1. Doing Business in Ukraine
Dr. Fesenko Olena
Coordinator
of EEN-Ukraine consortium
Europe Enterprise Network

2. EEN Added value
for both sides: Europe and Ukraine
•Access to UA technologies
•Access to UA business opportunities
•Access to UA clients with support
•Access to UA market access information
•Access to UA legal information
•…
•Free access to IT tools
•Free access to million+ clients
•Free access to 100+ B2B Events
•Free access to 10,000+ profiles
•Free access to a Network
•…

3. Why do SMEs of Ukraine need to participate
in the network?
Small and medium enterprises  great importance
EEN-Ukraine consortium act as catalyst for the sustainability
of the overall innovation system in Ukraine and Europe
 Bringing closer business and science by promoting
entrepreneurship in both ends through awareness and capacity
building
 Developing the research and innovative capacities of SMEs by
helping to create synergies with other research actors, foster
technological co-operation and holding brokerage events
Small and medium enterprises  need for substantial support
EEN-Ukraine consortium make for a stronger the technology
transfer infrastructure, generating international knowledge and
technology transfer from science to business and between
businesses

4. EEN-UKRAINE CONSORTIUM
coordinated by Institute of Physics of NASU
1. Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (MEDT)
The Ministry of Economy is a leading agency within the system of Ukraine’s government agencies
and institutions, responsible for implementation of the uniform government policy of national and
regional economic and social development and cooperation with the European Union. Among other
actions, MEDT aims to facilitate local executive agencies and local self-governing agencies in
arranging relations and ties with the European regional organizations and their participation in the
European regional programs, engagement of Ukrainian enterprises, institutions and organizations in
the participation of branch programs of the EU.
2. Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
(IoP NASU)
IoP NASU is non-profit state organization headquartered in Kyiv. As a subsidiary of the National
Academy of Science, the Institute receives grants from the Ministry of Science and Education, the
State Foundation of Basic Research. The Institute maintains close contacts with institutions and
research centers from the National Academy located in Ukrainian regions. Its scientists actively
cooperate with foreign R&D foundations; they have been granted several projects. The Institute
maintains fruitful cooperation with R&D institutions of the CIS states, Europe, Asia and USA. It puts
special emphasis on widening scientific contacts with foreign states.

5. 3 . Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI)
UCCI is a non-government non-profit self-governing organization associating legal
entities and Ukrainian citizens (entrepreneurs or associations). Nearly 10,000
enterprises of different nature are members of the UCCI. The main objective is creating
favorable conditions for the national business environment, supporting relations
between Ukrainian and foreign business partners in economy, science and trade,
representing economic concerns of the chamber members.
4. Kyiv National University (KNU)
KNU is a world wide known institute for higher education that trains specialists in
many fields of knowledge and carries out research. KNU is a multidisciplinary
educational and scientific complex. It is located in Kyiv and consists of more faculties
and departments than any other University in Ukraine. It provides curricula in much
more fields than any other comparable Ukrainian educational institution.
EEN-UKRAINE CONSORTIUM

6. 5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, namely its Structural
Department - Mission of Ukraine to the EU (MUEU-MFA)
The Mission retains extensive knowledge/experience to provide SMEs with tailored advice on the
EU-related issues. MUEU-MFA – is a permanent diplomatic representation of Ukraine to the
European Union. MUEU-MFA is a public body responsible for the development of Ukraine – EU
bilateral relations in all important spheres. Having the promotion of trade and economic cooperation
among its top priorities Mission has vast experience in delivering of the related services to different
stakeholders. MUEU-MFA is constantly involved in a number of the Ukraine – EU dialogues, namely
in the fields of trade and investments, regulatory framework, SME policy, research and innovations
etc.
6. New International Corporation Ltd. (NIC) is a private company, funded in 1995
in Kyiv. The company focuses on provision of complex services related to detection, registration
and protection of intellectual property, and also related to realization of these rights. The company
mission is economy development ensuring and improving the life quality through implementation of
innovation technologies within industrial enterprises of Ukraine. NIC actively collaborates with a
network of enterprises from different sectors of Ukrainian economy, which are interested in the
sphere of innovation technology transfer services development.
7. Dnepropetrovsk’s regional public organization “Dnepr Association
“Spozhyvach”” (DAS) is a non-government organization uniting Ukrainian industrial,
scientific and cultural achievements which includes over 270 active businesses uniting all 24
regions in Ukraine through 45 industrial branches.
EEN-UKRAINE CONSORTIUM

7. EEN-UKRAINE Consortium
Beneficiaries
 Mainly private SMEs, to a smaller extent also medium and
large enterprises
 Existing micro-enterprises, early stage established firms
and other organizations
 Existing intermediary organizations that are not
integrated in the consortium but that would give an
added value to their clients thanks to of EEN-Ukraine
 Local and regional authorities that play a large role in
local economic policy and development
 The research community is an interesting target group in
itself, mainly as a generator of ideas and inventions

