Sevastopol Agency for the Development of Entrepreneurship

Director- Viktor Rudenko

The Sevastopol ADE was opened on 31st of October 1996 as the Crimean branch of the Kiev Agency for the Development of Entrepreneurship. This project has received the support of the European Union within the framework of the Tacis’95 Programme and the Sevastopol City Administration.

The Tacis Programme now continues to support the Sevastopol ADE within the framework of a following project, which began in September 1997 and which is managed by the French consultancy EDAW TSD, part of the international consulting group EDAW.

The Sevastopol ADE cooperates closely with the Kiev ADE and other similar organizations, providing support to the development of small and medium sized enterprises in Ukraine. It also benefits from extensive contacts in the whole of Europe thanks to its collaboration with foreign institutions and to its partnership with EDAW TSD.

In November 1997, Mrs. Ludmila Yakovleva, Executive Director of the Kiev ADE, was awarded by the President of Ukraine with the prestigious title of “Honorable Industrialist of Ukraine” for her tremendous contribution to the development of small and medium businesses in Ukraine.

The Sevastopol ADE employs a team of highly skilled local consultants, supported by one resident French expert from EDAW TSD and by other Western short-term experts.

Main goal of the ADE - Sevastopol:

To foster the growth of a stable market economy in Ukraine and in Crimea, by encouraging the creation and the development of new or existing small and medium sized enterprises.

The Sevastopol ADE aims at helping Ukrainian and Crimean businesses to improve on the European and other foreign markets. Therefore, it provides affordable professional services to local businesses in the form of consulting and information services, intensive management training courses, as well as some free first hand advice.

How the Agency can help you

You are a foreign company active in: Europe, the CIS or in any other part of the world

To foreign companies, investors, exporters, importers, public or non-governmental organizations, which are looking for local partners, or those which would like to receive any relevant information about Ukraine and Crimea in particular, we offer the following services:

Consulting services:

- Analysis of the local economy, legislation and political situation in Crimea and in Ukraine.
- Information about foreign investment opportunities.
- Local market research.
- Writing of Business Plans.

Search for Partner:

- Search for specific Ukrainian companies and potential local distributors.
- Evaluation of the local potential partners.
- Support in negotiating with local Crimean companies.

Representation services:

- We can represent your firm in Crimea and in Ukraine and advertise your products/services to local companies and consumers.
- Search for premises.
- Help in registration procedures for new enterprises.

Organizing your business visit to Ukraine:

- Letters of invitation to apply for business visas.
- Supplying of a car with a driver.
- Hotel and apartment reservations.
- Translation services.
- Secretarial and office support (international telephone lines, faxes, and copy machines).
- Provision of temporary office premises.
- Support in dealing with local organizations.

You are a Ukrainian company

You are looking for a business partner to:
- Sell your production or to purchase some equipment.
- Establish a joint venture.

The ADE - Sevastopol can help you. We cooperate with many organizations in Ukraine and benefit from our collaboration with the French consultancy EDAW TSD, which has plenty of contacts in Europe.

With our help many Crimean businessmen have already found the right partners they were looking for. Monthly, the ADE - Sevastopol receives about 100 to 150 business proposals from the foreign companies.

We can offer you our following services:

Search for business partners

Search for Crimean or Western partner and/or for investor by means of:
- Our extensive knowledge of the Crimean business environment, our collaboration with other local organizations and our own information resources (databases and directories of local companies).
- Our numerous contacts with foreign organizations: Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Europe, similar agencies, associations of industrialists and businessmen, economic departments of foreign Embassies in Ukraine, etc.
- Distributing your business proposals to specialized integrated European networks: BRE and European InfoCentres (in 72 countries, audience up to 2 million people).
- "Europartneriat".
- Publishing your proposal on our WebPages and searching for information on the Internet.

Information services

- Search of any business information in European databases and catalogues according to your criteria.
- Support in organizing your participation in exhibitions and trade fairs in Europe.
- Information for the managers about possible opportunities in Europe within some Western companies.

Other services

Thanks to the efforts of our experts and the support of our Western consultants, the Sevastopol ADE is able to deliver additional services to Crimean small and medium sized businesses:
- Consulting services

Business planning

- Development of Business Plans according to the requirements of international organizations such as EBRD, the World Bank and other investment funds.
- A team of well-trained Ukrainian professionals makes the Business Plans, with the support of experienced Western experts.

Consulting support to specific projects

- Help in building a team and managing the staff.
- Developing a marketing strategy and a marketing plan.
- Financial evaluation of the projects.

Pre-contract preparation and international contact writing

- Making a commercial offer.
- Support in conducting negotiations: provision of an interpreter and of an experienced negotiator.
- Development of Ukrainian and international business contacts by qualified experts.

Marketing research

- Realization of comprehensive market researches at the level of a city, a region or the whole of Ukraine.
- Realization of international marketing researches focusing on specific industries, sectors, countries or regional zones.

Training courses

Last year, the Sevastopol ADE has been able to deliver several training courses in different business topics, such as: Financial Management, Business Planning, Practical Marketing, Effective Selling, How to Start up Your Own Business and others.

We can develop specialized training courses tailored to the needs of your organization.
All our training courses are delivered by highly skilled Ukrainian experts and European advisers, and use participative methods of training.

And also...

Free advice on:

- How to open a new business in Crimea.
- Successful business dealing.
- Legal aspects of doing business.
- Other questions regarding doing business in Ukraine and abroad.

Business Library

The Sevastopol ADE created and currently manages a Business Library, located in the Business and Cultural Centre in Sevastopol. This project was made possible thanks to a grant provided by the Eurasia Foundation. In the library you will find:

- New Russian and English literature about:
- Economics
- Finance
- Stock exchange
- Banking
- Legislation
- Foreign languages

- A complete database of the Ukrainian legislation
- An on-line access to Internet.