Business Revitalization in Ukraine UA 2007 phase I

As the war in Ukraine takes a toll not only on civilian and military lives but also on the livelihoods of Ukrainian citizens fleeing war, it is crucial to support businesses to re-establish and recover operations in more secure areas of the country. As more flexible and adaptable SMEs are to become the driver of Ukraine's economic recovery, this project is set to support the Government of Ukraine in designing and piloting SME support policies and programmes that would enable SMEs to operate under the current volatile context of war and post-war recovery. This, in turn, will further economic activity, employment and tax revenues. The project will help develop government policies and strengthen the ability of SME support institutions to deliver urgently needed temporary programming under a highly volatile context of active war. Project will focus on: • Policy development • Ability of the regional SME support infrastructure in Ukraine and extra-territorial centres, in the neighbouring states where relevant (one has been opened already in Warsaw, Poland), to design and implement effective SME support policies and programmes, and • Design support measures to facilitate the build-up and resilience of the SME sector in Ukraine, to enable it to secure new partnerships and export opportunities, respond to challenges, and meet needs brought about by war.