Since the start of the full-scale war, the European Union has provided more than 1,000 grants for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine. Stanislav Toshkov, Coordinator of the Sector of Economic Cooperation and Cooperation with International Financial Institutions at the EU Delegation to Ukraine, said this at a briefing in Zhytomyr…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will support small and medium-sized businesses, expand grant programmes for entrepreneurs, including those in the de-occupied territories and continue export promotion programmes. The agency may also help Ukraine attract major U.S. banks for investment projects. This was discussed during a meeting between Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime…
Ukraine continues to work on attracting investment in energy projects and improving the protection of Ukrainian energy infrastructure from attacks by russia. This was discussed by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt during a meeting in Washington. Yuliia…
Over the past week, three important events have taken place that will have consequences in the medium and long term for the stability, victory and European future of Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has declared. “The first event is the historic decision of the European Commission that Ukraine is ready to start pre-accession negotiations on…
Ukrainian business is the major driver of recovery and growth, so supporting entrepreneurs is one of the Government’s key priorities. This was emphasised by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “During the full-scale war, businesses have received 40,800 soft loans under the 5-7-9 programme worth UAH 159.8 billion. More than half of the recipients are agrarians, almost…
Since year-start, 5,960 businesses have been registered in Chernihiv region, of which 388 are entities and 5,572 are individual entrepreneurs, which is the highest figure in the last three years, Svitlana Poltoratska, Deputy Director of Economic Development at the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, has revealed. “This phenomenon can be explained by the simplification of taxation…
The state is looking for additional employment opportunities for internally displaced persons. Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, has said. She explained that employment centres should be the first point of contact for finding a job. “These state institutions are in the process of reforming their work.…