Events

Advocacy of European Rules of Competition

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. Christine Lahti

14 July 2023

THE FOURTH MODULE OF THE PROJECT "ADVOCACY OF EUROPEAN COMPETITION RULES" IN VINNYTSIA

For the first time since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the educational and scientific module "Advocacy of European Competition Rules" was held in an offline format at the Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics of DTEK. The event, which took place on July 10-14, 2023, was attended by 67 students interested in gaining additional knowledge of European competition rules and the prospects for their application in the context of Ukraine's accession to the EU. The participants included representatives of not only the academic community of Vinnytsia region, but also of small businesses and civil society of the region.

At the end of the module, the project coordinator, Professor Ganna Duginets, held a master class on the specifics of preparing a project application under the Jean Monnet Erasmus+ Program. We hope that next year, representatives of the Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics of DTEK will be among the lwinner’s list of the program.

We thank the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity to hold this event.

07 April 2023

THE THIRD MODULE OF THE JEAN MONET PROJECT "ADVOCACY OF EUROPEAN RULES OF COMPETITION"

On April 03-07, 2023, SUTE hosted the Third Module of the Jean Monnet Project "Advocacy of European Rules of Competition", which was attended by 45 participants from the academic community, civil servants, and small business representatives. Given the online format of the event, representatives from different regions of Ukraine – Lviv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Ivano-Frankivsk, and others – have taken part in the module.

The implementation of the next stage of the project is another step towards developing a culture of competition to improve the quality of business cooperation between Ukraine and the EU.

We thank everyone for the fruitful and constructive discussion and for the positive feedback!

14 October 2022

THE SECOND MODULE OF THE JEAN MONET PROJECT "ADVOCACY OF EUROPEAN RULES OF COMPETITION"

On October 10-14, 2022, SUTE hosted the Second Module of the Jean Monnet Project "Advocacy of European Rules of Competition", which was attended by 37 participants from the academic community, civil servants, as well as representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. It should be noted people from different regions of Ukraine took part in the module: from Lviv, Odesa, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, etc.

In their feedback, the participants rated the practical significance and usefulness of the knowledge gained for professional development well (averaged 4.8 out of 5), and expressed their wishes for further improvements to the interactive component of the training. We hope that we will be able to conduct the third module in an offline format.

22 July 2022

THE FIRST MODULE OF THE JEAN MONET PROJECT "ADVOCACY OF EUROPEAN RULES OF COMPETITION"

On July 18-22, 2022, SUTE hosted the first module of the Jean Monet Project "Advocacy of European Rules of Competition", which was attended by 40 participants from the academic community and civil servants. Among the latter are representatives of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, and the National Agency Corruption Prevention. It should be noted, that the participants represent different regions of Ukraine - Lviv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Uzhgorod, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Ternopil, etc.

40 hours of active discussions about the content and specifics of the application of European competition rules in the EU countries and Ukraine, which is a candidate for joining the EU, allowed the participants to form a set of knowledge and skills sufficient for the correct qualification of competitive practices according to the EU rules, to deepen their culture of competition.

In their feedback on the course, the participants highly rated (4.8 out of 5) its practical significance and usefulness for professional development, expressed interest in deepening their knowledge in the field of competition law and economic analysis of competitive processes.