Oksana Kuzmenko Phone: +38 0532 50 08 64 Cell phone: +38 050 455 11 11 e-mail: kuzmenko.oksana@gmail.com skype: kuzmenko.oksana We are waiting for your visit! Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

1. Poltava region
Poltava, 2013

2. Outline
• Strategic goals and priorities
• Region opportunities
• Foreign investment in the region
• Regional Projects
• About Poltava RCID
• Invitation to cooperation

3. Strategic goals and priorities

4. The ideal geographic location
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

5. Brief information on Poltava region
• Population: 1.477 million people (3.2 % of the population of
Ukraine)
• 52 people / km ²
• GRP: 5,5 billion USD. 8th place in Ukraine (2010 year)
• Share of employed population: 48.3 %
• Share of working-age population: 69.5 %
• Circa 30 % of workers employed in small and medium business
• Unemployment Rate: 9.2 %
• 23 universities and 43 vocational schools
• The average monthly salary is 306,3 USD. (As of 01.01.2012 year)
• Total FDI is 702.2 million USD. 11th place in Ukraine (as of
01.01.2012)
• Airport: receiving aircraft class II (60 tons)
• Transport Corridor Europe-Asia. (The route Kyiv – Kharkiv crosses
the region, E40)
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

6. Region opportunities

7. Index of Competitiveness of Regions of Ukraine
Kherson 3,58
Kirovohrad 3,68
Chernihiv 3,68
Ternopil 3,74
Zhytomyr 3,76
ARC 3,77
Chernivtsi 3,77
Khmelnytsky 3,77
Ivano-Frankivsk 3,78
Transcarpathian 3,8
Rivne 3,81
Cherkassy 3,81
Sums 3,84
Vinnitsa 3,86
Lugansk 3,87
Volyn 3,87
Nicholas 3,87
Lviv 3,88
Poltava 3,94
Odessa 3,95
Sevastopol 3,96
Zaporizhzhya 3,98
Donetsk 4,03
Kiev 4,04
Kharkiv 4,05
Dnipropetrovsk 4,1
Kyiv 4,26
3,2 3,4 3,6 3,8 4 4,2 4,4
Rated by the Fund "Effective management" Poltava region takes 9th place on the index
of competitiveness among other regions of Ukraine
Source: Fund "Effective management"

8. Investment map of Poltava region
MapMap symbols
symbols
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

9. Priorities for investment
• Agricultural business
• Engineering
• Automotive Industry
• Production of building materials
• Electrical Industry
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

10. The labor market
Branch thousand people %
Industry 108,6 29,7
Education 50,0 13,6
Agriculture 44,1 12,0
Health 41,5 11,3
Transport and communications 29,9 8,2
Trade; repair of motor vehicles, household 25,2 6,9
goods
Governance 20,3 5,5
Real estate, engineering 13,5 3,8
Construction 12,9 3,5
Community and personal service activities; 9,2 2,5
culture and sport
Finances 7,1 1,9
Forestry and related services 2,1 0,6
Hotel and restaurant business 1,8 0,5
Other 0,2 0,1
Total 366,2 100,0
Source: Department of Statistics in the Poltava Region

11. Schools
Schools Number of The number of Number of
establishment, students, graduated
units persons professionals,
persons
Higher Educational
Institutions I-II 16 11 00 3 200
accreditation levels
Universities III-IV
accreditation levels 7 50 400 13 100
Vocational
education 43 14 400 8 300
Source: Department of Statistics in the Poltava Region

12. The scientific potential of Poltava region
• 1360 employees of research
organizations (as of 1.01 2011)
• 1034 specialists who perform scientific
and technical works
30 PhD
211 PhD candidates
• 2178 employees who perform scientific
and technical works part-time
209 PhD
1017 PhD candidates
Source: Department of Statistics in the Poltava Region

13. Cultural institutions
• 2 professional theaters
(including theaters-
studios)
• 1 concert organization
• 33 museums (including
branches)
• 813 libraries
• 34 movie demonstrators
• 858 culture clubs
Source: Department of Statistics in the Poltava Region

14. Media and publishing
• 297 books
• 33 magazines and other
periodicals
• 69 newspapers
• Local broadcasting: 13.20
hours/day TV broadcasting
and 15.99 hours/day radio
broadcasting
Source: Department of Statistics in the Poltava Region

15. Sport
• 5 football clubs
• 44 billiard clubs
• 3 carting centers
• 2 artificial ice rinks, 10
seasonal
• 25 fitness clubs, studios
• 9 stadiums
• 12 tennis courts
• 45 dance studios
• 10 swimming pools
• 30 fighting schools
• 8 chess clubs
• 3 paintball clubs
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