8. EEN-UKRAINE: ACTIVITIES
 Promotion of the Network
 Organisation of local or regional events
 Answers to enquiries from SMEs and Network
partners
 Meeting with companies
 Provision of internationalisation and innovation
support
 Organisation of brokerage events and missions
 Provision of tailored alerting services
 Generation of partnership proposals
 Participation in Network and consortia activities

9. http://een.ec.europa.eu/
ВІДКРИТИЙ ДОСТУП

10. ДОСТУП ТІЛЬКИ У ЧЛЕНІВ КОНСОРЦІУМУ

11. Example of offer and request Form

12. ДОСТУП ТІЛЬКИ У ЧЛЕНІВ КОНСОРЦІУМУ

13. ДОСТУП ТІЛЬКИ У ЧЛЕНІВ КОНСОРЦІУМУ

14. Trainings within the EEN Network
Ukrainian-Latvian Innovation Business Forum
Workshop EEN-Ukraine consortium
EEN training
The first Ukrainian forum "Tools for financial and technical support of small and medium
business"
Information Day EEN March 28, 2017, Kyiv
Information Day EEN May 11, 2017, Kharkiv
Brokerage event and company mission of the EEN on May 19-20, 2017, Dnipro
Innovative Picnic, August 24, 2017, Chernivtsi.
Events organized by the Consortium
EEN-Ukraine

15. COSME is an EU program for improving the competitiveness of small and
medium-sized enterprises.
•Improving access to EU funding for small and medium-sized enterprises
•Improving access to markets
•Improving the conditions of cooperation for the competitiveness and stability
of enterprises
•Promoting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial culture
COSME

16. Access to markets

17. Framework Conditions for
Enterprises

18. http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal4/desktop/en/opportunities/cosme/master_call
s.html
Entrepreneuship and Entre

19. http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal4/desktop/en/home.html

20. CALL: TRAINING FOR SME-FRIENDLY POLICIES
IN CENTRAL PURCHASING BODIES
Deadline: 03 October 2017 17:00:00
Grand amount: 350 000 Euro
Only applications from legal entities established in the following countries are
eligible:
• EU Member States;
• Countries participating in the COSME programme;
The following types of organisation are eligible:
• Central Purchasing Bodies;
• International organisations;
• Universities or educational institutions;
This call aims to contribute to the professionalisation of staff working for large
public buyers (called central purchasing bodies, cpbs) covering in particular SMEs'
access to public procurement (pp) markets and increase their knowledge of public
procurement.

21. CALL: EUROPEAN INCUBATION NETWORKS
FOR CREATIVITY-DRIVEN INNOVATION
Deadline: 19 October 2017 17:00:00
Grand amount: 1 700 000 Euro – FASHIONTECH`
1 000 000 Euro – TOURISM
Only applications from legal entities established in the following countries are
eligible:
• EU Member States;
• Countries participating in the COSME programme;
The following types of organization are eligible:
• non-profit organizations (private or public);
• business incubators, accelerators, labs, universities or educational institutions,
research centers and other relevant business support organizations which provide
business support to SMEs and start-ups.)
• public authorities (national, regional, local);
• profit making entities.
The main objective of the action is to support the creation, business development
and scaling-up of companies in the fashion and the tourism sectors through incubators
integrating creative, art and design skills from CCIs (Cultural and Creative Industries)
with technology, science and other relevant expertise.

22. TOPIC : EUROPEAN INCUBATION NETWORKS
FOR CCIs - TOURISM
Specific Challenge: Support a project in the area of Tourism focusing on CCI
(Cultural and Creative Industries) driven innovation across
• the entire value chain or some of its segments (accommodation, ticketing,
travel management, visitor experience, exploitation of big data…)
• some or all specific sectors such as leisure or business travellers, cultural
tourism,
• some or all specific source markets (intra-EU, inter-continental such as China in
order to build on the 2018 EU-China Tourism year momentum, …).

23. TOPIC : EUROPEAN INCUBATION NETWORKS
FOR CCIs - TOURISM
Indicators:
In descending order of importance
•Number of start-ups and/or SMEs supported;
•Number of prototypes/proofs of concept developed;
•Number of networking activities, workshops, match-making activities, events etc.
organised;
•Number of promotional events organised.

24. Thank you for your attention!
With best regards:
Coordinator of EEN-Ukraine Consortium
Head of the Technology Transfer, Innovations
and Intellectual Property Department
Institute of Physics of NASU
– Dr. Fesenko Olena
My contact details
• Address: 03680, Ukraine, Kyiv, Pr. Nauky 46
• Tel: 0038 (0)44 525 98 41
• Fax: 0038 (0)44 525 15 89
• E-mail 1: fesenko@iop.kiev.ua
• E-mail 2: fesenko.olena@gmail.com