Advising Ukraine on Agricultural trade Issues – within the Framework of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA)
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES Capacity building of Ukrainian food and agricultural enterprises to prepare them to identify, enter and establish themselves in European market Enabling of Ukrainian enterprises to be ready to open their own markets German enterprises are informed about agricultural trade with Ukraine
IMPLEMENTATION To strengthen policy dialogue on the subject of agricultural trade as part of the DCFTA To organize and establish Export Help Desk
To inform German market players about the DCFTA To enable Ukrainian agricultural enterprises to export (Business Trips, participation in fairs and exhibitions) To held export trainings for corporate development
OUR TEAM
ANDRÉ PILLING
MARIIA DIDUKH
YULIIA SLIEPIENKOVA
Project Leader
Project Expert
Project assistant
• Project management • Cooperation with MoAPF and local Partners • Agricultural Trade/ DCFTA Trainings • Support by market survey trips etc. • Public affairs
• Help Desk Organization • Information for Ukrainian exporters about DCFTA • SupportforProjectLeaderbyorganization and monitoring of trainings
• Office management • Bookkeeping • Logistic activities by involvement of short term experts • Translation in German, Ukrainian, English within the project activities
SUPPORTED BY LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL SHORT TIME EXPERTS
OFFICIAL OPENING ON MAY 19TH, 2016 IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRARIAN POLICY AND FOOD OF UKRAINE.
Among the guests: Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary, BMEL Representatives of the BMEL Taras Kutovy, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vladyslava Rutytska, Deputy Minister for European Integration, MoAPF
EXPORT HELP DESK EXPORT INFORMATION IN THE MINISTRY. HOW TO CONTACT US:
Information Desk in MoAPF Khreshchatik 24, Kyiv
Request with IBOX at the Information Desk
Hotline in MoAPF
0 800 502 410 (10am - 1pm)
Online Request on the project‘s home page
www.agritrade-ukraine.com; link on the MoAPF home page
Call back
Request on info@agritrade-ukraine.com
Skype agritrade.ukraine
PRACTICAL GUIDELINE OBJECTIVES: EU market entry issues Step by step instruction on how to get export documents Possible obstacles on the way to the European consumers
EVENTS BUSINESS TRIPS FIRST GERMAN-UKRAINIAN FOOD FORUM. July 7th, 2016 Embassy of Ukraine in Berlin July 8th, 2016 Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Hamburg Container-Terminal Participants small and medium agricultural enterprises, farms, LLCs, privet joint stock companies Experts Pilling AndrĂŠ, Rehbock Wolfram
EVENTS EXPORT TRAINING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM AGRICULTURAL AND PROCESSING ENTERPRISES June 14th – 15th, 2016 Nagirna, Zhashkivskyi Rayon, Oblast Cherkasy 23 Participants small and medium agricultural enterprises, farms, LLCs, privet joint stock companies Experts Perepelytsia Galina, Pilling André
EVENTS EXPORT TRAINING FOR PRODUCING AND PROCESSING COMPANIES OF NICHE PRODUCTS October 20th, 2016 Exhibition AgroPort 2016, V Zone of the East Ukrainian Agricultural Forum, Kharkiv Participants Producers of organic and niche products (nuts, honey, vegetables, fruits, berries, flax)
Experts Onipchenko Mykhaylo, Didukh Mariia, Bartosh Sviatoslav
EVENTS TRADE-SHOWS
BIOFACH 2017 14.-17- Februar 2017 Expo Center Nurember, Germany - Presentation Organic Guideline - Participation Booth - Public forum - Support Organic producers Partners Organic UA, FIBL
EVENTS PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF NICHE PRODUCTS EXPORT (FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND MUSHROOMS) TO THE EU February 22th, 2017 KyivExpoPlaza -How to enter the European market - Certification of the production or products -Requirements of European retailers to fruits and vegetables -First steps of a producer towards the European customer: barriers and challenges Experts Nicolae Balc, Irina Kukhtina, Taras Bashtannyk
ACTUAL ACTIVITIES BUSINESS TRIPS SECOND GERMAN-UKRAINIAN FOOD FORUM. APRIL 24 TH – 26 TH , 2017. Hamburg/ Berlin - Round Table - B2B Contacts - Visit of Distributor Warehouse - Store-Check - Formal Reception
ACTUAL ACTIVITIES EXPORT TRAININGS REGIONAL TRAINING AND PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS. 2017. Volyn Kharkiv Khmelnitsky + TBA - Provision of current relevant information - Requirements of the retail in Germany and the EU - Involvement Experts - Q&A, Open Discussion - Other topics
LOOKING FORWARD FOR OUR COOPERATION!