The tradition of EBA Round Table Sessions began in 2006. These sessions are arranged specially for top and senior management of EBA member companies. They are aimed at transmitting issues of concern directly to a responsible official and to proposing a company’s vision on resolving these problems.

Round Table Sessions offer a midday opportunity to network which is more convenient for business schedules of EBA members and invited gests.

There are three types of EBA Round Table Sessions: “On Political Issues”, “On Economic Issues” and “On EU-Ukraine Development Issues”. They differ by topic and guest speakers, who are: political scientists for the first type, government authorities for the second and EU official representatives for the third. As a professional expert in Ukraine’s investment environment and as the leading business association, the EBA took part in a number of government round table discussions. As a rule, the EBA holds its sessions for EBA members only.

The European Business Association usually holds its Round Table Sessions on a quarterly basis at the EBA office.

In 2007 Round table discussions arranged by the EBA enabled members to communicate with experts on specific issues, namely:

• ‘The Political Situation in Ukraine: Present and Prospective’;
• ‘In close up: Land Property Rights’;
• ‘IPOs: Best Practices on How to Ensure Successful Listing’;
• ‘Medical Insurance and Health Care System Reform in Ukraine’;
• ‘Transit Opportunities for Companies in Ukraine Including Customs Regimes, Currency Regulation and Taxation Procedures’;
• ‘New Visa Requirements for Foreign Citizens’;
• ‘The Kyoto Protocol: experience of European countries. Implementation in Ukraine and the prospects for Ukrainian companies in this area’;
• ‘Economy of Ukraine: Forecasts of Foreign Banks’.

The EBA usually holds round table at the conference facility of the EBA office in Kyiv.