March 5, 2015

NUCC’s upcoming Networking Meeting, 16th of April 2015

NUCC’s upcoming Networking Meeting is Thursday 16th of April 2015 at Wikborg Rein’s offices in downtown Oslo.

It will be an extended meeting, with coffee and registration from 11:30. To be REGISTERED for the meeting, please fill in this FORM.

The program lasts from 12:00 to 16:00 and mingling, tapas and wine from 16:00 to 18:00.

AGENDA 

11:30 – 12:00: Registration

12:00 – 12:15: Overview of the current trade between Ukraine and Norway and future priority sectors – Arnfinn Nordbø, Project Manager NUCC

12:15 – 12:35: Economic cooperation with Ukraine – tools and measures. Update on the NO-UA Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Business and Economic Cooperation – Jan Farberg, Director General Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Fisheries

12:35 – 13:20: Opportunities for businesses under the EFTA-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement – Lana Sinichkina, Partner Arzinger Law Firm

13:20 – 13:40: The EU-Ukraine rapprochement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement: Possible implications and possibilities for Norwegian businesses – Ketil E. Bøe, Partner Wikborg Rein

13:40 – 14:00: How can the Norwegian government stimulate more Norwegian-Ukrainian business? – Sigbjørn Litland, First Secretary, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kyiv

14:00 – 14:15: Coffee break

14:15 – 14:35: Introduction to the bilateral Norwegian-Ukrainian Agricultural agreement – Eivind Skjulestad, Senior Advisor Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Norway

14:35 – 14:45: How to increase agricultural trade between NO-UA? – Dmytro Shulmeister, Director of Food Department, Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ukraine

14:45 – 14:55: What are the most attractive investment areas in Ukraine today? – Denis Gutenko, Director of Foreign Economic Activity Department, Ministry of Economic Development

14:55 – 15:15: Perspectives from a Norwegian agricultural importer – Roar Bjørkeli, Supply Chain Manager Norgesmøllene AS

15:15 – 15:35: Political outlook, Investment potential and Business climate in Ukraine – George Logush, President Kyiv School of Economics

15:35 – 16:00: Q/A and panel discussion: How to capitalize on the FTA? How to increase Norwegian-Ukrainian trade? – Sigbjørn Litland, Dag Ketil Øyna (Director Trade and Industrial Policy at Federation of Norwegian Food and Drink Industry), Dmytro Shulmeister, Eivind Skjulestad, Denis Gutenko, Roar Bjørkeli, Ketil E. Bøe + TBA.
Moderated by: George Logush

16:00 – 18:00: Mingling

The event is organized by NUCC and Arzinger in partnership with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ukraine and Wikborg Rein.

Arzinger is a NUCC-member and law firm based in Ukraine, while Wikborg Rein is a Norwegian-based law firm. Partner in Wikborg Rein, Ketil E. Bøe is also a board member of NUCC.

Everyone is welcome, also non-members, to be REGISTERED for the meeting, please fill in this FORM.

NUCC Project Manager Arnfinn Nordbø, nordbo@nucc.no

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