Black Sea Economic Forum is a high-level annual platform for a dialogue among the leading government and business stakeholders, and leading experts, which holds by an initiative of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

 

This year's Forum will be focused on investment climate promotion, economic development and competitive growth of the region and Crimea as a whole. Forum will take place on 24-25 of October in Livadia palace.

 

Agenda of the Forum contain different issues about economic development of the Black Sea countries, international investment cooperation, agriculture, tourist sphere, as well as experience exchange in effective regional management practices.

 

The Forum will be a good discussion platform for leading governors of Black Sea region, representatives of EU, international experts in investment sphere, potential investors.

 

The event is an ongoing mechanism helping Crimea and Ukraine realize their leadership potential in the Black Sea region. Initiating the dialogue on the most relevant issues of economic cooperation, the Forum is aimed at discovering new horizons and business opportunities for Ukrainian and multinational businesses with interests in Crimea and the Black Sea region.

 

The Forum attracted more than 700 participants from 30 countries in three years.

 

I Black Sea Economic Forum taken place on November of 2010 and was visited by more than 250 representatives of governmental and business circles, experts from Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Greece, Moldova, Bulgaria and Romania. Also main speakers of the Forum were: 

Program of the Forum was focused on actual issues of economic and political potentials and role of Black Sea region, as well as opportunities of cooperation in key spheres and projects, including transport infrastructure, energy, agriculture, resort and spa activities and tourism, ecological recourses of Black Sea.

 

In 2011 the Forum brought together more than 250 guests from Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Moldova, Romania, as well as representatives of Asia and Latin America in Livadia palace. Main speakers of the Forum were:

 

Last year the Forum was visited by more than 200 state officials, experts and business leaders from 21 countries including Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, the USA, etc. Leading speakers were:

 

Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy, First Vice-Prime-Minister of Ukraine;

 

Sergey Tigipko, Vice-Prime-Minister, Minister of social policy of Ukraine;

 

Visitors of the III Black Sea Economic Forum headed "Competitive growth of Black Sea region: activity coordination and mutual projects" discussed strategic location of the region in global economy; aspects of effective trade policy; financial instruments for agriculture complex and food industry; ongoing energy policy, and municipal authority role in tourist sphere development of regions.