Bilohirsk & Bilohirsk Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

January 26, 2012, Bilohirsk, Crimea — Presentation of a new tourist itinerary in the Bilohirsk Raion to guides and tour operators.

October 28, 2011, Bilohirsk, Crimea — Workshop on “Modern Ecological Technologies in Fruit and Vegetable Farming” for farmers, private producers, members of agricultural production cooperatives.

July 8, 2011 — In the village of Zuya, Bilohirsk Raion, Crimea, USAID LINC carried out a workshop for medicinal herbs producers focused on the issues of growing, harvesting, and selling.

June 2, 2011 — Crimea’s Bilohirsk Raion inaugurated the reopening of its Permitting One-Stop Shop (OSS), upgraded with assistance from USAID LINC, and presented it to local entrepreneurs and representatives from republican, raion and local governments.

June 22, 2010 ― A meeting of Crimea’s Bilohirsk economic strategy implementation management committee considered a number of issues with a focus on the creation of a unified real estate registry for the Bilohirsk Raion.

The Bilohirsk Raion Rada approved the Bilohirsk City and Raion Economic Development Strategic Plan worked out by the local Expert Committee with assistance and under the guidance of LINC.
The strategy, worked on over the period of July through November 2009, focuses on four critical issues: development of agribusiness, development of tourism, creation of conditions for investment attraction, and creation of conditions for business development.

Members of Crimea's Bilohirsk Raion Rada held a hearing on the draft Bilohirsk City and Raion Economic Development Strategic Plan and on the whole recommended that the document be introduced to the Rada for consideration. They also reserved a week for making suggestions on amendment. However, as of March 22, LINC, which guided the strategy drafting and presented the draft at the hearing, has received no such suggestion. The Bilohirsk City and Raion draft economic development strategy focuses on four critical issues: development of agribusiness, development of tourism, creation of conditions for investment attraction, and creation of conditions for business development.

July 23, 2009 - Bilohiorsk is a small Crimean city, located in the center of the Crimean Republic.  It is primarily an agricultural area with a Tatar presence of approximately 30%.  LINC will work with both the city and the raion on a common development strategy that will include active steps at land registration and land market development, about which the local leaders are particularly enthusiastic. This will also be a pilot raion for the land registration aspects of the Project.   The purpose of this meeting is to present the strategic planning process and methodology to EC members, discuss the next analytical phase in the strategy creation process, and set a schedule for strategic plan development.  A protocol of agreement will also be signed.