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Print version [/print/news/index.html] | Ukrainian version 2004 2005 2006 2007 27/04 2007 EuroDrink Party - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch will be held on Friday, 27.04.2007 at 19:00. more » 26/04 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club will be held on Thursday, 26.04.2007 at 19:00. more » 26/04 2007 Marketing Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch will be held on Thursday, 26.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 26/04 2007 EBA PR Committee will be held on Thursday, 26.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 26/04 2007 Legal Committee - EBA Donetsk Branch will be held on Thursday, 26.04.2007 at 08:30. more » 26/04 2007 WG on Business and Education Cooperation - EBA Kharkiv Branch will be held on Thursday, 26.04.2007 at 08:30. more » 25/04 2007 EBA HR Committee will be held on Wednesday, 25.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 25/04 2007 EBA Travel & Tourism Committee will be held on Wednesday, 25.04.2007 at 10:00. more » 24/04 2007 EBA EuroDrink Party - EBA Danish Night will be held on Tuesday, 24.04.2007 at 19:00. more » 24/04 2007 Tax & Accounting Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch will be held on Tuesday, 24.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 24/04 2007 EBA Corporate Social Responsibility Committee will be held on Tuesday, 24.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 24/04 2007 EBA Fuel & Energy Committee will be held on Tuesday, 24.04.2007 at 16:00. more » 24/04 2007 HR Committee - EBA Donetsk Branch will be held on Tuesday, 24.04.2007 at 08:30. more » 23/04 2007 Branch Board meeting - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch will be held on Monday, 23.04.2007 at 18:30. more » 23/04 2007 EBA Board meeting will be held on Monday, 23.04.2007 at 17:30. more » 20/04 2007 HR Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch will be held on Friday, 20.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 20/04 2007 EBA Exporters & Importers Committee will be held on Friday, 20.04.2007 at 09:30. more » 18/04 2007 Metalwork & Engineering Industry Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch will be held on Wednesday, 18.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 18/04 2007 EBA Marketing Committee will be held on Wednesday, 18.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 17/04 2007 EBA PR Committee - "Meet the Press" event will be held on Tuesday, 17.04.2007 at 19:00. more » 17/04 2007 Round table with Mr. Uffe Balslev, the Ambassador of Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch will be held on Tuesday, 17.04.2007 at 18:00. more » 17/04 2007 General Membership Meeting - EBA Donetsk Branch POSTPONED to the next week. Time to be confirmed. more » 17/04 2007 Branch Board meeting - EBA Donetsk Branch POSTPONED to the next week. Time to be confirmed. more » 16/04 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club will be held on Monday, 16.04.2007 at 19:00. more » 16/04 2007 Interactive Workshop "The One Thing in a Productive and Innovative Culture" by Kurt Ling, Senior Partner for Creative Management Group will be held on Monday, 16.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 16/04 2007 EBA Intellectual Property Working Group will be held on Monday, 16.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 16/04 2007 Business meeting with Czech leading companies - EBA Kharkiv Branch will be held on Monday, 16.04.2007 at 10:00. more » 16/04 2007 EBA Agrochemical Committee will be held on Monday, 16.04.2007 at 09:00. more » 14/04 2007 EBA Members Open Day "Going to Buymerovka Pine & SPA-Resort" will be held on Saturday, 14.04.2007 at 09:30. more » 13/04 2007 EBA Tax Committee will be held on Friday, 13.04.07, 16:00, at the EBA office. more » 13/04 2007 EBA Charity Morning was held on Friday, 13.04.2007 at 09:00. more » 12/04 2007 General Membership Meeting - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held on Thursday, 12.04.2007 at 18:30. more » 12/04 2007 EBA Legal Committee meeting was held at the EBA office in Kiev. The meeting was mainly devoted to discussing the applicable regulations in terms of employment of disabled persons and the Draft Law on Currency Regulation and Currency Control in Ukraine No. 3043. more » 12/04 2007 Manufacturing Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held on Thursday, 12.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 12/04 2007 EBA Real Estate Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussion of the Draft Law on Land Market. The guest speaker of the meeting was Mr Gorbatovich, Chief of Department of Land Market and Evaluation of Land, State Committee on Land Resources. more » 11/04 2007 Working group on Production Management - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch POSTPONED to Monday, 16.04.2007 at 17:00 at the EBA Office in Lviv, 6 S. Bandery St., office 2. more » 11/04 2007 Extraordinary HR Round Table on Event Management was held on Wednesday, 11.