Events and activities 2022
Here you can see the reports of the events and activities which took place with support / participation of the Agricultural Office in Ukraine. These events are also recommended for the Dutch companies for the development of their business activities in Ukraine.
2022.02.15-17 - NL Pavilion at AgroSpring Exhibition
Under the looming threat of military confrontation between Ukraine and Russia, Dutch agriculture and agritech companies sent their Ukrainian representatives to join the Netherlands Pavilion at the international agricultural exhibition AgroSpring 2022. Despite these difficult conditions AgroSpring 2022 did take place. In fact, it was quite successful and well attended. Ukrainian representatives and partners of 9 Dutch companies joined the Netherlands pavilion and presented their technologies to the agricultural producers. Read more
2022.02.15 - Seminar on Dutch advanced technologies for calves health control and management
The Event took place in the framework of the International Exhibition Agro Animal Show with support of the Netherands Embassy in Ukraine and Ukrainain Agribuiness Club (UCAB). The event gathere the managers of the Ukrainian cattle farms, breeders, engineers and experst from the leading Dutch companies as well as experts in veterinary, diagnostics, feeding etc.
See the report in Ukrainian https://ucab.ua/ua/pres_sluzhba/novosti/niderlandski_fakhivtsi_podililisya_progresivnimi_tekhnologiyami_schodo_kontrolyu_za_zdorovyam_molodnyaka_vrkh_z_ukrainskimi_fermerami
2022.07.08 - Mapping (waste) materials for Ukraine's rebuild: leapfrogging to a circular economy
Urban systems are full of abandoned valuable materials, which could be brought back to another cycle of use. Some years back, a concept of ‘urban mining’ was popular among circular activists. It meant that if you needed something (bricks, pallets or some other stuff) for your studio or squat, you’d wander around the town to see where that could be found. With time being, in some narrow circles of enthusiasts, the concept evolved to ‘urban harvesting’, which means you no longer have to search – everything is known. You just go for it. Here’s where the mapping and tracking of materials becomes important. It is a necessary link in the chain of circular urban environment.
As Ukraine is fighting for its freedom and decent European future, Ukrainians deserve to build the country back better – in a smarter, more sustainable, human-centered and circular way. While many cities, towns, neighborhoods and buildings are being destroyed, mapping and tracking of (waste) materials (e.g. demolition waste) becomes important for better planning and, eventually, reuse.
Therefore, we’re happy to invite you to our webinar with Rusne Sileryte, Co-Founder of the Dutch company geoFluxus. geoFluxus aims to make a positive, sustainable and actionable global impact by developing innovative and integrative open-source resource management tools. They strive to democratize public waste flow data, hit/check sustainability targets, create new business opportunities and accelerate the transition towards the circular economy with the largest possible environmental, social, and financial benefits.
geoFluxus is a spin-off company from the Delft University of Technology (TUDelft) and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute).
As they put it on their own website, “We take the responsibility for developing a Circular Economy into our own hands. We demand change by orchestrating cutting edge academic research with savvy business models and a deep-routed desire for positive impact.”
Rusne Sileryte holds a PhD at the Chair of Environmental Technology and Design in Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Her research work assesses how well we can model (circular) material flows based on the existing datasets and how well we can decide if circular economy strategies create significant impacts in light of the set city, national or international targets.
Watch the record of the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_cmPZffipI
2022.07.07 - 100 days past the RF’s invasion: current state and outlook on food security and agricultural markets around the globe. Online discussion
n and Northern regions are serious threats to the 2022’s sowing and harvesting campaigns.
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO, Germany), Kyiv School of Economics (KSE, Ukraine), Wageningen University & Research (WUR, Netherlands) and German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue (APD, Ukraine) jointly organize a series of panel discussions “Is Russian full-scale 2022 invasion of Ukraine changing agrifood markets as we know them?”
To see the report and record of the webinar, please see the website of the Kyiv School of Economic
2022.06.17 - Business Forum for the Reconstruction of Ukraine in Rotterdam
It was co-organized by the Embassy of Ukraine in the Netherlands together with Foundation OpenDoorUkraine and was hosted by the municipality of Rotterdam.
The event was attended by over 250 representatives from the public and business sectors of the Netherlands, foreign business, Ukrainian and Dutch associations in the fields of agro-industrial complex, energy, medicine, and IT. Please read the report here
2022.07.28 - all-Ukrainian competition “Incredible villages of Ukraine
On July 28 the final hearing of the all-Ukrainian competition “Incredible villages of Ukraine 2022” took place. Representatives of the 10 finalist villages presented their business ideas to develop rural areas of Ukraine. The expert jury evaluated the projects according to the criteria: response to actual needs or rural communities, feasibility and competitiveness, contribution to sustainable development goals. This competition is run by AgroPortal.ua and for already 4 years has been supported by the Netherlands Embassy in Ukraine. This year the partner of competition is also the NGO Institute of Partnership and Sustainable Development. Read more