Discover the European Honeyland

Discover the European Honeyland

It was the slogan of the international campaign 2009 on promoting Ukraine’s bid to host the 2013 Apimondia International Congress in the capital of Ukraine, the City of Kyiv.  This campaign included a documentary film and several advertising clips, a promo tour of European countries, meetings of representatives of Ukraine’s diplomatic missions in different countries of the world with chairmen of beekeepers’ associations of these countries, etc.

The 43^rd International Apimondia Congress has all chances to become the biggest international specialized congress in the history of Ukraine. About 12 thousand visitors from all over the world are expected to come to Ukraine’s capital to attend this event. It opens not only a new era of development of the Ukrainian beekeeping industry, but also has the potential to become an important milestone in the development of the international image of our country.  It is a sign for international investors about the attractiveness of beekeeping industry of this country; it is a significant increase of interest in it of the international community – and not only beekeeping community - not to mention the chance for the members of this small industry in the country to improve public policy beekeeping, increase support industry and to attract investment for its development. A number of educational, scientific, artistic events and fairs will be held during 2012-2013. All these events are aimed to attract people, especially young people, to a healthy lifestyle and use of beekeeping products, popularize this ancient craft to a wide audience, and improve internal infrastructure sector in order to hold the 43^rd International Apimondia Congress 2013 at the appropriate level.

We are in active negotiations with interested partners from near and far abroad on the participation in our preparation. It is expected that our actions and ongoing work will be covered by Ukrainian mass media as well as international media, such as media specialized in beekeeping, general media, Internet media and leading Ukrainian TV channels. The website about preparation for the XXXXIII Apimondia International Apicultural Congress is available since the end of March 2011. This blog website will cover the information about all stages of the promotion and preparation for the Congress.