Doing Business in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities

Business Forum

December 15

USAID CEP: Highlights of the year and grant opportunities

10:00 — 10:20

  • Olesya Zaluska, Chief of Party, USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine

Ministry of Economy: grant opportunities for business growth

10:20 – 10:40

  • Tetyana Berezhna, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

Session 1

Doing Business in Ukraine: Paving the way to the economic recovery 

10:40 – 11:40

Speakers:

  • Ruslan Hashev, Chairman of the board, Export Credit Agency (ECA)

  • Eduard Lebediev, Co-owner and Director, Aton Service

  • Oleksandr Gryban, Investment Team Lead, Advantage Ukraine

  • Dina Sidash, Vice President, Dnipropetrovsk Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Moderator:  Yevhen Yanovych

Session 2

11:40 – 12:25

Speakers:

  • Tetyana Berezhna, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

  • Andrii Zaikin, founder and Executive Director, YEP 

  • Taras Komarenko, founder, Smart People Business School

    Moderator: Arseniy Polozhiy, Regional Competitiveness Advisor, USAID CEP

Training and Reskilling to Create Adaptable Workforce

Session 3

12:50 – 13:40

Speakers:

  • Anna Shevtsiv, CEO, Stryi Auto LLC

  • Anton Nazarko,  CEO, NGO Some People (Sneaker Mate, Ssweep, rap.ua)

  • Ivan Frolov, founder, creative director of FROLOV brand

  • Yaroslav Lysak, CEO, Neverdark

    Moderator: Anna Gladshtein, International Trade and European Integration Team Lead, USAID CEP

Adaptation of businesses: dealing with the ongoing crisis

Session 4

14:25 – 15:15

Speakers:

  • Daria Tymoshenko, COO and Head of sales, Gunia Project

  • Oksana Cherepanych, Founder, Grehori textile

  • Victoria Primolenna, Founder and CEO, Primoletto

  • Hanna Krysiuk, President, Business Woman Club

    Moderator:  Iryna Zelenina, Co-founder, Ukrainian Export Alliance

Women owned businesses ensure resilience of the economy

Session 5

15:15 — 16:05

Speakers:

  • Ruslana Rymarska, Owner, Smakuli 

  • Yuliia Pavlenko, Director of the Department of International Operations, UkrPoshta

  • Yulia Lisovska, Chief Financial Officer, Tivoli 

  • Iryna Pika, Founder, Igroteco

    Moderator: Anna Milenina, Adviser to the Director, State Institution “Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office”

New Frontiers: ramp up exports to support economic development and early recovery

Session 6

16:20 – 17:05

Speakers:

  • Jaroslaw Belinski, Head of Association, Design4Ukraine

  • Anastasiia Verlinska, Program Director, Linoleum Festival 

  • Daria Voevoda, CEO, Spend With Ukraine

    Moderator: Olexander Trehub, CEO and co-founder, Projector Institute

Creative Industries: Ukraine’s soft power and fuel to ensure economic recovery

Session 7

How Ukraine’s Tech industry Thrives Despite Russia’s War

17:05 — 17:55

Speakers:

  • Oleksii Dobronravov, Leading legal expert, Diia.City Project Office, Ministry of Digital Transformation

  • Stakh Voznyak, Co-founder and CEO, Cargofy

  • Olga Shapoval, Executive Director, Kharkiv IT Cluster

  • Igor Markevych, Innovations and Tech Lead at Advantage Ukraine, Program Lead at Lviv IT Cluster, delegate to Horizon Europe Committe on Digital, Space and Industry

    Moderator: Valeriy Dobrovolskiy, Future Industries Team Lead (IT, engineering, creative industries), USAID CEP

About USAID CEP

USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine (USAID CEP) supports Ukrainian enterprises and startups aiming to provide support for competitive industries and firms on Ukrainian and international markets, foster a better business enabling environment, and enabling Ukrainian companies to benefit from international trade.