The online webinar for Ukrainian SMEs with the working title “How to build a successful business cooperation on Lithuanian market” was held on the 24th of April, 2020. This is a joint project of the coordinator of the Enterprise Europe Network Ukraine Consortium, Olena Fesenko, and the expert of the Enterprise Europe Network Lietuva Consortium, Arturas Jakubavichus. It aims to help Ukrainian entrepreneurs get information about the specifics of the market in Lithuania. During the webinar, Mr. Jakubavichus told about opportunities which Lithuania provides for non-residents of the country to conduct business activities on its territory. In this regard, important issues were:
- conditions for opening SMEs in Lithuania;
- expert loan guarantees;
- online Lithuania trading brokerage;
- product certification and customs duties;
- SME support programs for non-residents of the country;
- experience of Lithuanian companies in the successful use of EEN tools;
- proposals for cooperation and so on.
Also in addition, in order to enhance the business activity of SMEs, speakers shared success stories of international cooperation.
Also, Mr. Jakubavichus kindly answered a number of questions that interested the participants of the webinar. At the end of the webinar, both its organizers and other participants agreed on the importance of the further holding of such events. This will allow both Ukrainian and foreign entrepreneurs to maximize the opportunities for cooperation and understand the specifics of the legislative framework and the market of foreign partner countries.
The webinar is available for watching following the link