Main project objective of CPVA
To improve the location conditions for sectors prioritised for economic development in Ukraine, focusing on selected regions that demonstrate strong potential for post-war recovery and long-term integration into EU value chains.
Project Partners
international cooperation programme STEP IN 2 EU is co-funded by the Governments of Germany and Norway, the European Union under its EU4Business initiative, and the Governments of Lithuania and Estonia. The programme is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
The programme supports Ukrainian government institutions in progressing on the economic chapters of EU accession and aims to improve economic conditions and financing options for Ukrainian companies to benefit from integration into the EU single market. CPVA contributes to this project by implementing regional economic development in preselected nine Ukrainian regions.
CPVA project activities and status
- To prepare draft Smart Specialisation Strategies for the Lviv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi and Kharkiv regions, involving representatives of public authorities, business, academia and civil society.
- To analyse the alignment of five priority sectors – food processing, wood processing and furniture manufacturing, textiles and apparel, electrical equipment manufacturing, and information and communication technologies – with EU Single Market requirements, including regulatory, quality, safety, environmental, certification and other relevant requirements.
- To prepare nine regional reports assessing the competitive advantages and disadvantages of the priority sectors, identifying gaps, opportunities and the key actors in regional economic ecosystems.
- To implement a business capacity-building programme for regional institutions and business ecosystem actors.
- To organise three international study visits and exchanges of EU good practices for representatives of Ukrainian regions.
- To finance nine targeted projects strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises.
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