OGI International


CITeXchange Special Work Group
(SWG) was established in January 2004 to promote development of investment activity in Ukraine using information and communication technology advantages


1. General information

2. The first meeting of the Special Work Group

3. Recommendations

4. The participants of the first SWG meeting



1.The SWG activity is aimed at:

- support of coordination of afforts and holding consultations with the Government of Ukraine to extend access for participants of investment process in Ukraine to investment recources (internal and external) using CITeXchange (Internet-exchange of investment projects and investors proposals);
- promoting international, interregional and multisectoral horizontal economic cooperation.


2. The first meeting of SWG.

The first meeting of the Special Work Group took place on the 28th of January 2004.

There were representatives of:

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
- Ministry of Economics and Eurointegration of Ukraine;
- Ministry of Econoics of the Autonomous Republic Crimea;
- Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine;
- Ministry of Health of Ukraine;
- Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine;
- The State Committee of Ukraine for Energy Conservation ;
- CITeXchange project partners :

  • Centre for Innovative Technologies, Pr.E.
  • Organization GROMADYANSKA INITSIATYVA (OGI) Intl.
  • Softline, JSC


During the meeting the main CITeXchange elements were introduced to the participants and the following aspects of CITeXchange system usage were discussed:

· support of international and interregional horizontal cooperation in investment and innovative sphere ;
· enterpreneurship development;
· increasing opportunities for mobilisation of internal and external investment recources by enterprises, organizations and institutions of Ukraine ;
· dissemination of information on investment programs (including programmes of technical support) and advancement of process of the best applicants selection.

AGENDA


of the first SWG meeting


MEETING DATE: the 28th of January, 2004
MEETING PLACE: office of Organization GROMADYANSKA INITSIATYVA (OGI) Intl.
MEETING TIME: 15:00 - 18:00

1 Dr. Mykhaylo Magal, Head of Organization GROMADYANSKA INITSIATYVA (OGI) Intl., Director of the Centre for Innovative Technologies.

The main CITeXchange elements.
Competitive advantages.
The CITeXchange solution "Virtual Investment Office".
Project "GORIZONT". Some possible areas of CITeXchange application:
- investment (wide understanding),
- external economic relations and innovative activity,
- search for partners and investors,
- mobilization of internal and external resources for sustainable economic development
- international cooperation,
- interregional horizontal cooperation within Ukraine,
- facilitating the cooperation within programs of technical assistance,
- managing links in science and technology area,
- research and advancement of skills etc.
15.00 - 15.45
2 Coffee break, questions answers 15.45 - 16.00
Discussions  
3 Strategic goals of institutions/organizations, represented in the Work group, and obstacles of the mentioned goals achievement (participants contributions - up to 5 minutes). Discussin of possibilities of overcoming of the mentioned obstacles using the CITeXchange solutions 16.00 - 17.30
4 Identification of possible forms of cooperation with the organizations/institutions, represented in the Work group. Determination of the next meeting agenda . 17.30 - 18.00



3. RECOMMENDATIONS of the CITeXchange SWG 1-st meeting:

1.To grant free access to the project proposals registered in the CITeXchange (for-profit, non-for-profit and innovative) for the institutions, which representatives take part in the permanent working CITeXchange Special Work Group, for mastering the CITeXchange system, suppoprt their afforts in coordination with Ukrainian and foreign investment process participants in Ukraine, and also for improvement of the CITeXchange services.


2. To make presentation on regular basis for employees of the interested institutions, represented in the CITeXchange Special Work Group about Internet-exchange of investment projects and investors proposals CITeXchange .

3. While supporting and improving the CITeXchange system, it would be important to develop investment promotion services for users of the CITeXchange system.

4. To organize meetings of the permanently working CITeXchange Special Work Group when the need arise.

Taking into concideration the abovementioned recommendations, organizations-partners, which implement CITeXchange project, made decision:

- to form a special service package GORIZONT PLUS (the structure of the package GORIZONT + search + possibility to register up to 20 project proposals),
- to grant during 2004 the service package GORIZONT PLUS free of charge to the institutions, which representatives take part in the CITeXchange Special Work Group and that are participants of the project “GORIZONT” ( in support to development of economic and environmental horizontal cooperation based on information and communication technology) upon the APPLICATION, submitted by the interested institution,
-to make presentation about CITeXchange to the interested institutions .upon their request

4. The participants of the first meeting



¹ Name Profession and Organization/Institution
1. Romashko Sergiy Volodymyrovych
Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Leading Specialist of the Department for Information and Analitical Support, Relations with Verchovna Rada of Ukraine and Public Relations
2.
Bevz Sergiy Mykolayovych
State Commitee of Ukraine for Energy Conservation, Director of Investment and International Cooperation Department
3. Dovgal Anna Mykolayivna Ministry of Ecology and Natural Recourses of Ukraine, Leading Specialist of the Department of Environmental Audit and Insurance
4. Mishyna Lidiya Evgenievna Ministry of Economy of the Autonomous Republic Crimea, Deputy Head of the Enterpreneurship Development Department
5. Filimonova Olexandra Victorivna Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, Department of foreign investment issues
6. Gurenenko Oksana Mykolayivna Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Attache of the Department of Investment Policy and Science&Technology Cooperation
7. Shevchenko Sergiy Olexandrovich Ministry of Economics and Eurointegration of Ukraine, Leading Economist-Financist of the Department of Investment and Innovative Project Expertise
8. Magal Mykhaylo Ivanovych Head of Organization Gromadyanska Initsiatyva (OGI) International, Director of the Center for Innovative Technologies, Pr. E.


The Ministries, which are interested in using the package "GORIZONT PLUS" free of charge till the end of 2004, are advised to fill in the APPLICATION FORM and send it to : 16-À Shovkovychna str., Kyiv 01024 "Centre for Innovative Technologies"



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