USAID LINC Trains Poltava Oblast Public Servants in FDI

May 11-12, 2011 — In Poltava, USAID LINC conducted a two day workshop to train mayors and officers from oblast and raion state administrations and local governments in the Poltava Oblast in the basics of foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction.

The training elucidated the role of FDI in facilitating local economic development and enhancing territorial competitiveness. A special attention was paid to how cities and regions can use their land to attract FDI and how they can promote investment opportunities on their territories.

Poltava Oblast Deputy Governor Olena Adamovych was quoted by the media as saying, “This topic is extremely important. We need leaps forward in our economy, but they are impossible without investment attraction.”