General presentation 2012
General information Established in the year 2012 by Alexandr Sakara, who has been the general manager of Konecranes Ukraine JSC for 20 years ASP is a non-profit association of businesses aimed at fostering cooperation between Ukrainian and Finnish companies The establishment of ASP was supported by the Finnish Embassy in Ukraine 2Association Suomi Partnership
Mission and Vision Our mission is to enhance cooperation between Ukrainian and Finnish businesses Our vision is: To select Ukrainian companies which can be recommended as reliable partners for Finnish businesses after our verification process To offer networking opportunities to Ukrainian and Finnish companies (arranging events, exchange of information etc.) Lobbying for interests of cooperation between Ukrainian and Finnish businesses To support the projects of our members using ASP expertise To offer promotion and advertising opportunities Association Suomi Partnership3
ASP management Association Suomi Partnership4 Alexandr Sakara is the chairman of the Board The most important strategic decisions are taken here
ASP membership Ukrainian, Finnish or other foreign companies may be members of ASP To join the ASP a company needs to: fill the application form and the questionnaire; submit a copy of its constitutional documents; pay initial one-time application fee and annual membership fee We carefully verify the reliability of Ukrainian members before they may be recommended to Finnish partners Association Suomi Partnership5
ASP activities Reliability verification Networking Lobbying Support Promotion Association Suomi Partnership6 We: gather information about Ukrainian companies; Verify their reliability for Finnish partners Informational support through the website of ASP Newsletter about business opportunities in Ukraine and in Finland Arranging events: business, social, cultural Exchange of positive experience Arranging consulting and other support as appropriate representation of our members interests in political circles collective letters, requests, appeals make proposals to draft laws establishment of a court of arbitration suggesting resources of the members to tackle collective or individual problems publications in mass media informational support for projects finding reliable partners for projects arranging consultations on projects supporting market penetration arranging project specific monitoring due diligence services advertising on the ASP website publication in the membership directory participation in ASP events selection as a partner after reliability verification fostering cooperation inside ASP
Contact information Association Suomi Partnership7 Uspenska str. 26, of. 10, 65014, Odesa, Ukraine Tel.: