KRAMATORSK. Dec 24 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Donetsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry has opened the Export-UA center in Kramatorsk, the press service of the regional military-civilian administration reported on Tuesday.
First Deputy Head of the Donetsk regional military-civilian administration Yevhen Vilinsky, President of the Donetsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry Elvira Sevostyanenko and First Vice President and Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine Mykhailo Nepran took part in the opening of the project aimed at supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The press service said that the Export-UA center is the results of joint work of Ukraine, the Japanese government and the UN Development Program (UNDP).
Vilinsky said that support of SMEs is among top-priorities of the region. He expressed hope that in the future the training cycle for Ukrainian businessmen jointly with UN and the EU will be realized.
“We’ve put a great deal of effort for the signing of the Association Agreement with the EU. It will be in effect from 2016, and we face serious challenges to enter the European market,” Vilinsky said.
“The things that the Donetsk Chamber of Commerce is doing coincide with our strategic tasks. SMEs often do not have financial or human resources for development, and these projects aims at helping businessmen to work and develop in the current conditions,” Nepran said.
Sevostyanenko said that the main goal of the Export-UA center is systemic support of business without politics.
Director of Export-UA Halyna Perepelytsia said that only 40% of businessmen in the region are ready to export their goods. The problem is the absence of skilled marketing specialists in the region. The services of existing marketing companies are very expenses, and small businessmen cannot afford them.