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 11/04 2007 EBA Franchising Working Group meeting was held on Wednesday, 11.04.2007 at 17:00. more » 11/04 2007 Seminar: practical issues for calculation of tax differences - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held at the office of company Prudens. Due to a big interest of the accountants of member companies in accounting of tax differences and completing of Form #7, specialists of the company Prudens gave a lesson on methodology of accounting of tax differences and completing Form 7. more » 10/04 2007 Finance & Investment Committee - EBA Odesa Branch POSTPONED to Tuesday, 17.04.2007. more » 04/04 2007 EBA Legal Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussing legislative amendments necessary for protecting from illegal raidering. more » 04/04 2007 EBA Health Care Committee Registration Subcommittee was held in the EBA office in Kyiv. The main focus of the meeting was to determine problematic issues that member companies face nowadays. As the result of the meeting the consolidated position was determined in terms of arranging meetings with the Heads of the State Pharmaceutical Center, State Service of medical drugs and medical devices and State Inspection on medical drugs quality as well as list of issues for these meetings. more » 04/04 2007 EBA Investment Climate Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speakers at the meeting were Oleksandr Bondar, Member of the Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Special Parliamentary Commission on Privatization Issues and representatives of the State Property Fund: Iryna Lepyavko and Lyudmyla Slyva. more » 03/04 2007 General Membership Meeting with Mr. Antonin Murgash, the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Donetsk - EBA Dnipropetrovsk Branch was held at the Conference Hall of Ukreximbank. Mr. Antonin Murgash, the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Donetsk informed, that from the second half of May, 2007, the Consulate Visa Department for all East Ukrainian cities (including Dnipropetrovsk) starts working. From January 2008 the Consulate will start granting Schengen visas. more » 03/04 2007 International Energy Investment Forum 2007 The International Energy Investment Forum organized by the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine and the European Business Association was held at Premier Palace Hotel in Kyiv. The Forum has become the biggest event ever held in Ukraine for the dialogue of the Ukrainian authorities and investors in energy sector. more » 02/04 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held on Monday, 02.04.2007 at 19:00. more » 30/03 2007 EBA EuroDebates. Joint Stock Companies Law: Pro & Contra were held at Sofyivsky Conference Hall of Premiere Palace Hotel in Kyiv. During this EuroDebates session the EBA members, governmental officials and journalists expressed and discussed different standpoints concerning pro & contra of joint stock companies law. more » 29/03 2007 Branch Board meeting with Mr. Wels, the Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Ukraine - EBA Donetsk Branch Mr. Bas Wels discussed with the Branch Board economic development and its directions in the Donetsk region; he informed that the Netherlands are particularly interested in cooperation for development of the region’s infrastructure, organization of proper water supply and purification, agriculture, etc. A special Department of Agriculture opened at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kiev. more » 29/03 2007 EBA PR Committee was held on Thursday, 29.03.2007 at 17:00. more » 28/03 2007 EBA HR Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to presentation of compensation trends at the Ukrainian labour market and salary overview (2005-2006). more » 28/03 2007 Legal Round table - EBA Donetsk Branch POSTPONED . Time and date to be confirmed. more » 28/03 2007 European Debate Forum: Mr. Kwasnevsky, the President of the Republic of Poland (1995 - 2005) on Ukrainian perspectives for joining EU. With informational support of EBA - EBA Donetsk Branch Leading politicians, representatives of the Ukrainian state bodies, industrial and business elite, as well as the best students from all universities in the city took part in the meeting. more » 28/03 2007 EBA Travel & Tourism Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussion of Committee’s activities in 2007 in frames of three directions: transport (mainly, air and railway), inbound tourism (problems of creating info centres, ensuring English signage etc.) and outgoing tourism (visa simplification etc.). more » 27/03 2007 EBA EuroDrink Party - EBA Irish Night was held on Tuesday, 27.03.2007 at 19:00. more » 27/03 2007 Tax & Accounting Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. The participants discussed trends in development of the market of auditing services. Invited guest speaker – Mr. Roman Bilyk, Managing Partner of Audit Company “DK-Ukraine”, Member of Association of the Auditors of Ukraine informed that currently there is a small demand for audit in classical meaning of this word. more » 27/03 2007 Round table: Investment perspectives of Dnipropetrovsk region. With informational support of EBA - EBA Dnipropetrovsk Branch was held at the conference hall of Dnipropetrovsk Hotel aiming at promoting the dialogue between representatives of big business, investors and local authorities. more » 27/03 2007 European Debate Forum: Mr. Kwasnevsky, the President of the Republic of Poland (1995 - 2005) on Ukrainian perspectives for joining EU. With informational support of EBA - EBA Dnipropetrovsk Branch was held at the Students` Palace of the Dnipropetrovsk National University. Leading politicians, representatives of the Ukrainian state bodies, industrial and business elite, as well as the best students from all universities in the city took part in the meeting. more » 27/03 2007 Development of cooperation with local authorities of Ivano-Frankivsk region - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch The EBA Western Ukrainian Branch, represented by Lars Vestbjerg, the Chairman of the Branch Board, Oleg Yanytskyy, the Chairman of the Manufacturing Committee, and Nataliya Klymko, the Regional Manager, participated in the meeting with Andriy Romanchuk, the First Deputy Head of the Administration, and Andriy Bondarenko, the Deputy Chief of the Central Department for EU Integration, foreign relations and investment policy, the Chief of the EU integration and investment policy department. more » 26/03 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held on Monday, 26.03.2007 at 19:00. more » 26/03 2007 EBA Logistics Working Group was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speakers at the meeting were Valeriy Lugovets, Head of Cargo Delivery Control Department of the State Customs Service of Ukraine (SCSU) and Mr. Bondarchuk, Deputy Head of SCSU Legal Department. more » 22/03 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held on Thursday, 22.03.2007 at 19:00. more » 22/03 2007 Marketing Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. Particularities discussed peculiarities of promotion of Lviv city. The guest speaker was Mr. Îstap Protsyk, the Head of Department for Information Policy and Foreign Relations. more » 22/03 2007 Round table with Mr. Wuketich, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine - EBA Donetsk Branch Mr. Ambassador came for the opening of the third Honorary Consulate of Austria to Ukraine in Donetsk. Mr. Wuketich pointed out at the dynamic economic development of the Donetsk region and expressed the desire to develop cooperation with this region. The tasks of the Honorary Consulate will be to protect the interests of the Republic of Austria and its citizens and to assist Austrian entrepreneurs. The Consulate activities will include not only political, but also cultural, scientific and economic spheres. The Austrian Economic Mission that took place on 21st March and hosted 18 companies of different business spheres serves as an example of Ukrainian-Austrian cooperation. more » 22/03 2007 EBA Fuel & Energy Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussing bank investment projects in fuel and energy sector and the guest speakers were the representatives of the World Bank Mr. Dejan Ostojic and EBRD Louis Borg. more » 21/03 2007 Metalwork & Engineering Industry Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. The participants shared latest news from their companies and discussed strategic and routine problems they face in their everyday activity, namely: - distribution and delegation of responsibilities among workers; - main advantages and difficulties of introduction and adaptation of ISO 9000 system at a company; - software for manufacturing processes; - advantages and legislation problems of establishment of canteens for employees; more » 21/03 2007 EBA Marketing Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussion of legislative provision of advertising market. The guest speaker of the meeting was Artem Bidenko, Association of the Outdoor Advertisement of Ukraine. more » 21/03 2007 Austrian Economic Mission - EBA Donetsk Branch was held on Wednesday, 21.03.2007 at 09:00. more » 20/03 2007 Finance & Investment Committee Meeting - EBA Odesa Branch was held on Tuesday, 20.03.2007 at 18:00. more » 20/03 2007 Ad-hoc meeting of the EBA Legal Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussing the Draft Law on Joint Stock Companies and the guest speakers was Mr Maxim Libanov, Head of Law Development Division of the Securities and Stockmarket State Commission of Ukraine. more » 20/03 2007 Extended meeting of the Board members and Committees Chairmen - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held on Tuesday, 20.03.2007 at 17:00. more » 20/03 2007 New EBA Presidium elected According to election results held at the EBA Board meeting on Monday, March 19, 2007 Mrs Andrea Raffaseder, President and CEO of Siemens Ukraine has been elected as the President of the European Business Association for 2007-2008. Mr Volodymyr Lavrenchuk, Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval and Mr Jorge Intriago, Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers have been elected as the EBA Vice Presidents. more » 20/03 2007 Round Table 'Political Situation in Ukraine: Present and Perspective' was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. Guest speakers of the event were: Mr Vadym Karasyov, Director of Global Strategies Institute, Mr Oles` Doniy, Head of Political Values Research Centre and Mr Volodymyr Fesenko, Chairman of the Board of Penta Applied Political Research Centre. Some 60 EBA members had a chance to get first hand information on latest relevant research results as well as learn the speakers' opinions as to possible development of Ukraine's political situation in the nearest future. more » 20/03 2007 Austrian Economic Mission - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held on Tuesday, 20.03.2007 at 09:00. more » 19/03 2007 EBA Board meeting was held on Monday, 19.03.2007 at 17:30. more » 16/03 2007 HR Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. The participants of the meeting discussed a job interview and what questions to ask at it. more » 16/03 2007 EBA PR Committee - "Meet the Press" event This special ‘Meet the Press’ event held at EBRD premises in Kyiv hosted the keynote speaker Mr I Martin Pompador, Chief Executive of News Corporation Europe. The EBA PR Committee and UAPR members had a unique chance to discuss the future of the media in the age of electronics with a member of senior management team of News Corporation, the largest television and publishing conglomerate in the world (owns and runs over 130 television stations across the world, publish 68 newspapers, as well as conducts cinema production). more » 16/03 2007 EBA Exporters & Importers Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speakers at the meeting were representatives of the State Veterinary Department and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. more » 15/03 2007 EBA Real Estate Committee POSTPONED. The time and date are to be confirmed. more » 15/03 2007 Extended meeting of Manufacturing Committee and WG on Production Management - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held on Thursday, 15.03.2007 at 15:00. more » 14/03 2007 Ukrainian - Swedish cooperation. Meeting with Swedish business delegation - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held at Vienna House with support of the International House Language Centre and production and legal firm “Krona”. Igor Matyushenko, Deputy Head of the Main Department for Foreign Economic Relations and European Integration of Kharkiv Oblast State Administration, spoke about perspectives of foreign economic activity of Kharkiv oblast and informed that economic development of Kharkiv region is acknowledged as more than satisfactory. The year 2006 is marked with the growth of foreign trade that resulted in $3 billion foreign trade turnover and $660 million increase in foreign investment. Trade turnover with Sweden is $16 million and foreign investments from Sweden is $300 000, that shows that cooperation with Sweden is underdeveloped. more » 14/03 2007 EBA Franchising Working Group was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussing a concept of franchising in Ukraine, its legislative framework and international experience of regulation. more » 14/03 2007 EBA Agrochemical Committee was held on Wednesday, 14.03.2007 at 09:00. more » 14/03 2007 Real Estate, Investments and Strategic Development Committee - EBA Kharkiv Branch POSTPONED . Time and place to be confirmed. more » 13/03 2007 EBA EuroDrink Party - 'Welcome to Estonia' was held on Tuesday, 13.03.2007 at 19:00. more » 13/03 2007 Round table: Perspectives for development of technoparks and industrial parks in Lviv oblast. - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held with participation of representatives of Lviv Oblast State Administration and Lviv City Council. more » 13/03 2007 The fifth meeting of the Advisory Board of EU Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine - EBA Odesa Branch was held in Odesa and was attended by the EBA Odesa Branch Coordinator. General Banfi, the Head of the Mission reported to the Board about the key observations made by the Mission, including the following: more » 12/03 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held on Monday, 12.03.2007 at 19:00. more » 12/03 2007 EBA Intellectual Property Working Group was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussion of the Draft Law on Amending Certain Legislative Acts on the Intellectual Property Issues. more » 12/03 2007 EBA Agrochemical Committee has been POSTPONED to Wednesday. more » 07/03 2007 EBA Legal Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussing the Draft Law On Joint Stock Companies. more » 07/03 2007 Meeting with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Ukraine and the Director of Programme PUM with representatives of the Branch Board - EBA Odesa Branch Mr. Ron Keller, the Embassador and Thijs van Praag, the Director of the Programme PUM discussed the issues of cooperation of the Dutch ship owners with Ukrainian companies in the field of employment of Ukrainian seamen at foreign ships and cooperation of Ukrainian medical establishments with corresponding Dutch establishments for certification of seamen corresponding to the Dutch and EU legal requirements. more » 07/03 2007 EBA Investment Climate Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speaker of the meeting was Yevhen Oleynikov, Director of the Payments Monitoring Department of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. more » 06/03 2007 EBA Tax Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The main focus of the meeting was addressed to discussion of the main provisions to be indicated in the EBA Tax Committee Analytical Review on VAT refund. more » 06/03 2007 Presentation: Corporate/Group Insurance Employee Benefit Plans - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv with support of company Alico AIG Life . Mr. Oleksandr Kirilkin, the Group Account Executive of Alico AIG Life was the guest speaker of the meeting. “Nowadays companies have to compete for skilled and experienced personnel. Apart from salary as a motivation and loyalty tool, there is an emerging trend for companies to provide their employees with social packages” – stated Mr. Kirilkin. more » 05/03 