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A new publication by the Cities Alliance, Understanding Your Local Economy: A Resource Guide for Cities, features Ivano-Frankivsk as one of its case study cities while addressing "the challenges of analyzing local economic conditions and a city’s comparative and competitive advantages." More...

A Business Support Center was opened in Pryluky under the auspices of B.A.T. Ukraine

The Business Support Center in Pryluky was inaugurated on Sept. 4, 2007. The Center was established with the purpose of providing accounting and legal advice to local entrepreneurs as well as developing their professional skills through relevant workshops. More...

[Updated 09/04/2007]
Ternopil is planning to issue municipal bonds at a total value of UAH 20 million in the first quarter 2008, the city hall told the LED Monitor on Wednesday. More...

Joint acquisition by PepsiAmericas and PepsiCo of Mykolaiv-based juice maker Sandora holds out benefits to the both parties and is expected to contribute to local economic development, according to the Ukrainian company. More...

Lviv Investment Forum organizers hope UEFA EURO 2012 attracts investors and Ukrainian Gastarbeiters

Preparations for the 7th Lviv International Investment Forum “EURO 2012: Go Ukraine!” scheduled for Oct. 4-6, 2007, are in full swing and about to enter the phase of promotional campaign, according to the Conference House, one of the event's organizers. More...

A spearhead in Drohobych is drafting projects to get prepared for any financing opportunity

As calls for project proposals tend to reach the Ukrainian provinces just before application deadline, a group of activists in Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, decided to draft priority projects in advance, to be ready to jump at any opportunity for financing that can open up. More...

OnJuly 4, 2007, in Kyiv the USAID LED project organized a round table on Development Opportunities and Ways for Regional Airports in Ukraine. Participants in the event – representatives from regional authorities and heads of airports in Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Poltava, Rivne, and Sumy, as well as a speaker from the Czech Republic – considered how to turn these predominantly lossmaking enterprises into a regional development resource and a source of revenues to local budgets. More...

Implementation of the €27 million investment project to upgrade Mykolaiv Vodokanal, municipal water/wastewater enterprise, will begin in the second half of this year, as scheduled, even though the City Rada lingered out with approval of the project, Vodokanal told the LED Monitor on Wednesday. More...

A team of two Czech industrial property development experts, reinforced with a Ukrainian intern, began their new mission in Ukraine from visiting the Crimean city of Dzhankoy on Thursday, June 21, 2007, to do due diligence on a site intended for industrial development. The visit agenda included meetings with the city’s Mayor and top technical authorities, as well as site checkup. More...