09/10 09:00 German Ukrainian Cooperation meeting with the EBA information support - EBA Donetsk Branch
Heads of 16 big German companies, mainly form production industry, expressed their interests in long-term co-operation with Ukrainian companies. Deputy Chair of Donetsk Regional State Administration Mr Adamov opened the meeting. In 2007 trade turnover between Germany and Donetsk region was 600 mlm USD. In the first half of 2008 it constituted 290 mln USD. Unfortunately, import from Germany is 3 times higher than export from Ukraine. The unit weight of Germany in commodity circulation of Donetsk region is 3%. Also Mr Adamov spoke of big regional potential in resources (coal and methane), which can become the basis of energy security for Ukraine. Mr Wolfgang Gerstman, Representative of the Federal Department For Economics and Technologies, stressed on importance of partnership between Ukraine and Germany. In this regard Donetsk region plays an important role in cooperation development among countries, because 85% of the Ukrainian export comes from this area. Mr Gerstman indicated that energy and health care sectors are the most interesting sectors for cooperation. He offered consultations and to help to the Ukrainian business in production modernisation by means of the German technologies. Participants discussed participation of the Herman investors in regional infrastructure development.
EBA HR Committee
at the EBA office in Kyiv, 1-st floor, 1A Andriyivsky Uzviz. The meeting was devoted to summarising results of the EBA HR Committee activity in 2008. During this meeting the participants discussed the Committee priorities and action plan for 2009.
