Some Facts on the International Activities of the Kyiv Chamber
of Commerce and Industry
KCCI focuses its efforts
primarily on fostering
cooperation with foreign countries and developing
foreign contacts for KCCI members.
Our international cooperation network is well developed. KCCI has established business contacts with foreign chambers of commerce as well as numerous other international and foreign organizations, among them the following European Commission, Eurochamber, International Confederation of the Trade Houses, the Paris-Kyiv Club, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, Foreign Embassies in Ukraine, et al. Such agreements are not just on paper but are immediately put to work. On the basis of agreements, trade missions of Ukrainian businessmen to Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Greece, India, Egypt, Jordan, Italy, and Turkey have been arranged.
KCCI also organizes international events in Ukraine. Among them the reception of trade delegations from Hungary, Slovak, Turkey, Finland, Great Britain, Poland, Belgium, and Germany. Among important international events held in the KCCI premises have been a session of the Business Council of the Black Sea Economic Union States and an International Trade Club conference.
KCCI has an office in Delhi, India, and in the immediate future it plans to open one in Germany (Leipzig). Other foreign offices are also planned. Much attention is being paid to training Ukrainian professionals through seminars held in training centers abroad. The second year of a training program for the Ukrainian professionals in Germany will be soon successfully completed. The most important aspect of this program is that during their training, the Ukrainian participants have the opportunity not only to receive knowledge and experience, but also to establish business contacts with future German partners. 153 Ukrainian professionals from different economic fields took part in this program in 1997. The recently completed Kyiv-Birmingham-Leipzig Chambers’ partnership project supported by the European Commission involved a number of significant events organized to develop new commercial ties among Ukrainian, English, and German businessmen. KCCI also holds international exhibitions and presentation ceremonies
for foreign companies.







