Preparation of the EU- funded agricultural sector programme in Ukraine (Phase 2) Market infrastructure component

SUBCOMPONENTS OF MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT 1. Addressing sustainability of financial conditions: support to the promotion of linkages between providers and users of financial/credit services in rural areas. 2. Support for development of agricultural producers’ marketing groups. 3. Support for the development of agricultural civil organizations (including professional and inter- professional associations). 4. Support for the wholesale/assembly markets and accompanying market information network.

SUBCOMPONENT 1 Addressing sustainability of financial conditions: support to the promotion of linkages between providers and users of financial/credit services in rural areas. Supporting the banking and non-banking sector of rural credit providers to offer loan structures through development of mechanisms suitable to small and medium sized agricultural producers in rural areas. Supporting those agricultural producers in rural areas to fulfil credit conditions. Analyzing the effect of the removing of the moratorium on land sales on the access to credit in rural areas.   Training and development linkages between providers and users Mechanism: Service contract

SUBCOMPONENT 2 Support for development of agricultural producers’ marketing groups Strategic and regulatory Drafting of regulatory framework according to EU practice and in line with WTO principles for the development of all forms of agricultural producer marketing groups. Broad information campaign to ensure understanding and awareness of the benefits from grouping for entering civilized market Feasibility study on establishing packing houses for marketing groups => Pilot project => Consultation process Mechanism: Service contact

SUBCOMPONENT 3 Support for the development of agricultural civil organization Strategic and Regulatory => Support for the Conceptualization and drafting of regulatory framework according to EU practice Information dissemination => Assistance to the development of mechanism of market information dissemination through professional and inter- professional associations using wholesale and assembly markets as a point for information collection and delivery Mechanism: service contract

Subcomponent 4 Support for the wholesale/assembly markets and accompanying market information network Strategic and regulatory Support for the development secondary implementing legislation for the Law “On wholesale markets for agricultural produce”. Support for the development secondary implementing legislation for the Law “On wholesale markets for agricultural produce”. Further development of the Wholesale and assembly market “Master plans” to establish the most effective balance of state and private resources. Further development of the Wholesale and assembly market “Master plans” to establish the most effective balance of state and private resources. Pre-feasibility studies for wholesale and/or assembly market infrastructure, options for Public-Private Partnerships Pre-feasibility studies for wholesale and/or assembly market infrastructure, options for Public-Private Partnerships Support for the introduction of transparent market information systems based at wholesale and assembly markets. Support for the introduction of transparent market information systems based at wholesale and assembly markets. Mechanism: service contract