Ihor Tsependa: “It is essential to resolve the question: Who will negotiate with the EU?”

The team of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, led by Acting Rector Ihor Tsependa and comprising the Director of the PNU Project and Educational Center “Agents of Change,” Svitlana Kropelnytska, and Professor of the Department of International Economic Relations, Liliia Mykhailyshyn, participated in the Interregional Forum “Ukrainian Export: Present and Future,” held in Ivano-Frankivsk.

The event brought together over 100 representatives of businesses from western regions of Ukraine, experts, and officials from Ukrainian ministries, as well as state, regional, and local authorities. They discussed the current state of Ukrainian exports, including infrastructure and logistics challenges, labour resources, and regulatory and financial aspects of export activities.

Acting Rector Ihor Tsependa joined the panel discussion “Developing Export Potential, State Support for Exporters, and the Labour Market Situation” alongside First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyi, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Tetiana Berezhna, President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hennadii Chyzhykov, Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Ruslan Martsinkiv, and representatives of the business community.