The agency has a goal of facilitating the implementation of government policy and support to small and medium enterprises, mobilization, bringing Ukrainian and foreign legal entities and individuals to work on investing of capital investments into the economy of the city, creation of economic and organizational and legal conditions for small business enterprise in Bila Tserkva, creation of conduci
ve conditions for the prosecution of business socially disadvantaged population, bestowals within programs and projects, both urban and national significance. The agency works at involvement and effective use of financial resources to fund special programs and projects for business, cooperation with international, foreign and Ukrainian financial institutions in matters of business development, takes part in the implementation of international contracts in the part of financial support for business development in the city, contributes to the personnel training and retraining for small businesses. Today the economy situation is closely linked with the development of SME. The primary objective of the Agency is to promote and develop small businesses. The main tasks of the Agency are decided in such ways:
• accounting and tax accounting;
• registration of business of entities and individuals;
• elaboration of the founding documents (statutes, protocols and agreements);
• assistance in the business - planning,
• elaboration of business plans for loans in financial institutions and a non-repayable financial assistance to unemployed workers from The Employment Agency ;
• advisory services for start-up, doing and dissolution of business;
• sociological and market research;
• providing information to business people;
• assistance in searching of business partners, both Ukrainian and foreign;
• training of businessmen. Trying to create a more favourable environment for small business in Bila Tserkva, Agency for the development of enterprise works with City and District Administrations in Bila Tserkva, the Chamber of Commerce, Union of small and medium businesses, Bila Tserkva League of entrepreneurs and other organizations that bring together entrepreneurs and provide support to small and medium businesses. Agency for the development of enterprise directs its activity to help unemployed to create their own business, to creation of new jobs through international, national and regional programs and projects. Agency for the development of enterprise takes part in the OSCE program for adaptation of military and conducts training course "Management of small and medium business." For the unemployed who are registered at the Employment Agency there is a course entitled "How to Start Your Own Business" after which the listeners present their business plans and receive some non-repayable financial aid from the state to start their own business. Since September 2001 Agency for the development of enterprise in Bila Tserkva has contracted Kyiv Regional Employment Agency to conduct a range of seminars, called: “The organization of own business” in Kiev Region. After the seminar, the participants which are directed from the Employment Agency, write and present their business-plans. Since September, there were held 135 seminars in Bila Tserkva and 1890 listeners have received some financial aid, one seminar in Zhurivka - where 19 of 20 listeners have received some financial aid, 5 seminars in Fastiv and 20 of 35 listeners have received financial aid. If the program is successfully presented the listeners receive from the Employment Agency amount of annual non-repayable financial aid for unemployment benefits. This amount is from 720 USD to 5000 USD. But, unfortunately, this amount of money is not always enough to start their own business. That is why it is often the entrepreneurs beginners come to our organization to get help in finding an investor or lender. Together with “Bila Tserkva Institute of Economics and Management “University of Ukraine”” The Bila Tserkva Agency for Enterprise Development have organized a "Legal Clinic" for poor people, where they can get free advice of a lawyer and barrister, and students of the University can gain an experience in providing legal services to the public. The lawyer of the Agency will consult according such questions:
• labor law
- Procedure for ex*****on and dissolution of employment contracts
- Procedure for ex*****on collective contracts
- Guarantees and compensation
- Liability of employees for damage caused to the company
- Labor discipline
- Labour protection
- Labor disputes
• Economic Law
- Economic contract
- Legal regulation of bankruptcy
- Procedure for company creation and concluding of articles of incorporation
- The order for the registration of a business entity
• Agricultural Law
- Types of agricultural enterprises and the order of their creation
- Agrarian jural relationships
- Collective agricultural enterprises, the order of their creation
- Economic contracts in agriculture
• Civil Law
- Citizens and legal persons in civil law
- Agreements
- Prescription of claims
- Ownership
- Liability for default on obligations
- Certain types of obligations
And other legal questions, which population and representatives of public organizations put on. Business coaches of Agency for the development of enterprise conduct intensive training-programs for individuals and for the staff of the enterprise. Training duration is from 3 to 5 days. Efficiency of training is achieved by using active learning methods of work:
• cross-cutting issues;
• working with groups;
• situational problems;
• various psychological techniques.
• comfortable atmosphere
• individual approach
• hot topics for training-programs
• alternative methods of teaching
• a package of handouts to each participant
For business development initiatives, we offer training - programs to improve skills and knowledge in chosen field, obtaining of necessary information, training and team building. We offer intensive training - courses on different subjects:
1. How to start your own business
2. Accounting
3. New standards in accounting
4. Technology of active sales
5. Management of Companies of Small Business
6. Management of personnel
7. Export opportunities
8. Management of small business
9. Technology of business communication
10. Marketing in the service of the entrepreneur
11. Business Planning
12. The Art of Negotiating.
13. Legal protection of business
14. Financial control and management
15. Technology of job searching
16. Time Management
17. Quality Management
18. Customer care
The Program “How to Start Your Own Business” was created for those who want to evaluate the prospects of own business starting. This can be a small business, which involved one person or more ambitious enterprise, which includes the provision of other people. Everyone who came on this course received the basic skills and information on the next questions:
• Development of Business - ideas
• Ethics of business communication
• Marketing
• Marketing research
• Advertising
• Skills for sale
• Pricing
• Forecast of sales
• The cash flows
• Gains and losses
• The concept of hurdle rate
• Financial report
• Preparation of business plan
• Sources of business financing
• Tax Reporting
• The legal framework of business
This information allowed to estimate the viability of business ideas, to start and successfully manage by any new business. During the seminar to each participant was given the opportunity to make a 36 month business-plan that may allow to start and maintain new business, and if necessary, to use the business-plan to find funding sources. The Bila Tserkva Agency for Enterprise Development provides accounting services to businesses and entities, including
• Accounting and taxation
• Preparation of financial statements
• Consulting support
With the assistance of the Bila Tserkva Agency for Enterprise Development the cooperation agreement between Ostrivets-Svetohzhysky (Poland) and Bila Tserkva was signed, it helped to organize the Ukraine-Polish Forum, where each representative of Polish companies had an opportunity to meet, exchange with information and discuss ways of cooperation with representatives of eight similar firms in Bila Tserkva. The event took place in December, 13 – 14, 2006, only Polish companies were invited, such as “Marcus”, PZG-ZSP “Elkam”, “Tehnomotor”, “Vulchanka CA”, “Oldkram”, “Adaks”, “Lyambda” , “Val Shaft Poland” and others. As a result of this meeting there were made contracts between heads of the firms from twin towns. The agency conducted about 38,000 of free consultations, re-teached 6240 people on training courses, made practical help in writing of 950 business-plans and 137 business summaries for various companies and enterprises, conducted 135 marketing researches and helped to develop a strategy for firms activities, and it gave a specific assistance for the development of business in Kiyv regione.
