Ukrainian industrialists and entrepreneurs have been seeking more efficient cooperation with lawmakers, therefore they have supported an initiative to create a representative office in Ukraine’s parliament. The concept of the office is to be presented at the 14th Congress of the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE), which is scheduled for November 10. A candidate for its future head will also be discussed there.
Entrepreneurs will use the new office to work with parliamentarians on important issues of the current economic situation, trends in the domestic market, to lobby MPs for the adoption of laws on the development of domestic industry, support of small- and medium-sized enterprises, financing of science and innovative developments, and more. In addition, the office will provide all necessary information to lawmakers about production, business to improve the analysis of the situation in the economic sector of Ukraine. “Businesses need their own representative in the legislature of the country. A practical and accessible mechanism should be created for communication between businesses that create jobs and pay taxes to the budget and members of the legislature who take important decisions to stimulate production, improve the economy. Joint efforts of Members of Parliament and civil society to promote effective reforms in the country should yield good results,” ULIE President Anatoliy Kinakh said.
The ULIE’s representation will use the organization’s best practice to analyze and assess initiatives to rebuild industrial capacity, create industrial and technological parks, introduce micro crediting, etc.
