The NGO Electronic Republic developed a roadmap for executive bodies to enhance the business climate in the community with the assistance of the USAID Program “Competitive Economy of Ukraine”.

This tool offers suggestions and algorithms for “government-business” interaction on issues of relocation, readily available external assistance resources, working with open data, and other areas of economic activity under martial law.

This document contains useful recommendations (particular measures) targeted at enhancing the business environment in terms of transparency and data accessibility, anti-corruption measures, resources for business development, and interaction of community authorities with entrepreneurs.

The Roadmap that was created is based on expert recommendations and best practices of cities that were discussed, among other things, at meetings of the Intercity Working Group on Improving the Business Climate, a useful forum for exchanging information and best practices in the field of creating favorable business environments in Ukrainian cities.

‘Our common objective is to enhance the environment for small and medium-sized businesses and ensure that their rights are respected. We are confident that this will improve employment opportunities and boost Ukrainian companies’ global competitiveness, which will directly have a positive impact on the economic growth in our country. Entrepreneurs and their resilience help to maintain the Ukrainian economy in wartime conditions and will guarantee our country’s quick post-war recovery.

We are grateful to our partners from the USAID Competitive Economy of Ukraine Program for their professional assistance in creating new strategies for business protection and enhancing the business climate. We continue to cooperate for our victory despite the challenging circumstances of war’, Svitlana Olshanska, the first deputy mayor of the Zhytomyr City Council, said.

‘By taking part in this project, our community is able to strengthen relationships and share experiences with other communities in order to improve business conditions for small and medium-sized businesses’, Viktoriya Sychova, Director of the Department of Economic Development of the Zhytomyr City Council, says.

Roadmap for enhancing the business climate in the city

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With assistance from the USAID program “Competitive Economy of Ukraine”, Zhytomyr joined the Program for Improving the Competitiveness Index of Cities in 2021 as a pilot community.

Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Rivne, and Kherson are the five Ukrainian cities participating in this program.

The program helps to create a more straightforward and transparent business environment, supports startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in order to increase their competitiveness in the domestic and international markets, and also gives Ukrainian businesses opportunities to benefit from global trade.