Pavlo Sheremeta participates in Coordination Council's meeting dedicated to realization of joint projects with OECD

The Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Pavlo Sheremeta has participated in a meeting of the Coordination Council for relations with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development which was dedicated to realization of joint projects aimed at improving competitiveness of Ukraine.

During the meeting the interlocutors discussed the final stage of a joint work on the Memorandum of understanding on deepening of cooperation, which will determine the promising cooperation areas. Moreover, the mentioned memo envisages further realization of the project “The strategy of sector competitiveness for Ukraine”.

Pavlo Sheremeta noted that expert assistance of OECD plays a significant role in enhancement of competitiveness of the national economy, promotion of internal development taking into account best world practices and modern tendencies.

“Our strategic goal is to get to the way of joining the club of the most developed countries, which is the OECD,” the Minister stressed.  

The head of the Eurasia Competitiveness Program Antonio Somma emphasized that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is ready to activate relations with the Government of Ukraine.

“Representatives of the OECD council, which is comprised of 34 member-countries, gave a mandate to strengthen relations with Ukraine and the memorandum is one of the concrete examples what is done by us to fulfill this mandate. The OECD Secretary General invited the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk to his headquarters to sign the Memorandum,” Antonio Somma emphasized.