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[https://www.facebook.com/ITCUkraine/] English Українська The project News Events Success stories Documents Contact us ABOUT ITC Linking Ukrainian SMEs in the fruits and vegetables sector to global and domestic markets and value chains The project The Project aims to help Ukrainian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the fruits and vegetable sector integrate into domestic and global value chains and access new markets, with a focus on the EU. It will be done by assisting SMEs to produce goods in accordance with market requirements, improving the capacities of business support organizations (BSOs) to provide quality business support services to SMEs, and linking SMEs to target markets, particularly within the EU. Direct beneficiaries of the project include SMEs from the selected value chains, local and sector BSOs, and related government institutions and bodies. The Project is funded by the Government of Sweden and the International Trade Centre (ITC). Project duration: 5 years (2016 – 2020). THE PROJECT'S objectives The Project aims to contribute to enhanced competitiveness and sustained export growth of Ukrainian SMEs in the fruits and vegetables sector. The Project is organized around the following four outputs: 1 Roadmap developed for selected value chains in the fruits and vegetables sector 2 Capacities of SMEs strengthened to improve international competitiveness 3 Capacities of BSOs strengthened to provide SMEs with relevant business support services 4 Business linkages created for SMEs to expand sales in both domestic and international markets, in particular in the EU THE PROJECT Coverage The Project focuses on several regions of Ukraine: Kherson, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Vinnytsia The South and Centre of Ukraine has always been the leader of agricultural production in the country and has strong potential for export high-quality agricultural products to demanding global markets, including the European Union. The geographic location with its proximity to the sea and estuaries provides favorable climate and fertile land for agriculture production. The fruits and vegetables produced in those regions have a very good reputation in terms of taste and quality and used to be well positioned on local as well as regional markets. Partners of THE PROJECT Kherson Regional State Administration Mykolaiv Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry Association Cluster “EA. F. TECH+” Kherson Chamber of Commerce and Industry Odesa Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry Odesa Regional State Administration Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Zaporizhzhia Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dnipropetrovsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry Donors Sweden ITC Events April 2020 M T W T F S S « Feb 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 News ITC launches COVID-19 dashboard and offers free access to Market Analysis Tools Dashboard to track COVID-19 trade measures and free access to ITC trade data to help MSMEs, policymakers improve decision-making during coronavirus emergency. read more ITC consultants assist producers of fruit and vegetables in the implementation of GLOBALG.A.P ITC consultant Nina Dmytrash has conducted an initial audit of four farms read more Ecology, safety, convenience: during the Farmer 2020 trade show in Kherson Alona Kolomoytseva told about major trends in world markets National Manager of ITC Project Alyona Kolomoytseva participated in the event “Creating Conditions for Realizing Export Potential” held at the Farmer 2020 read more