Cooperation with Producers and Community

On December 14, 2012 a Board Meeting and General Meeting of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress was held in the International Exhibition Center (Kyiv).

The Purpose of the meeting: the discussion of opportunities, prospects and terms of participation for Ukrainian producers working in the field of beekeeping, in the Programs of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress to be held from September 29 to October 4, 2012 in Ukraine in Kyiv at the International Exhibition Center (the Tourism Program covers all regions of Ukraine and will take place from September 23 to October 14, 2013).

The meeting was attended by the Deputy Director of the Livestock Markets Department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mr. Volodymyr A. Pyshcholka.

The meeting was also attended by the invited heads of enterprises – producers of beekeeping products, beekeeping equipment and implements, exporters of beekeeping products, queen breeding experts from the AR of Crimea, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattya, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovograd, Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernihiv regions, Kyiv and Sevastopol, as well as representatives of foreign comoanies: ATS Ukraine (France – Ukraine), Primavet-Sofia Ltd. (Bulgaria).

The meeting was attended by the invited Heads of regional working commissions of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII international Apimondia Congress; heads of beekeeping NGOs that are partners of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress.

The Director of the International Exhibition Center, the Organizer of the Exhibition ApiExpo 2013 Anatoliy V. Tkachenko delivered a welcoming speech at the meeting.

At the meeting the experts of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress delivered presentations on the Congress Programs, provided information regarding sponsorship and partnership packages of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress, attracting young and educated professionals in the Volunteer Program of the Congress. The presentations were delivered by Tetyana Y. Vasylkivska – the President of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress, President of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress, Anatoliy D. Kharkovenko - Technical Coordinator, Nadiya V. Lushchak – Scientific Conference Coordinator, Serhiy B. Pidmohylnyi – Tours Coordinator.

The representatives of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress and invited beekeeping experts discussed opportunities, prospects and terms of participation for Ukrainian producers working in the field of beekeeping, in the Programs of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress. Special attention was focused on issues of active cooperation between the Organizing Committee and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine regarding the establishment of the Ukrainian National Pavilion at the International Exhibition ApiExpo 2013 during the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress for effective participation of Ukrainian beekeeping enterprises and farms.

At the meeting, during the discussion speeches were delivered by Antonov O.Y. (“Sodruzhestvo” Ltd), Zhovtobryukh V.M. ( “plant-firm “Os” Ltd), Lemishev M.I. (“Melissa – 93” Ltd), Sanin Y.K. (“Promtekhnika” Ltd), Balash P.I. (Head of the working commission of the Organizing Committee in Chernihiv region), Moroz P.S. (Head of the working commission of the Organizing Committee in Cherkasy region), Likhachiov O.V. (“Beekeepers’ Association of Kryvyi Rih”), Michelle Tereshchenko («ATS-Ukraine»), Rudenko V.I. (“AVV-100” Ltd), Syurkov O.H. (Association “APAK”).

A speech by the Deputy Director of the Livestock Markets Department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mr. Volodymyr A. Pyshcholka encourage more interest of the audience in the prospects of participation in the Congress Programs. Volodymyr Pyshcholka’s participation in the meeting and discussions showed participants- entrepreneurs, farmers, public figures and journalists the high level of support and assistance provided by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine to the Organizing Committee of the Apimondia Congress 2013.

The Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress Leonid I. Bodnarchuk in his speech stressed that the Ukrainian NGO “Brotherhood of Beekeepers of Ukraine” is the base organization in the preparation process of the Apimondia Congress 2013 and successfully implements this strategy.

Decisions taken at the Board Meeting and General Meeting of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress held on December 14, 2012 with the participation of producers, beekeeping experts and representatives of public organisations, will create effective conditions and opportunities for participation of Ukrainian beekeeping experts in various Programs and Projects of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress.