Conference “Key priorities 2025 for economic recovery”

The European Business Association informs about the opportunity to participate in the Ukrainian Business Council Conference  “Key Priorities 2025 for Economic Recovery”, which will take place on May 9, 2025, at 13:00 in an online format.

The conference aims to discuss projects that are essential for the Smart Politics Interfactional Association and the business community.

In particular:

• According to surveys, the State Tax Service (STS) remains among the top five most corrupt government bodies in Ukraine. A reboot of the STS is crucial – Draft Law No. 9243.
• Fulfillment of the IMF memorandum provision on addressing the erosion of payroll taxes – the introduction of clear employment criteria to distinguish between freelancers and hired employees.
• Implementation of a mandatory cost-benefit analysis for businesses, citizens, and the state when registering all draft laws in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
• Ensuring fair competition and implementing EU directives – Draft Laws No. 12429, No. 12430.
• Introducing performance indicators for the State Migration Service and State Tax Service – Draft Laws No. 12359, No. 12360.
• Amending the Criminal Procedure Code to mandate closure of pre-trial investigations due to time expiration after serving a person with a notice of suspicion in corruption cases, ensuring protection of the rights of parties to criminal proceedings, and introducing safeguards against law enforcement pressure on business – Draft Law No. 12439.
• Enabling the development of government e-services by private entities and minimizing the number of communal and state-owned enterprises.
• Establishing a modern labor law based on freedom of employment contracts – continuing the effect of Law 2434-IX on the simplified regime for SMEs not only during wartime but also on a permanent basis.
• Simplifying documentation processes for SMEs, removing the requirement for acts of completed works/services, and transitioning to an invoice model.
• Adoption of Draft Law No. 5651-2 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Travel Benefits and Some Other Privileges.”

Organizers: Smart Politics Interfactional Association, Ukrainian Business Council, EBA, ACC

Discussion participants – Members of Parliament:

• Dmytro Razumkov, Head of Smart Politics Association
• Valeriy Bozhyk, MP, Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy
• Andriy Nikolenko, MP, Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy

Business representatives:

• Representative of the  ACC
• Representative of the EBA
• Oleksandr Saienko, Vice President of the Taxpayers Association of Ukraine
• Mykhailo Nepran, First Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine
• Nadiya Bedrychuk, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Direct Selling Association
• Dmytro Kokhan, Deputy Head of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council
• Maria Shevchuk, Head of the IT Ukraine Association
• Borys Emeldesh, President of the All-Ukrainian Professional Association of Entrepreneurs
• Khrystyna Vengryniak, Director of Software Ukraine Association
• Yurii Perohanich, Director of the Association of IT Enterprises of Ukraine
• Borys Platkevych, President of the Ukrainian Union of Fire and Technogenic Safety
• Yaroslav Starovoitenko, President of the Naftogaz Association of Ukraine
• Nataliya Karpenchuk-Konopatska, President of the Women’s Business Chamber of Ukraine
• Mykola Babenko, Director of the Meat Industry Association
• Grigol Katamadze, President of the Taxpayers Association of Ukraine
• Rodion Rybchynskyi, Chairman of the Board of Ukrkharchoprom, Director of the Union “Millers of Ukraine”
• Yurii Syvytskyi, Chairman of the Board of Software Ukraine, Founder of Intecracy Group
• Oleksandr Baldyniuk, President of the Ukrkondprom Association
• Vasyl Voskoboinyk, Head of the All-Ukrainian Association of International Employment Companies
• Anatolii Dolynnyi, President of the Ukrainian Security Industry Federation
• Yurii Duchenko, First Vice President of the All-Ukrainian Bakers’ Association
• Dmytro Zahumnennyi, Head of the Association of Ukrainian Importers of Fish and Seafood
• Volodymyr Kosenko, Chairman of the Security Sector Workers’ Union
• Oleh Loshchylin, All-Ukrainian Union of Security Specialists
• Taras Mykolayenko, Director of the Bioethanol Producers Association
• Alina Moskalenko, Head of the Association of Prefabricated Structures Manufacturers
• Serhii Moskvin, Head of the UCMA Association
• Bohdan Mosunov, Head of the 4Business Organization
• Kostiantyn Padalka, Business Association of Educational Institutions
• Olha Panteleimonova, General Director and Co-Owner of the Ukrainian Producers Hub, Ukrainian Film Academy
• Ihor Zhytynskyi, All-Ukrainian Union of Passenger Carriers

Please note that only EBA member companies are invited to participate in the event. If your company is not a member of the Association, please contact our Business Development Team at [email protected].

Pre-registration is mandatory, and only registered participants will be informed of any possible changes to the schedule.

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