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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMALL ENTERPRISES’ SECTOR IN UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS |
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Date: |
February 20, 2002 (10:00-13:00) |
Place: |
Premises of the IER at Reytarska 8/5-A, in 01034 Kiev |
Organizers: |
IER and GAG |
Outline
The main purpose of the round-table was to bring together scientists, representatives of the state authorities and non-governmental organizations as well as entrepreneurs in order to discuss the main problems of small and medium business development as well as the ways of promoting entrepreneurship in Ukraine. The results of the survey of industry-oriented small and medium enterprises in Ukraine, conducted by the IER at the end of 2000, were also presented.
Programme
11:00-11:05 |
Opening of the round table: Igor Burakovsky, Director, IER |
| 11:05-11:20 |
The economic implications of the government support for the steel industry in Ukraine: Nina Legeida, Research Associate, IER; Volkhart Vincentz, Member of the GAG |
11:20-11:30 |
Discussion
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11:30-11:40 |
The current and future role of the state in restructuring and consolidation of steel industry: Serhiy Gryshchenko, Deputy State Secretary of Steel Industry Development, Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine |
11:40-11:50 |
Discussion |
11:50-12:00 |
State’s role in creation of a modern competitive Ukrainian metallurgy complex: Igor Lysytsky, Head of Department for Development of Markets and Structural Transformations, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine |
12:00-12:10 |
Discussion |
12:10-12:20 |
Information about the draft of the Law ’On the national programme for development and reforming of mining and metallurgy complex of Ukraine till 2010’: Valeriy Sergiyenko, Senior Scientific Advisor on Macroeconomics and Industrial Development, Verhovna Rada |
12:20-12:30 |
Discussion |
12:30-12:40 |
Criticism of government support in Ukraine on the part of international community: the demand for coordination of steel plans at the international level, participation in OECD meetings, and collaboration with international steel associations: Volodymyr Pikovsky, Deputy Director of the National Research and Information Centre for Monitoring International Commodity Markets |
12:40-12:50 |
Discussion |
12:50-13:00 |
Conclusions: Igor Burakovsky, Director, IER |
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