Swedish Business Towards the Ukrainian Market

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Swedish Business Towards the Ukrainian Market
April 19, 2005 Rosenbad Conference Centre,
Stockholm
Ukraine is a European country with a dynamically
developing market that currently represents great
untapped potential for Swedish businesses. Over
50 Swedish companies already operating in Ukraine
pave the way for those whose interest for the
market is growing and who are looking for
reliable Ukrainian partners. The seminar is
designed to highlight the invaluable experience
of larger Nordic companies in the Ukrainian
market, as well as to address the needs of
smaller Swedish companies by providing reliable
and up-to-date information on Ukraine. We would
like to paint you a realistic picture of Ukraine
as it exists today, and to analyse current
prerequisites for Nordic-Ukrainian business
development. We have invited prominent Ukrainian
and Swedish leaders, western observers,
experienced businessmen and other experts to help
us paint this picture. The seminar is one
event in a series of efforts to be undertaken by
a number of Swedish and Ukrainian bodies and
organisations towards developing business with
Ukraine. The seminar is to be followed by a visit
of an official Swedish business delegation to the
country later this spring. A match-making event
for the Swedish and Ukrainian companies will be
arranged by the Swedish Embassy and the Swedish
Trade Council in Kiev.
Preliminary Programme

• 09.30 Registration
• 10.00 Official opening of seminar
• 10.10 13.00
• Ukraine today - views from inside and outside.
• The economic and political situation in Ukraine.
  Implications for domestic and international
  business development.
• Overview of Swedish-Ukrainian business
  development.
• Experience of the Ukrainian market
• 13.00 14.00 Lunch
• 14.00 16.00
• Two consecutive panel discussions with the
  participation of leading Nordic and Ukrainian
  experts
• Panel 1 - The business climate in Ukraine
  Ukrainian business legislation, Swedish-Ukrainian
  customs issues Certification of goods and
  services for the Ukrainian market Specifics of
  joint-venture development in the Ukrainian
  market.
• Panel 2 - Ukrainians as consumers, partners and
  colleagues Cultural awareness in doing business
  in Ukraine Sales and Marketing in Ukraine How
  and where to recruit personnel in Ukraine

Participation in the seminar is free. However,
the number of seats is limited. A formal
invitation together with a detailed programme
will be sent out no later than March 19,
2005. Please address your questions and express
your interest to Anders Bergström, Project
manager, the Norden Association. Tel. (08) 506
113 12, 070 567 05 84, e-mail
anders_at_norden.se or Irene Katzman, Deputy
Director, Department of Eastern Europe and
Central Asia Tel. [phone], e-mail
irene.katzman_at_foreign.ministry.se
Welcome!
Swedish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce