April 12, 2016 in Vinnitsa (hotel “France”) held a conference Visegrad 4 Ukraine: development of small and medium-sized businesses – “Visegrad experience for the Ukrainian government and business.”

“Visegrad Four” is willing to transfer its experience to the Ukrainian government and business. After V4 countries evolved in similar conditions with Ukraine, but have successfully reform and now have a stable economy and political situation.

Organizers of the event were the Ministry of Foreign Economy and Foreign Affairs of Hungary, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, the Polish Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The event was personable and informative.

With introductory speeches:

– Istvan Mikołów, State Secretary for Security Policy and International Cooperation Hungary;
– Yaroslav Ludva, Associate Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic;
– Lucas Paryzek, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic;
– Julia Klimenko, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine;
– Alexander Danyleyko, Head of Economic Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
– Valery Cow, head of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration;
– Anatoly Oliynyk, head of the Vinnytsia Regional Council;
– Sergey Morgunov, Vinnitsa mayor and others.

The conference was also attended by entrepreneurs and B4 of Vinnytsia. They talked all day about the development of SMEs, discussing issues that interest and shared experience.

The conference was divided into three panels:

Panel I: The role of the state in the development of small and serednho business, positive experience in regulating and financing (moderator: Oleg Ustenko, director of “Fund blazer”)

Panel II: Conditions success of small and serednho business, market-conformist support startups (Moderator: Gennady Chizhikov, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Ukraine)

Panel III: What can the Ukrainian small and medium business for its development? The question of market access and tools business cooperation (Moderator: Vyacheslav Bykovets, President of the Section SME Chamber of Ukraine).

State Secretary of Security and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Economy and Foreign Affairs of Hungary Istvan Mikołów in his speech said: “The conference aims to promote the development of small and medium businesses. I want to emphasize that Hungary and the Visegrad countries fully supported Ukraine and the path of reform, which today is your state. Today, our presence here confirms our desire to contribute to the dynamic development of Ukraine.

Today we are in the winery, and we saw that it was good and open city with an effective government. We believe that measures of decentralization in Ukraine will move further and will be a good incentive for the development of power and financial resources. ”

“Vinnitsa is a region that shows how should develop small and medium businesses, particularly agribusiness. The main idea of ​​this event – to recognize that SMEs not only exists in the country and he is a really important part of political stability, not just for today. Therefore, we must develop and provide all necessary support from the state, and most importantly not to interfere, “- said in his speech, Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade of Ukraine Yulia Klimenko.