Kiev. July, 7. In September 2010 Foundation for Effective Governance of Ukraine together with Dnepropetrovsk State Regional Administration will launch a project on development of strategy for raising Dnepropetrovsk Region competitiveness

By the level of development Dnipropetrovsk oblast outperforms such EU states as Romania, Latvia, Greece and Bulgaria yet falls behind Russia and Azerbaijan

Round table “Raising Dnepropetrovsk Region Economic Competitiveness” will take place on Tuesday, July 6, at 2p.m. in the premises of Dnepropetrovsk State Regional Administration

Kiev, 30 June. In The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 Ukraine fell ten places to the 82nd position out of 133 economies. This was the statement of Natalya Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance at a presentation of Ukraine Competitiveness Report developed within the partnership project of the Foundation and the World Economic Forum (WEF)

Foundation for Effective Governance will hold a national presentation of the Ukraine Competitiveness Report 2010 on Wednesday 30 June 2010 at 11 a.m. The event will take place at Premier Palace Hotel (2nd floor, 5-7/29 T. Shevchenka Blvd., at Pushkinska Str., Kyiv 01004, Ukraine)

We, the Foundation for Effective Governance, are very happy and proud to make this event possible. Due to the BBC World News and Intelligence Squared the whole world will be able to watch this debate by Ukrainians from Ukraine and on Ukraine related topic. The World will be able to rediscover Ukraine

Kyiv, June 15. Capitalism cannot exist in vacuum and should be effectively administered by the state. In this regard, former Soviet countries were unprepared for capitalism. They lacked political resources to introduce a necessary system of checks and balances. This is the statement of Natalia Izosimova, Managing Director of the Foundation for Effective Governance, expressed at the public debate “Free market economy has failed the former Soviet states”.

27 April, Kyiv The cluster approach used to produce economic development strategies can be successfully applied in Ukraine.

Kyiv, April 27. To establish efficient special economic zones (SEZs), the Government needs to work out an optimal complex strategy and fair regulatory policy of their development. Otherwise SEZs may become a tool for tax evasion, causing revenue shortfalls from privileged tax and customs conditions and eventually delivering a heavy blow on the country’s economy

Each time we are very careful to pick out a motion which is of immediate interest and importance for the country’s economy, and which provokes different opinions. Undoubtedly, the renewal of SEZs in Ukraine meets the abovementioned criteria, all the more so because one of the most urgent tasks that we face now is attracting foreign investments in the Ukrainian economy.