16. Twin Cities:
• Filderstadt (germ. Filderstadt), Germany.
• Laynfelden-Ehterdynhen (germ. Leinfelden-Echterdingen), Germany.
• Ostfildern (germ. Ostfildern), Germany.
• Veliko-Tarnovo (bulg. Veliko Turnovo), Bulgaria.
• Koszalin (polsk. Koszalin), Poland.
• Lublin (polsk. Lublin), Poland.
• Nice (fr. Nice), France.
• Krasnodar, Russia.
• Baranovichi (belar. Baranavichі), Belarus.
• Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia.
• Irondekvoyt (eng. Irondequoit), USA.
• Flint (eng. Flint), USA
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

17. Foreign investment in the region

18. Investment projects being implemented in the
Poltava region by foreign capital
JV "Poltava Petroleum Company"
(Great Britain)
Agroholding "BZRK-Belgrankorm"
(Russian Federation)
"Pioneer Hi-Bred" Company
Concern Haase Energietechnik AG
(Germany)
Ferrexpo AG (Switzerland)
Electrometallurgical plant
"Vorskla - Stal"
Firm "HAKA planen.bauen GmbH"
(Germany)
Implemented investment projects of the companies:
"FERREXPO ", "JKX OIL and GAS plc ", "Poltava Petroleum Company ", "Belgrankorm ",
Group Nutritek, "Sigma Bleyzer ", "PIONEER HI-BRED ", "IDS GROUP "
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

19. FDI in Poltava region in 2011
4,28%
Switzerland (396,9 mln
1,49% USD)
1,76% Cyprus (104,8 mln USD)
3,47%
8,00% Great Britain (67,4 mln
9,60% 56,50% USD)
Netherlands (56,1 mln
USD)
14,90% Russian Federation (24,3
mln USD)
Virgin Islands (Брит.)
(12,3 mln USD)
USA (10,4 mln USD)
Total FDI is 702,2 mln USD
(as of 01.01.2012 ) Other (30,0 mln. USD)
Source: Department of Statistics in the Poltava Region

20. Regional projects

21. Regional project: Construction of micro-district
"Levada-2"
• Main idea
Creation of a new residential micro-district that
meets the latest international living space
trends. Micro-district conditionally divided into
several zones: residential, schools and pre-
schools area, shopping and entertainment
center area, entertainment park, ski downhill,
hotel.
• Objective
Construction of residential buildings (up to 23
floors) located in two semicircles.
• Cost of project
370,4 mln USD
• Payback period
10 years
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

22. Regional Projects
Construction of waste recycling
plant in Poltava
• Main idea: Construction of modern
waste recycling plant in Poltava
• Cost of project: 2,5 mln USD
• Payback period: 5 years
Construction of the bridge over the
River Dnipro in Kremenchuk
• Main idea : Construction of the
bridge over the River Dnipro,
which meets the requirements of
modern traffic.
• Cost of project: 654,3 mln USD
• Payback period: 7,5 years
Kremenchug city infrastructure
development
• Main idea: development of urban
infrastructure in the city of
Kremenchuk
• Cost of project: 6,6 mln USD
• Payback period: 15 years
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

23. About Poltava RCID

24. Work of Poltava RCID
The main objectives of Poltava RCID : Results of Poltava RCID work:
• Promotion and facilitation of foreign • In 2011, on the results of joint activity with
investment in Poltava region PJSC "Poltavpivo" company attracted
• Ensuring the preparation and required investor for cooperation
implementation of the principle of • In 2012, thanks to Poltava RCID "Olmos"
"One stop-shop " supporting Ltd. found an investor who invested in the
investors company 37 thousand USD, and created
• Participation in the implementation of 6 new jobs
components of national and regional
priority investment projects • Teaches executive authorities and local
• Take measures to ensure resource government to attract and support
provision for the investment investors
development in the region • Accompanies national and regional
• Territory marketing priority investment projects
• Attracting investors • Maintains the database of attractive
lands(Greenfield, Brownfield) for
investment projects
• Since 01.01.2012 Center provides
services on a "One-Stop-Shop" approach.
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

25. Invitation to cooperation
Poltava RCID offers expert help for investors:
• Choosing a place for the project
• Prepare a list of land to meet the needs of the project
• Organization of meetings with local partners
• Consultation on tax and labor laws
• Establishing friendly relations with local authorities
• Center employees will introduce you to local authorities and other appropriate
individuals in the Poltava region
• Privacy guarantee for the investor
• Conclusion of the agreement
• Support the project during its realization
(Use of Ukrainian, Russian and English languages)
Source: Poltava Regional Center for Investment and Development

26. Contacts
Ukraine, 36003, Poltava, Shkilny lane, 4, office: 41,45
Dmitriy Leta – acting director of Poltava regional center of investment and development
Phone: +38 0532 50 08 64
Cell phone.: +38 066 816 52 09
e-mail: leta.dima@gmail.com
skype: leta.dima
web: www.investinpoltava.com.ua