October 26, 2007 - Round Table “Introduction to Audit of Food Stuffs Safety Management Systems for Milk Processing”

USAID|TIBA and the International Institute for Food Safety and Quality and the Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine facilitated a round table discussion to present the regulatory requirements to modern foodstuff safety and quality management systems, the recent tendencies in European and national legislation in the sphere of food quality, the shortfalls of the system, the methodology for training trainers and auditors on HACCP. Target audience - Members of the Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine.

October 25-26, 2007 - Seminar “Permit Issuance System, State Regulatory Policy, Licensing, and State Registration”

With the support of USAID|TIBA, the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship lead a seminar to discuss propositions regarding changes to the Law of Ukraine "On the Permit Issuance System in the Sphere of Economic Activity" as well as the issue of implementing the Laws of Ukraine "On Licensing of Certain Types of Economic Activity," "On State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs," "On the General Principles of State Regulatory Policy in the Sphere of Economic Activity," and "On the Fundamental Principles of State Inspection (Supervision) in the Sphere of Economic Activity." The seminar was jointly sponsored by TIBA and SCRPE. SCRPE decided to increase its use of administrative sanctions to enforce regulatory policy and team with national and regional prosecutor generals offices in doing so. This could be an important step in enforcing regulatory policy in the area of permits and fighting corruption. SCPRE also agreed to pursue the establishment of Oblast level OSSs.

October 23, 2007 - Press Conference to present President’s initiatives aimed at improving conditions for doing business in Ukraine

TIBA facilitated a press conference at the UNIAN news agency. Mr. Oleksandr Shlapak, 1st Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat, and other members of the Presidential Secretariat Working Group (including TIBA) presented Presidential initiatives to national and regional printed and broadcast media. Legal initiatives include 6 draft laws to be submitted to the newly formed Parliament of Ukraine as urgent ("On amending the Law of Ukraine "On Permit System in the Sphere of Economic Activity", "On the List of Permit-Related Documents in the Sphere of Economic Activity", "On amending Certain Laws of Ukraine related to Permits for Construction Object Location", "On Market Supervision", "On amending Certain Laws of Ukraine related to licensing of economic activity", "On amending Certain Laws of Ukraine related to standardization and certification")

October 19, 2007 - Round Table “Draft Sanitary Rules and Provisions for Use of Food Additives”

USAID|TIBA organized a round-table discussion of the Draft Sanitary Rules and Provisions for Use of Food Additives, Ferments, Complementary Processing Materials, and Selected Flavorings Approved for Utilization in Food Product and Food Additive Manufacturing with representatives of business associations and food processing enterprises.

October 9, 2007 - Presidential Secretariat Working Group Meeting

Presidential Secretariat Working Group on Entrepreneur Development met and agreed on the text of six laws that will be submitted to the new VR.The draft laws are consistent with the President's decree "On Urgent Measures of Improving Regulation of Entrepreneurial Activity in Ukraine" (9/3/07).

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