Facilitators
Volodymyr Vorobey
Volodymyr is a Managing Director of PPV Knowledge Networks economic development agency (Lviv, Ukraine). Since 2008 the agency is supporting companies and is developing business ecosystems, - developing business models and business strategies, generating project concepts and implementing cross-sectorial projects, conducts studies and investing in startups. It is a Business Information Support Centre set up by the EU4Business programme with the support of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Creative economy is one of the focus areas of the agency.
Volodymyr has over 20 years of experience in large projects management, business consulting and economic policy development. Volodymyr is a member of the Nestor Group and Warm City (Ivano-Frankivsk) supervisory board.
Kateryna Kravchuk
Researcher, facilitator and manager, who specialises in the strategic planning and monitoring of projects in economic development, cultural institutions and business. During the last three years she has been engaged in projects for the British Council, Coady International Institute, UNDP and the Ukrainian Catholic University. She is also the author of various educational materials and programmes in formal and non-formal education.
From 2012 to 2017 she was a Programme and Project Manager at PPV Knowledge Networks and at the Corporate Social Responsibility Community. Kateryna has been involved in the implementation of the Creative Enterprise Ukraine Programme since 2016. She was also a focal point for SIDA’s Private Sector Development Programme in Ukraine and Eastern Europe from 2014 to 2017.
