On April 14^th, 2011 the Chamber hosted the next in the series of “Insights into Investing in the Regions with the Chamber” events delivered by the Sumy Regional State Administration entitled “Investing in Sumy Region: Removing Restrictions” with the participation of Mr. Yuriy Chmyr, Governor of Sumy Region. 

Presenters and facilitators included: 

• Yuriy Chmyr, Governor of Sumy Region. Please click here to download the presentation (eng).
• Gennadiy Mykhailenko, Head of Sumy Region Council
• George Logush, Vice President Kraft Foods, Area Director Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Please click here to download the presentation (eng)
• Konstantin Magaletskyi, Principal of Horizon Capital Advisors, LLC. Please click here to download the presentation (eng)
• Mayors of Sumy, Konotop, Trostyanets, Shostka and
• Directors and managers of the current investment projects in Sumy Region 

The extensive agenda of the Event highlighted the following potential investment opportunities: 

• Investment Project “Aeroflotskyi” – Mr. Gennadiy Minaev, Sumy Mayor. Please click here to download the presentation (ukr).
• Investment attractiveness of Industrial Park in Trostyanets Town – Mr. Yuriy Bova, Trostyanets Mayor. Please click here to download the presentation (eng).
• Investment attractiveness of Industrial Park on the territory of JSC “Svema” in Shostka Town – Mr. Mykola Noga, Shostka Mayor. Please click here to download the presentation (ukr).
• Investment attractiveness of Industrial Park in Konotop Town – Mr. Vasyl Dzet, Konotop Mayor. Please click here to download the presentation (ukr).
• Project of utilization of landfill gas (biogas) in landfill in Verkhnya Syrovatka Village (Sumy District) – Mr. Volodymyr Mykhailovsky, Director General of JSC  “Sylikatbeton”. Please click here to download the presentation (ukr).
• Project “Shostka Glass Factory “STEMA” – Mr. Victor Lutov, Project Coordinator.
• Project of cement plant construction (Putivl District) – Mr. Mykola Shulga, Director General of LLC “Putivlbudinvest”. Please click here to download the video.
• Innovative projects of modernization of porcelain production and manufacture of alcoholic beverages – Mr. Sergiy Glukhodid, representative of the NBB company. Please click here to download the presentation (ukr).
• Investment attractiveness of Sumy Region as a component of investment image of Ukraine – Mr. Denis Bohush, President of Bohush Communication, member of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA), Vice President of the Ukrainian PR League. Please click here to download the presentation (ukr). 

Mr. Jorge Zukoski, Chamber President expressed his gratitude to Mr. Yuriy Chmyr, Mr. Gennadiy Mykhailenko and other guests for joining the meeting and interacting directly with the Chamber Membership. Mr. Zukoski said “the positive signals the Chamber is getting from our Members who have been successfully investing in the Sumy region is appreciated and our congratulations go to the Governor and his team as well as the Mayors for their personal involvement in facilitating the expansion of the investment base in the region and especially the implementation of the one window concept for permits and registrations which helps to make the region more competitive in attracting and retaining strategic investors.”

The Meeting resulted in signing a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Chamber and Sumy Region State Administration. According to the Memorandum, the Parties agreed on long-term cooperation, namely exchanging information on investments into the economy of Sumy region as well as exchanging experience and materials related to attracting investments and creating a favorable investment environment.