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held on Monday, 05.03.2007 at 19:00. more » 02/03 2007 Business Morning: Legislative Innovations in the Field of Construction and Real Estate - EBA Dnipropetrovsk Branch was held at the cafe Moon. The meeting was supported by Law Firm Dinastia . Mr. Denis Mirgorodskiy, the President of the Law Firm Dinastia, shared his experience in legalization of objects constructed with deviations from construction project and in an unauthorized manner. He also shared about changes of real estate purposes in Dnipropetrovsk and innovations in real estate legislations, e.g. in the Law on Funds for Financing of Construction. more » 01/03 2007 General Membership Meeting with Mr. Antonin Murgash, the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Donetsk - EBA Donetsk Branch was held at Donbass Palace with support of Insurance Company Galaxy . Mr. Antonin Murgash, the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Donetsk presented activities of the Consulate General, the consular district that includes Donetsk region, and encouraged Ukrainian companies for partnership. Mr. Murgash also offered support in establishment and development of business contacts with Czech partners. He pointed out that the structure of Donetsk region is very similar to that of the North Moravia of the Czech Republic and therefore, he would like to develop cooperation with Donetsk region. more » 01/03 2007 EBA Fuel & Energy Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speakers at the meeting were Andriy Hîluschak, Adviser to the Head and member of Supervisory Board of UkrGasEnergo; Olexandr Lysak, Deputy General Director of the UkrGas Concern and Tetyana Blisnyuk, Senior Specialist of the Ministry of Fuel & Energy of Ukraine. more » 28/02 2007 General Membership Meeting with specialists of the Dutch Programme PUM - EBA Odesa Branch was held at Hotel Londonskaya with support of the Hotel, companies QBE and PLASKE . Ms. Dmytriyeva, representative of the Dutch Programme PUM (Experts from the Netherlands) presented the programme of short term projects aiming at improving work of enterprises and institutions from various fields. more » 28/02 2007 EBA Joint CSR & HR Committees will be held on Wednesday, 28.02.2007 at 17:00. The meeting was devoted to discussion of the corporate social responsibility of employees and towards employees. The guest speakers of the meeting were Alina Sevastyuk of AVON and Iryna Grabs'ka of Hudson. more » 28/02 2007 General Membership Meeting with Mr. Pavlenko, the Head of Zhytomyr Oblast State Administration - EBA Zhytomyr Branch The Branch has been established according to the interest of local investors in developing a dialogue with local authorities for improvement of business climate in the oblast. more » 28/02 2007 EBA Business Morning with Head of Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine Mr Oleksiy Kostusev was held at Premier Palace Hotel in Kyiv. Sponsor of the meeting CFC Consulting . During the meeting Mr Kostusev discussed with EBA members current problems and defined priorities to focus on for the sake of improving competitive environment and creating favourable investment climate in Ukraine. more » 27/02 2007 EBA PR Committee – “Meet the Press” event was held at Golden Gate Irish Pub in Kyiv. It was the first time when the EBA ‘Meet the Press” was devoted to high social level, mass market media and specific titles. Especially for this occasion we have invited Telegraaf Media Group Ukraine team. more » 27/02 2007 Tax & Accounting Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. The topic of the meeting was “VAT, legislative changes, new approaches”. more » 26/02 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. This meeting was truly international. The guests and club members have enjoyed the brilliant choice of a theme – countries of Europe - for this meeting by Toastmaster Elena Osadchenko. more » 26/02 2007 EBA EuroDebates. Taxes as economic development leverage: Pro & Contra were held at Premier Palace Hotel in Kyiv. Over one hundred EBA members and journalists gathered that evening to polemize on most disputable issues related to taxation: new Tax Code to be, VAT, simplified tax system etc. more » 23/02 2007 Extended meeting of Manufacturing Committee and Working group on Production Management - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the company LEONI Wiring Systems. LEONI Wiring Systems is one of the biggest production companies in Western Ukraine which employs more than 2900 workers. The plant produces wiring systems for General Motors Opel vehicles. more » 22/02 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held on Thursday, 22.02.2007 at 19:00. more » 22/02 2007 Branch Board meeting - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the office of company WUMC in Lviv.The Board members discussed current political situation both at the regional and national level and its influence on cooperation with the Association, 2007 Branch activities (results and plans). more » 22/02 2007 Marketing Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. Marketing research and other sources of information for marketers were discussed at the meeting. more » 22/02 2007 Annual General Membership meeting. EBA Board elections was held in Kyiv. Please click here to view the list of the EBA Board elected by the EBA AGM. more » 22/02 2007 HR Committee meeting