On July 10, 2025, the Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFU) awarded Ukrainian women entrepreneurs for the seventh time as part of the “Created by Women” competition aimed at supporting female entrepreneurship.
This year, the competition received 435 applications from businesswomen from different regions of the country with projects in a wide variety of fields: agriculture, education, health, defense, sustainable technologies, traditional Ukrainian crafts, and more.
It was extremely difficult for the jury to select the winners, as all the contestants were strong and worthy.
The ten finalists were narrowed down to one winner: Iryna Koval, head of Brammer LLC (Kyiv), who received 200,000 UAH from CCI France Ukraine to develop her business, as well as free membership in the CCFU for one year.
BRAMMER is part of a group of companies that has been involved in metalworking for over 15 years, and with the start of the full-scale invasion, it switched to the production of Brammer tactical wheelchairs, which serve as evacuation vehicles to save the lives of military personnel and civilians and help the military transport ammunition, provisions, and equipment. These wheelchairs have helped save over 120,000 lives. The company donated over 8,500 units to 90 units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces free of charge.
Second place, 100,000 UAH, and a special award from UKRSIBBANK for business development went to Lyubov Lysenko, director of BIOBALANS LLC (Poltava), an agricultural company engaged in biological plant protection.
Third place, 100,000 UAH, went to Maria Ksondzyk, Nesemos Veteran Auto Hub, a car service that repairs evacuation vehicles free of charge, trains veterans in new professions, and converts cars for people with disabilities.
A special award and 100,000 hryvnias from Yves Rocher went to Olena Dovgopolova, INAKSHI architects.
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On June 26, 2025, the National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv” hosted the Festival of Music, organized by the French-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to celebrate the beginning of summer, music and solidarity.
This holiday has been a mandatory French event since 1982.
This is the second time CCIFU and its partners have organized this event. But this time it was not only festive, but also charitable – all the funds raised in the amount of 35,000 euros will go to support
the National Rehabilitation Center “Unbreakable” (UNBROKEN Ukraine) in Lviv, namely its department for patients with spinal cord injuries.
The guests were treated to a real celebration of music: Svitlo Concer with a selection of French songs in a new sound, virtuoso performance by one of the best contemporary pianists Yevhen Khmara and the Ukrainian music band TVORCHI, whose performance captured the audience’s attention from the first seconds, creating an incredible atmosphere of drive and sincere emotions.
CCIFU, charity event, Khmara, Music Festival, St. Sophia of Kyiv
The French-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFU) in cooperation with the French Embassy in Ukraine held a Grand Charity Evening – the Festival of Music in Kyiv. The event, which was held in the best French traditions, was timed to coincide with the International Music Festival and had a charitable purpose – to raise funds to support the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN Ukraine.
According to the organizers, the donations raised will be used to upgrade the rehabilitation department for patients with spinal cord injuries.
The concert was attended by the famous Ukrainian pianist Yevhen Khmara, the Svitlo Concert orchestra, and the popular Ukrainian band TVORCHI, who were the main guests of the evening. The event brought together representatives of the business community, diplomatic corps and cultural elite of Ukraine and France.
“This is an event about strength, solidarity and art, which demonstrates the unity of the French-Ukrainian community in the most difficult times for Ukraine,” the French-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFU) said.
The CCIFU emphasized that the Music Festival was also an opportunity for the Chamber member companies to express support for those in need and to reaffirm the importance of social responsibility of business.
The French-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFU), founded in 1994 as the Association of the French business community in Ukraine and since 2011 a member of the French Chambers of Commerce and Industry network, today unites more than 150 French and French-managed companies from various sectors of the economy.
The Board of Directors is governed by an elected seven-member Management Board and is financed by membership fees with no state funding.
The Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a key player in business cooperation between France and Ukraine. For 30 years of its activity, it has formed a community of 150 companies, functions as an institutional partner for business, implementing initiatives in the agricultural sector, investment, social and cultural projects, and strengthens the investment climate.
The effectiveness of CCIFU is confirmed by the resilience of its members in the Ukrainian market even during the war: not a single company left the country, and many continue to expand and invest thanks to the Chamber’s support and partnership with government agencies and foreign financial institutions.
The Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFU) gathered CCIFU members, diplomats, friends and partners in Kyiv at the Parkovy Exhibition and Convention Center for its traditional annual Beaujolais Nouveau charity event. For the second year in a row, CCIFU will support the UNBROKEN Ukraine Foundation and its project “Prostheses for the unbroken”.
This year, the Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry also celebrates an important anniversary – 30 years of activity in Ukraine!
The event was held under the high patronage and with the participation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Ukraine, Mr. Gael Vessier, and gathered about a thousand guests.
Every year, on the third Thursday of November, all of France celebrates Beaujolais Nouveau, a festival of young wine that marks the end of the grape harvest and the beginning of a new wine year.
At this time, in the small Beaujolais region, located in the north of Lyon, one of the first grapes to ripen is the Gamay variety, which is black with white flesh.
Beaujolais nouveau wine is different from other wines in that it goes on sale immediately after the fermentation process, six weeks after harvest, and is stored for no more than six months. The tradition of this celebration was born in 1951.
The Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ukraine (Chambre de commerce française en Ukraine, CCIFU) is a non-profit association designed to promote the growth of French companies’ investments in the Ukrainian economy and create favorable conditions for the development of French companies present on the Ukrainian market or wishing to start their business in Ukraine.
The Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ukraine unites more than 130 companies from the agricultural sector (Limagrain[en], Euralis, Mas Seeds), banking (Credit Agricole, Ukrsibbank), automotive industry (Renault, Michelin), machine building (Schneider Electric), hospitality (InterContinental Kyiv), tourism and entertainment (France Groupe, Club Med), healthcare (Sanofi), transportation (Air France), trade and other services (Auchan, L’Oreal, Chanel, Danone, Lactalis, Leroy Merlin).
