Information day in Vinnytsia “Participation in European Trade forums and exhibitions: opportunities for Ukrainian business”

The EEN-Ukraine Consortium together with the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine on February 15^th, 2019 held an information day “Participation in European Trade forums and exhibitions: opportunities for Ukrainian business” in Vinnytsia. The event was attended about 30 representatives of innovative enterprises and non-governmental organizations of the Vinnytsia region.

The main topics of the event:

1. Steps to the success of trade missions of Ukrainian entrepreneurs;
2. As an entrepreneur to “bring himself to form” for participation in exhibition events;
3. Self-presentation and sales at trade shows and forums;
4. Five questions to yourself that need to be answered before the business event;
5. Closing transactions and post-invoicing of contracts;
6. Promotion of goods and services in the Enterprise Europe Network;
7. EEN calendar as an effective method for finding specialized business events and contacts with potential buyers, partners and investors;
8. Opportunities from SMEDO (Small and Medium Enterprise Development Office) for Ukrainian business;
9. The importance of protecting intellectual property rights for the success of export strategies and others.

The main experts of the event:

• Yegor Slobodyanyk, Expert Enterprise Europe Network-Ukraine
• Olga Vergeles, Consultant on the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Access to Information to the Office for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
• Oleksandr Babiy, consultant on development and implementation of programs and coordination of donor activities of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Office, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
• Daria Radzikovskaya, marketer of the Vinnytsia Business People’s Club and the Center for Information Support of Business in Vinnytsia and others.

The seminar is being conducted by the European Union in Ukraine in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and Enterprise Europe Network Ukraine. It is part of a series of information and awareness-raising activities that the EU Delegation in Ukraine conducts throughout the country. The purpose is to explain the importance of implementing the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, spreading European values ​​and raising the awareness of Ukrainians about the development of relations between Ukraine and the EU.