on the topic Professional Education and Raising the Company’s Personnel Qualification - EBA Donetsk Branch was held at the conference hall of Istil (Ukraine). Natliya Kopylenko, Senior Executive of the Academy of Business of company Ernst and Young in Ukraine (Kyiv) presented services for professional education and raising a company’s personnel qualification which are provided by the Academy of Business now available in Donetsk. more » 22/02 2007 EBA Exporters & Importers Committee will be held on Thursday, 22.02.2007 at 9:30. more » 21/02 2007 EBA Marketing Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussion of process of rebranding in the banking sphere. more » 21/02 2007 General Membership Meeting on the topic Electronic Tax Accounting with Mr. Borys Sydorov, the Deputy Head of the State Tax Administration in Dnipropetrovsk - EBA Dnipropetrovsk Branch was held at Oleyna oil extracting plant and supported by company Bunge Ukraine . The meeting was organized in the format of a round table and was attended by tax payers and representatives of the State Tax Administration in the Dnipropetrovsk region. It was aiming at exchanging information on electronic exchange of tax information. more » 20/02 2007 Concert of Academic sympony orchestra directed by Yuriy Yanko with information support of the Association and Afisha Kharkiv - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held at Kharkiv philarmony, the oldest concert organisation of Ukraine. more » 19/02 2007 EBA Board meeting was held on Monday, 19.02.2007 at 17:30. more » 19/02 2007 EBA Real Estate Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speaker of the meeting was Mr.Tarnopolskiy, Deputy Head of the Land Resources Department, Kyiv City State Administration. more » 19/02 2007 EBA Agrochemical Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussing results of the ECPA (European Crop Protection Association) representatives visit to Kyiv and cooperation with the project on combating counterfeits. more » 16/02 2007 HR Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. The participants considered the topic of target management. Ms. Natalia Bardyn, partner of Lviv Consulting Group, explained the need for a company to have a mission and what target management is. more » 15/02 2007 Working Group on Business & Education Cooperation - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held at the Polytechnic University. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the profile of a specialist of Master Degree in International Finance and participate in process of planning of curriculum. more » 15/02 2007 EBA PR Committee was held on Thursday, 15.02.2007 at 17:00. more » 14/02 2007 General Membership Meeting with municipal authorities - EBA Dnipropetrovsk Branch was held on Wednesday, 14.02.2007 at 18:00. more » 14/02 2007 EBA Franchising Working Group was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The participants of the meeting approved establishment of the EBA Franchising Working Group. more » 14/02 2007 EBA Investment Climate Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speakers of the Round table were Leonid Shapkin, Head of Methodology and Banking Control Department, National Bank of Ukraine and Ivan Ugrin, Head of Division of Insurance Market Development, Non-state Pension Funds and Non-banking Institutions. more » 13/02 2007 Meeting of the Working group on Production Management meeting - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. The main discussion topic was work with personnel. The participants shared their success stories and difficulties ³n this field. more » 13/02 2007 Finance and Investment Committee - EBA Odesa Branch POSTPONED to Tuesday, 20.02.2007 at 18:00 more » 13/02 2007 EBA Committee Chairmen meeting was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The EBA Committee Chairmen discussed the EBA Committee priorities for 2007 and different lobbying efforts to be taken in this respect. more » 13/02 2007 Ad-hoc meeting on marketing charges administration was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The EBA Marketing and Tax Committees members discussed the problem faced by suppliers delivering the goods to retail chains and paying different charges for merchandise services, introduction of new products, marketing services for the goods, services on changing the assortment, services for the goods promotion etc. more » 12/02 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club - revealing talents at EBA Toastmasters was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The EBA Toastmasters provide auspicious environment not only for developing of public speaking and leadership skills but also for revealing of the poetic gifts. The eve of the St. Valentine’s Day inspired the Toastmaster of the meeting Inna Yakovenko to introduce the participators in verses. more » 12/02 2007 EBA Legal Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The main focus of the meeting was addressed to the legislative amendments to the Land Code in particular in terms of rights of wholly –owned subsidiaries of foreign companies to acquire property rights to land. more » 12/02 2007 EBA Health Care Committee Marketing Subcommittee was held on Monday, 12.02.2007 at 17:00. more » 12/02 2007 EBA Intellectual Property Working Group was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speakers at the meeting was Mr