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GENERAL DIGEST #111 Monday, 30 June 2009 |
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| Wednesdya, 1/7, 16:00 EBA Branch Board meeting - EBA Odesa Branch PLASKE office 15 V.Arnautska St, Odesa Wednesdya, 1/7, 17:00 EBA Branch Board meeting - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch EBA Office in Lviv 6 S.Bandery St, office 3 Wednesdya, 1/7, 17:00 EBA Tax Committee - EBA Kharkiv Branch Axioma ñompany 39 Sumska St, office 183, Kharkiv |
Wednesdya, 1/7, 18:00 EBA Legal Committee EBA office in Kyiv 1st floor, 1A Andriyivsky uzviz Thursday, 2/7, 17:00 EBA Tax Committee EBA office in Kyiv 1st floor, 1A Andriyivsky uzviz Thursday, 2/7, 18:30 EBA EuroDrink Party - Norwegian Night The Royal Norwegian Embassy 15 Striletska St, Kyiv |
Friday, 3/7, 9:30 EBA Food Committee EBA office in Kyiv 1st floor, 1A Andriyivsky uzviz Friday, 3/7, 16:00 Family Day - EBA Western Ukrainian Branch Hotel-resort Ozernyy Kray 60 Stavkova St, Pustomyty |
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| 2 July 2009 EBA EuroDrink Party |
| We invite you to join EBA EuroDrink Party and spend your night in the Scandinavian style. Norwegian EuroDrink will be held on 2 July, 18:30 at the premises of The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kiev, 15 Striletska St. This traditional EBA party will bring together our honorable members to socialise and network in the friendly and pleasing atmosphere of the Northern Kingdom. We wish our guests to enjoy their after work time and drift away to the cosy nook of Europe. Norwegian Band will become a wonderfull tune of the night, you are welcome to come and enjoy the performance.
This invitation is nominal and cannot be passed to any other person. EBA TOP Card Holders are welcome to register at events@eba.com.ua till Wednesday, July 1, 18:00. |
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| In June 2009, the EBA Board accepted the following 7 companies to the European Business Association: |
| Full Members: - ARGO Personalentwicklung GmbH - CHANEL, LLC - Lugera&Makler Ukraine - Multi Development Ukraine LLC - SUN InBev Ukraine OJSC |
Associate Members: - Audit Company International Standards, LLC - Smart Conference |
| We are the premier Association for foreign businesses in Ukraine! |
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| 23 June 2009 EBA Cinema |
| EBA decided to revive the tradition of the EBA Movie Nights which was started in 2003 by launching a new project “EBA Cinema”. We hope that this project will provide a great opportunity to our members to discover the world of European movies. We were delighted to welcome the EBA members on 23 June at the “Kyiv” movie theatre to watch the British drama “Genova” that certainly gave a new living to the tradition. The melancholy and the beauty of the film and the remarkable performance of Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis and others can impress anybody. However, it’s very controversial. It’s not a light film just for amusement and relaxation, this film makes us think over many important things. |
 “Genova” is filled with an emotional form of suspense, it’s a retrieval of sense of a human being, with all its up and downs, flaws, tragedies and a great will-power. No wonder that this film won Silver Seashell in San Sebastián International Film Festival and Jury Prize in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival for best director, Michael Winterbottom.The audience watched amazing performance and enjoyed a delicious Chips Lay's and a can of Guarana drink from our partners. We want to thank our partners - Arthouse Traffic, Lay's, and Guarana for supporting this wonderful event. |
| Event partner Arthouse Traffic |
Event food partner Lay's |
Event drink partner Guarana |
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17-06-2009. Scania Ukraine company ready to buy a used car (2-3 year old) for internal use. more » 12-06-2009. Interdean Group looks for second hand fridge. more » 12-06-2009. DenzaWorkspace will consider buying small and big commercial vehicles in good conditions. more » 11-06-2009. The Legal Alliance Company needs good multimedia projector at a sale price. more » |
12-06-2009. DenzaWorkspace can sell 200 workstations (chair, pedestal, table, bookcase) of super excellent quality office furniture and chairs from abroad. more » 11-06.2009. Avis Ukraine is selling cars after leasing. more » |
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| 19 June 2009 Healthcare sector NGOs' unity on the Day of Medical Employee |
