Today Turkey officially handed Ukraine Chairmanship in BSEC – an organization of 12 Black Sea region countries which have united for intense cooperation in the area of the Black Sea. The Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry also accepts Chairmanship in the BSEC Business Council for the next half-year. The President of the Ukrainian CCI, Gennadiy Chyzhykov, is actively participating in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of BSEC member-countries in Istanbul.

International Council of Business Associations and Chambers has been established in Ukraine. Solemn signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on creation of there was solemnly signed at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on April 19, 2017. Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Franco-Ukrainienne, Chinese Commerce Association, German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, International Turkish-Ukrainian Business Association, the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and U.S.-Ukraine Business Council decided to unite to improve the business self-governance conditions in Ukraine. British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce have expressed their intention to join the platform too.

Expanding the market, search of new business partners and investors, conclusion of mutually beneficial agreements – this is not an exhaustive list of benefits that can get the Ukrainian business by participating in Expo 2017. At the meeting in the Ukrainian CCI, which acts as an organizing manager of preparation for the event, representatives of the Ukrainian business learned about conditions of participation Ukrainian companies and about the concept of the Ukrainian pavilion.

The Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry aims to help domestic businesses to significantly increase trade with Turkey in the coming years. This was stated by the President of the Chamber Gennadiy Chyzhykov during the Ukrainian-Turkish business forum, held in the framework of the visit of the official State delegation headed by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman to Turkey.

The Azerbaijani delegation was primarily interested in developing cooperation in pharmaceutical and modern biotechnology spheres, production of various kinds of polymers and plastics and goods from them, and in finding producers of various equipment, including agricultural machinery. Promising areas of cooperation were discussed by business people of both countries during the Ukrainian-Azerbaijani Business Forum held at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The largest national event in the field of renewable energy will last four days, during which four conferences will be held, each dedicated to one type of renewable energy: solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy and energy in industry and utilities. During these conferences market leaders in alternative energy from Ukraine and other countries, including Poland, Belarus, Austria, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands, will present current and future projects, identify key trends and expectations for the years to come. Also within the event a separate zone devoted to start-up projects using the latest technologies and interesting ideas of Ukrainian inventors in the field of alternative energy will be working.

Volodymyr Groisman, Prime Minister of Ukraine, treats with severe harshness all attempts of state controlling bodies to groundlessly put pressure on the business. During the meeting with the heads of major business associations – the Ukrainian CCI, the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the Federation of Employers and the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers - it was decided to improve communication, to hold regular exchanges of views, to actively involve the business community into forming an effective economic policy in the country.

Ukraine is ready to establish effective mechanisms to facilitate intensification of bilateral trade, economic and investment cooperation with Iran. These issues were discussed at the Ukrainian-Iranian Business Forum, hosted by the Ukrainian CCI with participation of representatives of various sectors of the national economy: engineering industry, agriculture, oil and gas sector, trade and tourism.

On 8-13 May 2017 the 50th Algiers International Fair will be held. The Ambassador of Algeria in Ukraine Hoshino Bussuara personally presented an invitation to the event during a working meeting with the President of the UCCI Gennadiy Chyzhykov.