About Us

A) Focus Area

Working in close cooperation with the Ukrainian Government, the USAID funded project provides technical assistance in the implementation of reforms in the agrarian sector of Ukraine. Activities focus squarely on the business environment, including key issues in privatization, restructuring, taxes, subsidies, trade policy, and regulatory reform. The project is targeted on providing publicity and transparency for reform initiatives, which in turn, should provide successful results and strong support for the integration of Ukraine into the world market.

B) Initiatives

The project combines its expertise in agricultural policy, legal, and regulatory issues and public advocacy to develop a comprehensive strategic approach to enable reform initiative groups and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) to complete the task of implementing transparent policy improvements. Initial focus is on privatization, restructuring, land market operations, tax and subsidy systems, trade policy, and the regulatory system. The project strongly supports Ukrainian economic growth with equity. Increasing the number of profitable private farmers, agribusinesses, and successful SME enterprises operating in the formal sector provides both jobs and income for the population and revenues for the government.

C) Action Plan

Working closely with reform initiative groups in government, NGOs, and private sector:

• identifying critical policy, legal, and regulatory issues for agribusiness sector growth, competitiveness, and productivity;
• identifying and mobilizing reform initiative groups;
• setting priorities and defining specific initiatives with reform initiative groups;
• defining target results and detailed action plans for specific initiatives;
• executing specific tasks of initiative action plans, including analysis, law drafting, advocacy support, and public outreach.