| We would like to inform you that on 19 June 2009 the solemn broadened meeting of the Parliament Committee on Health was held in the premises of the Verhovna Rada of Ukraine. This meeting was dedicated to the forthcoming Day of Medical Employee and gathered all the non-governmental organisations and associations, actively operating for the purpose of improvement of the health care sector in Ukraine. During this meeting the Chair of the Parliament Committee on Health Mrs Bahteyeva congratulated all the presents with their professional date and thanked everybody for the tremendous input into the health acre system improvement. The most active organizations were rewarded by the appreciation letters. |
 We are proud to mark that the Chair of the EBA Healthcare Committee, Mr Ignatov was honored with the appreciation letter for the fruitful cooperation, active participation in the legislation development and popularization of the prospective ideas on the healthcare system reforming among the population.In this regard we express our high respect and cordial gratitude to everybody, who took part in the activity of the EBA Healthcare Committee, supporting the improvement of legislative base and participating in the effective healthcare system reforming. |
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| 23 June 2009 EBA Corporate Social Responsibility Committee  This time the focus of our discussion was on Trends and Approaches to Reputation Assessment of Ukraine's Most Known Employer Companies in the times of Economic Crisis.Marina Starodubska, CSR Committee Co-Chair, presented the results of the expert survey conducted by Mikhailov & Partners Ukraine on the above-metioned topic. 25 June 2009 PR Committee Meeting  The EBA Kyiv-based office hosted another PR Committee meeting on 25 June 2009. The Committee participants were invited to discuss the topic “How to get a good reputation for a health-harming production: Tobacco industry case” and meet with representatives of world’s major tobacco producers operating in Ukraine. |
Honorable guest-speakers of this meeting were: Olena Tyshchenko-Tyshkovets, Communications Manager, British American Tobacco Ukraine, Kateryna Zasukha, Communication manager, JT International Company Ukraine and Oleksiy Kalashnikov, Manager for government relations and relations with NGOs, Imperial Tobacco Ukraine. The first burning question about “Smokers vs. Society” raised an interest and some disagreements among participants of the meeting. Guest speakers demonstrated their professional knowledge and shared experience in PR, particularly – in Tobacco industry, responsively participating in the discussion and sometimes - dispute. Among other invitees of the meeting were: Volodymyr Blokhin, Regulatory Affairs Manager, British American Tobacco Ukraine, Oleksiy Pogorelov, General Director, and Ukrainian Association of the Press Publishers (UAPP). Despite the fact that we gathered the representatives of competitive companies of Tobacco business under one roof, everybody had a chance to share thoughts, express interesting ideas about PR and Tobacco business in general, and discuss the most relevant issues in positive atmosphere of EBA community. |
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| THE LATEST REVIEWS FROM MEMBERS: ACCA - The Future of Financial Regulation, 6/2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers - Pharma 2020: Challenging business models. Which path will you take?, 6/2009 Willard Group - Publication for the Week, 6/2009 |
Those interested in getting acquainted with varied experience of our members and reading their analytical reviews, please go here to view all the reports available. If your company would like to have its analytical reviews posted on our website, please do not hesitate to contact the EBA office. |
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| Fighting Cancer: A European partnership is born On 24 June the European Commission reinforced its long-term commitment to the fight against cancer by creating a European Partnership for Action against Cancer. The partnership will focus on actions that can be taken at EU level to more effectively prevent and control cancer across Europe. In Europe, one in three people will develop cancer in their lifetime. This translates to 3.2 million people being diagnosed with the disease every year. Cancer is not equally distributed in Europe and the chances of surviving cancer differ greatly between countries. Read more >> Friends of Twinning meet with experts of EU-funded Implementing Twinning Operations in Ukraine project The fourth Friends of Twinning Training Club (FTTC) meeting took place on 22 June at its usual venue on Esplanadna Street. Twenty five ‘Friends of Twinning’ were joined by three well-seasoned, short-term senior experts, who are in Kyiv to provide trainings on EU Twinning-related matters and Monitoring and Evaluation to Beneficiary Administrations involved in Twinning. Open to everyone interested in Twinning, the FTTC