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Three cities adopted their economic development strategies last week: Vyshneve, Kyiv Oblast, on Tuesday, Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, on Thursday, and Mohyliv-Podilsky, Vinnytsya Oblast, and on Friday. More...

Five months after CEPIF 2007, preparations for the next year's Central Europe Property & Investment Fair in Warsaw, Poland, are in full swing, the event organizer's representative in Ukraine told the LED Monitor. More...

On Dec. 8 and 9, 2007, the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast's town of Dolyna will host the First Boyko Regional Investment Forum

The first regional investment forum in Boykivshchyna – the region of Boykos – is designed as a multidimensional event. Besides the obvious purposes of outward promotion of the region and direct marketing of sites, it also has an important inward dimension of community awareness-raising. More...

Three cities signed Letters of Intent with the USAID LED project in late November 2007: Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast, on Nov. 26, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, on Nov. 27, and Izmail, Odesa Oblast, on Nov. 29. More...

The fourth cycle of the training course in foreign direct investments (FDI) completed its first three-day workshop on Friday – just one week after the USAID LED project and the Ukrainian Center for Foreign Investment Promotion (InvestUkraine) certified graduates from the course's third cycle. More...

Seminar participants discuss EURO 2012 challenges and opportunities, report on strategy implementation progress, learn preparation of industrial site conceptual design, and establish contacts

The third seminar organized by the USAID LED project on Nov. 5-7, 2007, for representatives from the project's partner cities to report results of Strategic Plans implementation gathered more than 50 participants from 37 municipalities – not only partner cities. As reiterated by many participants in the event, held under the auspices of the Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC), it served well the purpose of forming a community of Ukrainian local economic development professionals. More...

After recent transfer of 70.42 percent interest in the Lutsk Aviation Enterprise from the Volyn Oblast to its capital, Lutsk, a long fight for resuming air operations in this Western Ukrainian region seems to be as close to a happy ending as never before. If the city's plans come true, it will have a new airport with developed infrastructure, and radically increase its investment appeal. More...

A team of three USAID LED project experts conducted a workshop in Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast, last week to acquaint relevant local government officers with the analytical phase of strategic planning process. More...

Since Oct. 25, 2007, four Ukrainian cities have adopted strategies for their economic development. These strategies were hammered out by expert committees established in the cities with assistance from the USAID LED project. More...

On Oct. 24 and 25, 2007, the third cycle of the USAID LED project's training course in foreign direct investment (FDI) wound up in certification exams held in Kyiv. More...