The East Expo 2021 business exhibition is designed to help entrepreneurs expand their markets and establish new business relationships. About 100 companies from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Kherson oblasts will present their products at their exhibition stands, including foods, textiles, ceramics, as well as salt products, souvenirs, IT developments, engineering equipment, 3D printers, and much more.

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Background

"East Expo 2021" is organised within the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme, with the financial support of the European Union and the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. The event is organised in partnership with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Kherson oblast state administrations, Donetsk Oblast Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine.

The United Nations Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme (UN RPP) is being implemented by four United Nations agencies: the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Twelve international partners support the Programme: the European Union (EU), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, and the governments of Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.