usually meets monthly, is conducted in English and is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to practice their English while improving their professional and soft skills through discussions about interesting Twinning and other useful topics in an open, informal and friendly atmosphere. Read more >> The third year in a row Ukraine wins in the International Drawing Competition on Gender Equality The selection of the 14 winning drawings of the International Drawing Competition on Gender Equality 2009, carried out by the European Union took place on 23 June in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium and Mr. Koos Richelle, Director General for EuropeAid Cooperation Office of the European Commission. The jury was made of 49 primary school pupils of the European School in Brussels. Participation of children in the Competition testified their creativity and understanding of the equality between men and women and showed that harmony in their relations can rule the world. The main themes of the drawings were: environment, the world, justice, balance, family, employment, local traditions, love and dreams. Read more >> |
26 June 2009 – International Drugs Day – launch of the European Action on Drugs Did you know that around 12 million people in the EU take, or have at some time taken cocaine? Did you know that on average one EU citizen dies every hour of an overdose? Did you know that they are 7 000 to 8 000 drug-induced deaths in Europe every year? Faced with this serious drug problem the European Commission launched today a new awareness and information initiative the ''EUROPEAN ACTION ON DRUGS (EAD), with its primary goal to mobilize society and raise awareness about drugs within the European Union. Read more >> EU-India Troika to set an ambitious agenda for the next EU-India Summit On 29 June 2009, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will participate in the EU-India Foreign Ministers’ Troika in Prague. The meeting with the recently appointed Indian Foreign Minister, S.M. Krishna, is expected to put emphasis on a range of global issues, particularly on common strategies and responses to the economic and financial crisis. Furthermore the high level meeting will discuss cooperation in the field of energy and climate change and how both partners can reinforce their ambition to achieve concrete progress at the December Copenhagen conference. Read more >> Eastern Partnership - Civil Society Forum Civil society and non-governmental organisations play a crucial role, within their societies, in providing policy input, following new initiatives and in holding governments accountable. They can be active actors in promoting democratic and market-oriented reforms based on shared values, i.e. respect for democracy and human rights, the rule of law, good governance, principles of market economy and sustainable development. These are also the values and objectives of the European Neighbourhood Policy, including the newly created Eastern Partnership. In its Communication of December 2008 the Commission proposed “to support the further development of Civil Society Organisations” (CSOs) and, in particular, “to establish an Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum to promote contacts among CSOs and facilitate their dialogue with public authorities”. Read more >> |
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| June 2009 UKRAINE CONSULTING opens its new office in Minsk, BELARUS CONSULTING UKRAINE CONSULTING, which belongs to GERMANY CONSULTING Group, is happy to announce the opening of our new office in Minsk, Belarus. We operate there under the name BELARUS CONSULTING and at first start with the following services: Accounting Outsourcing (incl. transformation to IFRS); Accounting and tax Due Diligence; IT Consulting, Automation of the financial and management reporting; Recruiting with focus on financial positions. Read more >> June 2009 On-line conference titled: "Preparation of expense reports - accounting and tax consequences" Preparation of expense reports - accounting and tax consequences EBS, a consulting company, offers a unique on-line conference titled: "Preparation of expense reports - accounting and tax consequences", which will be held on the 2nd of July, 2009 from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. on its corporate web site. During this conference you will be able to ask questions in real time directly to the Practice Leader of Accounting Outsourcing and Financial Management at EBS – Olena Levshun. Read more >> 20 May 2009 Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to EBRD on USD 250 million subordinated loan to Ukreximbank Sayenko Kharenko acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on USD 250 million subordinated loan to