The Ukrainian Infrastructure Forum’16, organized by A7 CONFERENCES, will be held at the hotel InterContinental in Kiev on April 22 under the aegis of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine. The official partner of the event is Lemtrans, exclusive legal partner – the international law firm Baker & McKenzie, strategic partner – the ArtStroiService construction company, and innovation partner – Microsoft Ukraine.
The Forum will become a professional communication platform for an open discussion, bringing together representatives of the government, international organizations, and Ukrainian businesses in order to raise infrastructure market’s development to a new level. The purpose of the Forum is to draw attention of national and international investors to the potential of the transportation system of Ukraine.
Among keynote speakers of the Forum are Vladimir Omelyan, deputy minister of infrastructure, Vladislava Rutitskaya, deputy minister of agrarian policy and food for European integration, and Igor Belous, head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine. In addition, leaders of top 100 Ukrainian and foreign companies in the transportation sector, Ukrainian manufacturers of products designed for the infrastructure industry, foreign investors, representatives of international financial corporations and embassies of foreign states will participate in the event.
Mr. Belous said: “Over the last 10 years the volume of marine container transportation has reduced by half, and transit cargo carriage by a third notwithstanding that private companies are operating at most terminals. After examining the international experience, we have found that we need to change the model of managing public ports. At present, the most effective model is a mid-term concession whereby more than 80% of world ports operate. In Ukraine, this form of cooperation between the state and private capital can be effective only on condition that a new concession law be drafted. That is why we initiated the formation of an interdepartmental working group to consider and elaborate a new law in which the features of concessions will be defined not only for ports but also the transportation industry on the whole, for the sector of housing facilities and public utilities, medicine, and the social infrastructure, among others.”
The forum aims to enhance interest of foreign investors in Ukrainian infrastructure projects. It will answer key questions concerning the sources of financing to renew the infrastructure, as well as about mechanisms of the implementation of large investment projects. During the event Ukrainian business circles will also receive detailed information about the opportunities to launch the processes of modernization and operation with state-owned enterprises in the infrastructure sphere, as well as prospects for financing by national and international financial institutions. The second day of the Forum will feature 1-to-1 meetings between investors and representatives of Ukrainian companies. Plans are in hand to compile the catalogue of investment projects of Ukrainian public and private organizations in the field of infrastructure within the framework of the event.
Online registration is open until April 21 at http://a7conf.com/infra
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