Education and support
Division vision:
Educational events and programs in the field of increasing institutional, business and financial literacy of SMEs and export promotion, aimed at strengthening skills and competencies of enterprises, in particular, necessary for the development of their own business and participation in international trade.
Division functionality
- Creation of national information campaigns promoting entrepreneurship among all target segments, including holding business events
- Cooperation with key stakeholders in the field of education with both central executive bodies and the private sector: the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, schools and universities, private educational institutions to promote entrepreneurship
- Promotion of the national media about entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs through existing portals, including on the National portal Diia.Business
- Cooperation with regional authorities that are focused or whose work affects the development of SMEs
- Creating products for business infrastructure — for business support centers: consultations, pop-up locations, virtual focus groups, educational programs, incubators, mentoring, virtual and physical offices
- Creating training programs for entrepreneurs at the national and local levels in synergy with the relevant departments of the office
- Creating training and support programs for specific industries
- Creating of sectoral training programs on SME export development and internationalization
- Creating a series of cross-sectoral online activities to enhance the competencies of SMEs
- Support and development of the SME Competence Development Center
- Cooperation with other countries on the implementation of best practices for SME development
- Update and develop the theme of "twin cities" and demonstrate to cities how to cooperate for business development