Cooperation News
Lviv company “Progress Service” has been making shoes for Ukraine for 30 years, and has recently started exporting them to Moldova and Poland. A three-week course on cost-effective production held under the EU4Business initiative has helped the company to triple its efficiency and increase its financial indicators fivefold. Now they produce a pair of shoes in 30 seconds, whereas the quality of the product has improved, and its cost has fallen. Read more
It is worthwhile to do internship in Europe even in order to see the experience of others, compare opportunities and learn practical approaches to classic business theories, because entrepreneurship is a non-stop learning. Definitely, Ukrainian business schools provide a significant theoretical foundation to those who wants to learn business processes. However, not always they can ensure a practical experience that supports creativity, ability to invent and think out of the box, as well as create personalized organizational culture. Read more
From spring until the beginning of autumn the fire always keeps burning on Carpathian meadows as the old hutsul legend warns that the fire that went out is a bad sign. In the days of the artificial intelligence and smartphones here in the highest region of the Carpathians, Rakhiv Raion, hutsuls still hallow this belief, shepherd and produce cheese under the traditional recipe taught by their grandfathers and great grandfathers. They call this product “bryndzia” and you should not mix it with the famous brynza: hutsul cheese has a special technology of production. In the high mountain regions of the Ukrainian Carpathians the tradition of producing bryndzia goes back to the XIV century and is transferred from the shepherd to shepherd from generation to generation. Read more
The Focus Magazine represents the stories of Ukrainian entrepreneurs who, after training under the “Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs” EU program, launched their own projects in Ukraine. Read more
The “Agrotem” farm grows oilseeds, breeds sheep and produces elite cheeses in Lviv region. In 2019, the company attracted a cheap loan of UAH 1 million from the Bank “Lviv” under a German-Ukrainian Fund loan programme for small and medium enterprises implemented under the EU initiative EU4Business. The loan went to replenish their working capital and purchase agricultural machinery. The farm monthly pays interests on the loan and will repay the loan itself after the harvest. The company plans to attract a second loan to expand cheese production. Read more
Read inspirational stories of the Dnipro cardboard manufacturer, which found partners from six EU countries at the exhibition in Italy, the owner of the largest plantation of organic blueberries in Kyiv region, which after the trip to Chile under the EU4Business initiative is going to conquer the markets of Asia and the UAE; manufacturer of stylish lunch-bags Pack & Go, which are sold in Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Australia.
Buy a multicooker online from the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in Kharkiv oblast. Or special permission to extract amber in Zhytomyr oblast. It’s not a joke – public and communal property is sold at the online auctions of small privatization. You can find anything – from home appliances or cars to real estate or the whole factory. Read more
