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Experience of pilot SME companies from three sectors, lessons learnt and recommendations were presented at the closing event by the project team, State Committee for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship, project stakeholders and beneficiaries.

One of the important objectives of the project was to help SMEs to expand their business with EU partners through provision of practical information, advice and useful tools related to exporting and attracting investment as well as to raise awareness about the benefits of internationalisation. An important step in this process was to become familiar with EU market developments and tools for efficiency improvement and export planning.


27-30, Apr 2009: EU-FUNDED PROJECT CONDUCTED TRADE MISSION TO LONDON
On 27-30, April, 2009 the representatives of ten pilot IT companies of Ukraine, including MBS, visited London with the aim of business partnership development and visiting of the Internet World Trade Fair. The event was organised within the framework of the EUfunded project “Support to the Development of Business Capacity of Ukrainian SMEs – International Dimension” implemented in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv regions.

Business partnership development mission for Ukrainian IT companies linked to Internet World 2009, London, UK has been organized and implemented by the European Union Project to support the development of business capacity of Ukrainian SMEs.

The mission was combined with the participation in the Internet World 2009 Europe's largest, longest running and best attended trade show. During the Internet World the mission participants have presented their companies and products and services to potential business partners from EU countries as well as carried out the number of face-to-face business meetings with leading IT and Marketing organizations attending the event.

In addition, the mission agenda has included business and official meetings with various organizations based in UK, such as the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB), the British Ukrainian Society, Ukrainian City Club in London and Ukrainian Embassy in London.

During the meetings partners have expressed an interest to support the mission participants in entering the EU market and promote Ukraine as reliable and attractive destination for the outsourcing and offshoring of IT and business services.

The Project participants expressed a positive results and emphasized an increased opportunities to build business relationships with EU partners as a result of direct contacts established during the event and business contacts organized by Project team. Also, the project participants have gained a better understanding of the latest developments of European IT industry, innovations, trends and Western approach of doing business.

The results of the mission will certainly have long-term impact and benefits for the Ukrainian IT industry and will facilitate building of business relationships between Ukrainian and EU organizations as well as encourage the European approach of doing business for Ukrainian companies.

Carl Billson, IT Relationship Key Expert, commented: “It was a pleasure to meet again Ukrainian IT companies in London and to spend a short time (too short!) working together on our IT Trade Mission. All participants deserve congratulations for their professionalism and hard work! Everyone we met enjoyed Ukrainian enthusiasm and appreciation of the experience. I am confident that they will build on the contacts made and the confidence gained.“

2008: EU-UKRAINE CO-OPERATION IN THE SME SECTOR
In 2008 MBS was selected to participate in the EU funded project “Support to the Business Development of Ukrainian SMEs – International Dimension”. The overall project objective is to increase the competitiveness of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in Ukraine. You can see the leaflet and MBS profile developed by EU experts specially for this project.

The main selection criteria for SME to be entitled in EU project participation were the following:

• The company meets the EU definition of a small and medium enterprise;
• The company has been operating in eligible sectors: furniture, woodworking, machinery & equipment, IT services, for at least 12 months ;
• The company has been registered in one of the eligible regions: Lviv, Kharkiv and Kyiv;
• The company has high growth and export potential which will be assessed based on information provided in the application and verified during a visit to the company.

• to establish commercial links with EU companies and promote long-term business partnerships;
• to develop new strategic plans;
• to create and implement new international marketing plans

For EU-Ukraine relations, SMEs have long been a key sector for co-operation. The EU-Ukraine Action Plan commits partners to working together to develop the Ukrainian legislative and administrative framework for SME promotion.

Currently the EU is supporting the ongoing project "Support to the Development of Business Capacity of Ukrainian SMEs – International Dimension" which will run until August 2009. The objectives of this project are to improve State policy in the sphere of SME support development, to facilitate commercial links between Ukrainian and with EU companies and to increase awareness of business internationalisation in the public and SME sector.


16 Sep 2008: TACIS Project Award
MBS won the contest for the European Union's TACIS program for establishing commercial relationships with EU and other foreign enterprises.


16 Jan 2008: We are currently working on the following projects:

MHF Project
Healthcare master services platform is a high-performance software system that integrates the healthcare benefits from multiple providers in a unified system; provides clear and easy access to the benefits for consumers, while facilitating sponsorship of these benefits by employers. Read more

MBS Budgeting application
The solution introduces a new level of flexibility to the existing reporting systems. Since the structure of the document is represented in the database with its own descriptor (a set of tables, views and other objects) so at any moment a new document or its version can be introduced to the system. The new document management module allows an easy creation and manipulation of the documents based on MS-Excel templates. Read more

Online casino project
Our client provides the online casino services for the Internet users. The system allows users to log in and participate in the game with the real croupier dealing the cards and spinning the roulette. The croupiers are located at the client's premises where the video cameras are installed and the video is shown in real-time to the players. All the details, such as cards the player has are shown to the player as flash elements on the same screen. Thus, the players get the complete casino experience with live people. Read more

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