the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank), the largest-ever single investment in Ukraine. This 10-year Tier II loan will boost Ukreximbank’s capital base and facilitate its continued lending to Ukrainian enterprises, promoting high standards of corporate governance and robust lending procedures. Read more >> June 2009 On-line courses for ICFE exam To meet the demand for helping finance professionals demonstrate that they have the financial English skills they need, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (English for Speakers of Other Languages) have combined their areas of expertise to develop the International Certificate in Financial English (Cambridge ICFE). The next date of exam passing is Saturday 14 November 2009. Read more >> 25 June 2009 Challenging times require bold moves if pharma companies are to survive the immediate storm Even the largest pharmaceutical companies will soon need to step outside their sector and collaborate with other organisations, according to new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Recently announced activity such as GSK and Pfizer’s new HIV-focused venture confirms that pharmaceutical companies are exploring new ways to collaborate. At the same time, a flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals have been triggered. Read more >> June 2009 Asters Advises on Merger of Two Powerful European Developers of Mobile Technologies Asters advised the German technology company Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (the Giesecke Group) on Ukrainian merger control law issues, including obtaining merger clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) in connection with the acquisition of |
100% of the shares of the Swedish company SmartTrust AB (the SmartTrust Group), which is famous for developing high quality software solutions for the telecommunication sector. Read more >> 23 June 2009 Atlantic Group Supported Future Marketing Specialists The Final of All-Ukrainian Student Marketing Plans Competition took place on Friday, June 19 at the International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv). Atlantic Group was the title partner of this event. 125 student teams (449 students) from 69 universities challenged each other in the competition and developed marketing plans for the existing companies in their regions. 10 enthusiastic rivaling teams who reached the Final were invited to Kiev to present their projects. Read more >> 26 June 2009 Future of Financial Regulation: ACCA calls for principles-based approach to avoiding future financial shocks Financial regulation across major capital markets must be overhauled only after a comprehensive review of the factors which contributed to the global financial crisis, says ACCA the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) in an international policy paper published today. The report, The Future of Financial Regulation, urges global authorities not to rush to introduce heavy-handed regulation. Read more >> June 2009 Dr. Tatyana Slipachuk, FCIArb. receives an honorable distinction from the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine On June 18, 2009, according to the executive order #533/7 issued by Mr. Mykola Onischuk, Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Dr. Tatyana Slipachuk, FCIArb., partner and head of the International Arbitration Practice with Vasil Kisil & Partners, received an honorable distinction for her considerable personal contribution in development and diffusion of alternative dispute resolution methods in Ukraine. Read more >> June 2009 National Social Program “LadyLine: Professionally about Women’s Health”. Presentation for Mass Media In the framework of “LadyLine” educational project, a presentation for mass media of a National Social Program “LadyLine: Professionally about Women’s Health” will be held by Pharmaceutical Company Delta Medical on July 2, 2009. It is generally known, that good health and well-being of women are keystones to prosperity of any country. Statistical data show that very often Ukrainian women do not pay much attention to the first signals of health problems. Such carelessness may be fraught with serious consequences! Read more >> 17 June 2009 Auditing Firm P.S.P. Audit Enters the Ukrainian Market The auditing firm P.S.P. Audit officially works on auditing and accounting services market of Ukraine since the end of April, 2009. On 23 April, the company entered the Register of auditing firms and auditors of the Audit Chamber of Ukraine. On 25 May the firm entered the Register of the Securities and Stock Market Comission of Ukraine. The company is headed by Dmytro Sushko who previously was the head of tax consulting department of «Pavlenko and Poberezhnyuk», Law group. Read more >> |
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