The conference will start on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 9:30 till Wednesday,

1. 1
Final Conference
USAID Leadership in Economic Governance (LEV) Program
DEVELOPING SME – BUILDING THE FUTURE
Venue:
DEPO Conference Hall
50 Antonovych Str, Kyiv (“Olimpiiska” subway station)
October 10-11, 2017
Agenda
Day 1
October 10, 2017, Tuesday
“Indigo” Conference room
8.30 – 9.30 Registration of participants.Welcome coffee.
9.30 – 10.15 Conference opening: Tamara Solyanyk, USAID LEV Program Director
Welcome remarks: Susan Kosinski Fritz, Director of the USAID Regional Mission to Ukraine, Belarus
and Moldova (tbc)
Opening address:
Ksenia Lyapina, Head of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine
Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine
Vasyl Kuybida, President of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of
Ukraine
Viktor Liakh, President of the East Europe Foundation
10.15 – 11.45 Business climate and SME development: what does business expect, Presentation based on
2016/2017 Annual Business Climate Assessment
Speaker:
 Oksana Kuziakiv, Objective Coordinator of the USAID LEV Program, Chief Executive of the
Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER)
Comments:
 Dmytro Lyapin, Senior Researcher of the National Institute for Strategic Studies
 Algirdas Šemeta, Business Ombudsman, the Business Ombudsman Council
11.45 – 12.00 Coffee break
Panel discussions
12.00 – 13.30 Regulatory environment for business: From deregulation towards ‘smart’ regulation
Moderator: Liubomyr Chornii, USAID LEV Senior Expert
Speakers:
 Viktor Halasiuk, Chairman of the VRU Committee on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship
 Ksenia Lyapina, Head of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine
Discussants:
 Viacheslav Bykovets, Vice-President of the Union of Small, Medium and Privatized Enterprises
of Ukraine
 Vira Nedzvedska, USAID LEV Regulatory Policy Component Coordinator
 Andriy Palyanytsya, Expert on regulatory policy, the World Bank Consultant

2. 2
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 SME development policy: what can the regions do
Moderator: Oksana Kuziakiv, Objective Coordinator of the USAID LEV Program,
Chief Executive of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER)
Speaker: Ihor Burakovsky, Senior Economic Advisorto the USAID LEV Program,
Head of the Board of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER)
USAID LEV regional package: from idea to practice
Discussants:
 Oleg Kazmirchuk, Deputy Director of the Department for Economic
Development, Investment and International Cooperation of Ternopil Oblast State
Administration
 Dmytro Pyvak, Division Head, Department for Regional Development of
Cherkasy Oblast State Administration
 Tetyana Lamakina, Division Head, Department for International Cooperation
and Regional Development of Vinnytsia Oblast State Administration
 Roman Fylypiv, Director of the Economic Policy Department of L’viv Oblast
State Administration
 Larysa Grysyuk, Director of the Department for Economic Development and
Trade of Kyiv Oblast State Administration
 Olena Feodosieva, Deputy Director of the Department - Head of the Unit for
Enterprise Development, Regulatory Policy and Trade of Kherson Oblast State
Administration
 Vasyl Fedyuk, U Lead Program expert in regional development
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.45 Foreign economic activity: how to simplify the life of entrepreneurs
Modertator: Tamara Solyanyk, USAID LEV Program Director
Speakers:
 Tetyana Korotka, Deputy Business Ombudsman, the Business Ombudsman Council
 Liubomyr Chornii, USAID LEV Senior Expert
Discussants:
 Victoria Ptashnyk, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
 Roman Shpek, Chairman of the Board of the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine
(NABU)
 Oksana Prodan, Member of Parliament, Chairwoman of the Board of All-Ukrainian Union of
SMEs "Fortetsia"
 Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine
 Iaroslava Savastieieva, Head of Compliance Department, the European Business Association in
Ukraine
18.15 – 20.00 Official closing of the training program "Comprehensive Approach to Exporting"
Certificates awarding ceremony (participation by invitation)
Certificates given by:
Tamara Solyanyk, USAID LEV Program Director
Viktor Liakh, President of the East Europe Foundation
Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine

3. 3
Day 2
October 11, 2017, Wednesday
“Fiolet” Conference room
9.00 - 9.30 Registration of participants.Welcome coffee.
9.30 - 10.00 Public Talk with Oleksiy Kredisov,Managing Partner, EY in Ukraine
10.00 – 11.30 Development of local SMEs: the role of business associations
Moderator: Yulia Solokha, USAID LEV Advocacy Coordinator
Discussants:
Oleksandr Pechalin, Head of the NGO Vinnytsia Oblast Organization "Business Association "Stina"
(Vinnytsia)
Oksana Pavlyk, expert of NGO “Institute for Regional Development” (L’viv)
Ihor Komendo, Project Manager of the NGO "GoLocal" (Bila Tserkva, Kyiv oblast)
Larysa Rymar, Head of the NGO “Center of Regional Development and Law” (Ternopil)
Oksana Kuleba, representative of the NGO "Business Community Club" (L’viv)
Ivanna Kachalina, project manager of the NGO " Vinnytsia Business Community Club" (Vinnytsia)
Pavlo Yarmiy, Head of the Board of the NGO Agency for Regional Development “Tavriya Union of
Territorial Communities” (Nova Kakhovka)
Andriy Tkachenko, representative of the NGO "My -Khersontsi" (Kherson)
11.30 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 13.30 Roadmaps competition – partnership for the business development
Moderator: Olga Krasovska, Coordinator of the USAID LEV Roadmap Competition, Senior
Researcher at the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER)
1. What could be done to boost the entrepreneurship among ATO veterans at the regional level
Speakers:
Olena Sorokivska, NGO "Center for Strategic Development and Reforms"
Larysa Antoniuk, NGO "Irpin City Union of Soldiers-Participants of the Antiterrorist Operation"
Discussants:
Oleh Kazmirchuk, Deputy Director of the Department of Economic Development, Investment and
International Cooperation of Ternopil Oblast State Administration
Andriy Litvynov, Head of Investment, Utilities and Infrastructure Development Department of Irpin
City Council
2. Improving landscape plans can help to promote entrepreneurship
Speakers:
Valeriy Vetrov, expert of NGO Information Resource Center "Legal Space"
Discussant:
Larysa Leonova, People’s Deputy of Kherson City Council
3. Peculiarities of SME development in mountainous regions of L’viv region
Speaker:
Orest Mykyta, Executive Director of the NGO Institute for International Economic Research (L’viv)
Discussant:
Mykola Romanyshyn, Head of Skole Rayon Council, L’viv oblast

4. 4
4. Development of entrepreneurship in the field of aquaculture
Speaker:
Oleksandr Sologhub, Project Manager of NGO Vinnytsia Oblast Organization "Business
Association "Stina" (Vinnytsya)
Discussant:
Tetyana Lamakina, Division Head, Department for International Cooperation and Regional
Development of Vinnytsia Oblast State Administration
Participants of the discussion:including the representatives of the 1st wave of the Roadmaps
competition
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Business game "Trade without Barriers - the Way to Prosperity"
Coach: Maxym Obrizan, USAID LEV Program Expert, Kyiv School of Economics
16.00 – 16.30 Closing of the conference: Concluding remarks.