Volyn Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, underwent membership and services related training with the Seville Chamber of Commerce in Spain.
Chambers of Commerce in Spain and Ukraine link up for training under the EU4Business initiative
Ukraine
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12/07/2017
The BSO Exchange programme, developed by the East Invest 2 project, has continued to provide Eastern Partnership countries’ representatives with quality training at their EU counterparts. The latest use of the facility was made by Iryna Halimska, acting vice-president of Volyn Chamber of Commerce and Industry in northwest Ukraine. She underwent training at Seville Chamber of Commerce in Spain...
Participants at the East Invest 2 Annual Partner Conference 2017
Private sector business organisations from Eastern Partnership countries demand better business climate for SMEs
22/06/2017
21 June 2017, Kiev More than 100 business support organisations (BSOs) representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and the EU Member States gathered in Kiev today for the final conference of the EU funded East Invest project. Participants discussed private sector's engagement in policymaking across the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries and showcased East Invest...
Statue in Ukraine
EBRD opens regional office for southern Ukraine in Odessa
Ukraine
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09/06/2017
Joint outreach with EU4Business Initiative to support local SMEs Strengthening and deepening its outreach in Ukraine , the EBRD has opened a new regional office in the southern city of Odessa, the country’s naval gateway on the shores of the Black Sea and one of its most important industrial centres. The Odessa office is the EBRD’s third representation outside the capital, Kiev, and will serve as...