OREANDA-NEWS. On May 13, 2008 the power and business need a constructive dialogue, President of the Ukrainian National Committee for the International Chamber of Commerce Volodymyr Schelkunov said during the signing of memorandums of cooperation and partnership between the Ukrainian National Committee for the International Chamber of Commerce, the New Formation All-Ukrainian Public Association, the Ukrainian Trade Union Federation, and the Ukrainian Association of Business Incubators and Investment Centers at the UKRINFORM news agency.

Schelkunov said that joint activities with influential unions of entrepreneurs, associations on supporting small and medium business, and trade unions would strengthen public influence on the processes of taking government decisions, favor the development of socially responsible business in Ukraine.

Schelkunov said that maintaining a constructive dialogue between the government and business, creating conditions for ensuring the interests of entrepreneurship and business in legal processes, protecting national commodity producers on the global market were major directions of joint activities for new partners.

According to Schelkunov, a roundtable on doing business in Ukraine will take place in Kyiv on May 22, 2008. MPs and government members have been invited to the meeting.