March, 2014
Expert group meeting of the project “Promotion of investment opportunities and cooperation between small and medium sized enterprises through development of cross-border ties in the Carpathian region”
On March 28, 2014, an expert group meeting was held in Ivano-Frankivsk, in the framework of a project “Promotion of investment opportunities and cooperation between small and medium sized enterprises through development of cross-border ties in the Carpathian region”, which is realized by the Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk in partnership with the Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures (Romania) and Main Department for Tourism, European Integration, External Relations and Investments of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration in the framework of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013.
During the meeting, Maria Kovaliv – vice-chairman of the Board of the Association of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk, project manager, familiarized the meeting participants with the implementation of the project “Promotion of investment opportunities and cooperation between small and medium sized enterprises through development of cross-border ties in the Carpathian region”, as well as with Regulations and Provisions of the expert group, noted its importance for the project realisation.
Members of the expert group approved its composition, Regulations and Provisions, confirmed the implementation of the project measures, namely conducting the analytical research concerning the condition of investment environment in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast; carrying out the sociological research (studying the opinion of small and medium-sized enterprises in defying possibilities, risks and obstacles in the investment activity in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast).
The following people were involved in the process of negotiating the analytical research structure and methodology of carrying out a sociological survey and a questionnaire: Viktor Petrenko – professor of the Department of Management and Administration of Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Doctor of Economic Science, Zinoviy Mazur – Deputy Head of the Department of European Integration and Investment, Main Department for Tourism, European Integration, External Relations and Investments of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Olena Blinnikova – the first Deputy Head of the Main Department of Statistics in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Viktor Kuzmyn – associate professor of the Department of Economic Enterprise, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Vitaliy Didijchyk – director of “Kuvert Ukraine” limited liability company, Viktoria Debenko – head of the Department of informational and resource support of investment activity and marketing of the territories, “Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Centre for Investments and Development”, Roman Shevchyk – business consultant of joint venture “SBEDIF – Business Centre”, Mariana Hurhula – Deputy Head of the Department of Regulatory Politics and Support of Entrepreneurship, Department of Economics of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration.
Members of the expert group expressed their propositions concerning the researches, discussed the importance of the project’s expert group activity as a deliberative and consultative body and the implementation of the project measures.