Îlexandr Rudolsky, Deputy Head of the IPR Protection Department of the State Customs Service of Ukraine. more » 12/02 2007 EBA Agrochemical Committee POSTPONED to Monday, 19.02.2007 at 09:00, at the EBA office in Kyiv. more » 07/02 2007 General Membership Meeting with the General Consul of the Republic of Poland in Kharkiv - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held at the business hall of and supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Kharkiv. Mr. Grzegorz Seroczynski, the Consul General, made a welcome address and invited Ukrainian companies to continue and develop mutually beneficial collaboration with representatives of business of Poland. The Consulate General offered its help in every direction of such partnership. more » 07/02 2007 Metalwork & Engineering Industry Committee meeting - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. Participants of the meeting discussed the most important news about from companies and also shared their experience and information as for the problematic aspects which their companies faced, namely: more » 07/02 2007 Business Morning with Mr. Antonin Murgash, the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Donetsk - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held in Kharkiv in hotel Chichikov. The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Donetsk will officially begin its activities in May 2007. Mr. Antonin Murgash spoke about activities of the Trade and Economic, Cultural and Visa Consular Departments, encouraged Ukrainian companies for partnership, and also offered support in establishment and development of business contacts with Czech partners. more » 06/02 2007 EBA Tax Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The guest speaker at the meeting was Mrs Yevheniya Usenko, Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine. more » 06/02 2007 EBA Health Care Committee Med Devices Subcommittee At the meeting the Committee members hosted the Director of the State Enterprise Ukrainian Medical Center of Certification of the State Service for Drugs and Medical Devices - Mr. Soloviov. It was the second meeting with Mr. Soloviov for the last few months, and the Committee members were especially pleased with confidence and attention from this orgnisation's side to issues of the EBA members concern. more » 05/02 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held on Monday, 05.02.2007 at 19:00. more » 02/02 2007 Real Estate, Investments and Strategic Development Committee - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held on Friday, 02.02.2007 at 18:00. more » 02/02 2007 General Membership Meeting with Mr. Vitaliy Khyliuk, Head of the State Tax Administration in Lviv Oblast - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the conference-hall of KREDOBANK. Mr. Vitaliy Khyliuk presented the general survey of the situation with VAT refund in Lviv Oblast for the last two years, described main problems in this field, ways for their solving and defined approaches for future cooperation between tax authorities and private sector. more » 01/02 2007 EBA Fuel & Energy Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The participants discussed the Committee Activity Plan for the next year. more » 01/02 2007 Ad-hoc meeting on tolling regulations was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. Andriy Kholodyan, representative of the company LEONI presented the Draft Law of Ukraine On Operations on Processing of the Import Raw Materials in the Territory of Ukraine (Draft Law). more » 31/01 2007 General Membership Meeting - EBA Kharkiv Branch POSTPONED to Friday, 07.02.2007 at 18.30. more » 31/01 2007 EBA HR Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussion of Performance Review. The speaker of the meeting was Nataliya Shuryga, HR Manager CIS, Microsoft Ukraine. more » 31/01 2007 EBA Travel & Tourism Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussion of the possible ways of improving the train ticketing system and amendments to the Law on Tourism. more » 30/01 2007 Skating Party - EBA Kharkiv Branch has been held with support of French Boulevard Entertainment Centre and Gala Radio . Guests of the party enjoyed performance of professional figure skaters and skating to romantic French music. They had an opportunity to participate in skating competitions and quizzes, and enjoyed prizes and presents from EBA member companies Atos and Nes-Star . more » 30/01 2007 EBA EuroDrink Party - Polish Night more » 30/01 2007 Branch Board meeting - EBA Odesa Branch was held at the office of PLASKE. This was the first meeting of the newly elected Board at which Ivan Liptuha (PLASKE) has been elected a new Chairman of the Board. more » 29/01 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. This meeting was very unusual. There were no regular routine such as prepared or impromptu speeches. However, it was remarkable, memorable and extremely important as it dealt with evaluation and feedback that are key to Toastmasters activities. more » 29/01 2007 Meeting of the Working Group on Production Management - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. 