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Senior Business Strategist from Edmonton, Canada, Mr. Kent McMullin met with Ivano-Frankivsk’s entrepreneurs. During the meeting, Mr. McMullin and local businessmen discussed Canadian SME support and development programs

On October 12, 2016, Kent McMullin visited Ivano-Frankivsk in order to meet representatives of the local business community, non-governmental organizations, municipal officials and share Canadian experience related to business development assistance.

Vinnytsia is in the process of city brand and marketing strategy development in coordination with PLEDDG experts. On September 22, a regular meeting of the relevant working group took place, where the participants discussed the city image, analyzed a survey’s findings related to the image of the city through its residents’ eyes and identified things that should form the basis of the city brand and marketing strategy .

On September 19, 2016, at PLEDDG’s initiative, PAUCI Foundation experts held a seminar on public budgets, its goals, standards and mechanisms. Among the participants were government officials and public activists of Kolomyia

TV program SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW (01.09.2016) on NTK channel hosted PLEDDG business development expert Valeriy Kokot and Project consultants Nadiya Yeremenko and Iryna Kovra, who talked about prospects and challenges of SME development in Kolomyia

On August 19, in the session hall of Ladyzhyn City Council, the meeting of the working group to discuss preparation of SME Development Program was held as part of PLEDDG Project. Entrepreneurs, managers of enterprises, staff of local self-governance bodies, representatives from the Local Economic Development Agency, deputies of the local council, mass media representatives, and PLEDDG experts participated in the meeting

Sources: TV Channel VITA

On July 26, the first working meeting of the expert group took place. The group will work on the development of Vinnytsia’s brand as part of PLEDDG Project. At the meeting, special aspects of city marketing and branding were discussed, the methodology for their development was defined and preselection of the type of the marketing strategy and the formation of common goal and tasks were discussed

On July 5, representatives of the business community, non-governmental organizations committed to entrepreneurship support, the city council’s deputies and municipal official gathered to discuss barriers to business development and various problems faced by local entrepreneurs. The event took place within PLEDDG Project