2006 Working group activities were summed up at the meeting. Representatives of EBA member companies shared their impressions on the participation in the Working group meetings during 2006. “The meetings of the Working group were very interesting for us, full of new information that we could apply directly to our everyday work. After the meetings we want to master our work, we keep on discussing a topic of a meeting even after it is over”, said Ms. Oksana Hoshovska and Maria Shevchyk from HRT Textiles company. more » 29/01 2007 EBA Finance Committee was held on Monday, 29.01.2007 at 17:00. more » 26/01 2007 HR Committee meeting - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. The participants of the meeting discussed planning of personnel hiring. more » 26/01 2007 Meeting of the Regional Coordination Council on Foreign Investments chaired by the Governor of Odesa oblast - EBA Odesa Branch was attended by Mr. Kodrul, the Head of the Finance & Investment Committee of the EBA Odesa Branch. Big investment projects suggested for the realisation in Odesa region were evaluated. Among them are: more » 25/01 2007 EBA Toastmasters Club The meeting of EBA Toastmasters turned to take place on a special day, which is called Tatiana’s Day or Student’s Day. The spirit of a holiday greatly contributed to the amiable and enthusiastic atmosphere of the meeting when all the participants put on coat of either students or teachers and enjoyed the taken roles immensely. more » 25/01 2007 Marketing Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA office in Lviv. The topic of the meeting was Branding In Frames Of National Features. The guest speaker was Ms. Halyna Yanyshivska, National Marketing Manager, TM Halychyna (Lviv). more » 25/01 2007 EBA PR Committee was held on Thursday, 25.01.2007 at 17:00. more » 25/01 2007 EBA Health Care Committee General Meeting Was held at the President-Hotel "Kyivsky" in Kiyv. The first part of the meeting was devoted to CRO (Contract Research Organisation) operation in Ukraine. Three biggest CRO were at the meeting and made more » 25/01 2007 EBA Fuel & Energy Committee POSTPONED to 01.02.07, 16:00. more » 25/01 2007 Branch Board Meeting - EBA Kharkiv Branch was held at the conference hall of the Asset Management Company Forward. The newly elected Board included the following members: • Igor Sbitnev – Axioma, Director; • Dmytro Koshkin – AMC Forward, Director; • Victor Shefel – Nadra Bank, Director of Kharkiv Branch; • Daniil Boldyrev – Pirana, Founder; • Olga Revina – Puls, Partner. more » 25/01 2007 Fast-track business visa support by General Consulate of Poland - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was agreed upon at the meeting of Mr. Beyzyk, the Branch Board Vice Chairman, and the the Regional Manager with Mr. Hryta, the Conusl of the General Consulate. more » 24/01 2007 General Membership Meeting - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch POSTPONED. Time and place to be confirmed. more » 24/01 2007 EBA EuroDebates - Free Land Turnover: Pro & Contra were held at Sofyivsky Grand Hall of Premier Palace Hotel in Kyiv. This EuroDebates session was devoted to one of the most disputable issues of today that is also among top burning concerns for the EBA membership - Free Land Turnover: Pro & Contra. Over 100 EBa members had a chance to hear opposite opinions on the subject of land turnover in Ukraine from key speakers (MPs, key officials of the State Committee of Ukraine On Land Resources, experts), express their concerns and standpoints and dispute directly with the present governmental representatives and politicians. more » 24/01 2007 EBA Investment Climate Committee was held at the EBA office in Kyiv. The topic of the round table discussion was: Ukraine ’s potential in competing for international capital. 2006-results and prospects for 2007. more » 23/01 2007 EBA PR Committee - "Meet the Press" event was held on Tuesday, 23.01.2007 at 19:00. more » 23/01 2007 Tax & Accounting Committee - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch was held at the EBA Office in Lviv. The participants of the meeting discussed state budget for 2007 and relevant changes in tax legislation. more » 23/01 2007 EBA Health Care Committee Registration Subcommittee was held in the EBA office in Kyiv. Present members of the Subcommittee briefly discussed last year activities of the Subcommittee result. More attention was drawn to the issues of future cooperation with authorities responsible for registration and circulation of pharmaceutical products such as State Pharmacological Center of Ukraine more » 22/01 2007 Branch Board meeting - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch POSTPONED to 02.02.2007 at 18.30 more » 22/01 2007 EBA Board meeting was held on Monday, 22.01.2007 at 17:30. more » 22/01 2007 Charitable visit of EBA Western Ukrainian Branch representatives to the orphanage “Ridny Dim” - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch in the village Kornalovychi of Sambir district, Lviv region brought much joy to the children. Due to the sponsors and guests of the charitable Christmas Party for children, held in Lviv in December 2006, the children’s home received new household appliances and sweet presents. more » 22/01 2007 EBA Agrochemical Committee was held in the EBA office in Kyiv. The meeting was devoted to discussing some organisational issues such as expansion of interests of the Agrochemical Committee. Present companies agreed to renew a working group on seed business during current year. The other main issue that was discussed during meeting was results of latest meetings with representatives of Ministry of Environment more »