Dnepropetrovsk,   Ukraine 

The city of Dnepropetrovsk, third largest city of Ukraine, is situated on the Dnieper River in East Central Ukraine (see the World map and  map of Ukraine ), and has a population of over 1.1 million. Large and beautiful, it is the main city of  Ukraine.East Central The old fortress settlement has existed since the middle of the 16th century. The new town was founded in 1776 by the Russian Prince Potemkin by order of Catherine II, the Great, Empress of Russia, and was called Ekaterinoslav from 1776 to 1926. During 1918, the town’s name was Sicheslav (The Glory for Sich’/Fortress of Cossacks).  
 
Dnepropetrovsk has been the major center of the steel industry from the beginning of the 20th century until the present. It has also dominated in the space rocket building industry since the 1950s.
Today, Dnepropetrovsk is the major trade, finance and industrial center of Eastern and Central Ukraine. There are 11 universities, academies and institutes in Dnepropetrovsk. See the brief city guide. Construction of the Metro (subway) was completed in late 1995. An International Airport offers direct flights to and from Vienna (Austria), Frankfurt-on-Maine (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey), Tel Aviv (Israel), Moscow (Russia), Kiev (Ukraine), Odessa (Ukraine), Simferopol (Ukraine), etc.

Tasks of organization:

• Promoting environmental activities in the Dnepropetrovsk Region.

• Performing research and practical actions to perform specific tasks of making the existing production cleaner.

• Promoting environmentally oriented education.

• Razing of environmental awareness of the population.

• Training professionals in promoting cleaner production systems via information technologies, system analysis and solutions theory. Business training.

• Cooperation with environmental organizations worldwide to exchange databases, experts, researchers and engineering solutions in the field of the environment.

• Transfer of environmentally oriented technologies

• Creation of data bases of experts and inventions

• Expert evaluation and audit

• Management of the investments to the environmentally oriented projects

Main directions of PCPC's activities:

• elaboration of strategy and tactics for cleaner production, waste management and pollution prevention

• system ecologization of existing production,

• development and introduction of methods of adaptation and rehabilitation of the population under the conditions of the increased technical loads,

• development and realization of the program of sustainable development of an industrial region,

• continuous environmental training and education, based on the concept of active constructive ecology,

• development of information at cleaner production technology and equipment.

• to demonstrate the economic benefits of pollution prevention and recycling to the businesses.

Home pages:

http://arwsd.com/pcpc

http://www.ukrainebiz.com/companiesUKR/cleaner_center.htm

Pridneprovie Cleaner Production Center is operating from Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine), where positions of environmental organizations are particularly strong.

In Dnepropetrovsk Region of Ukraine, there are over 50 educational and research establishments involved into the environmental activities. Pridneprovie Cleaner Production Center (Dnepropetrovsk) is the only cleaner production center in Ukraine. It has developed a basic infrastructure for the establishment of a national cleaner production center through a long-term working relationship with such Ukrainian organizations as Department of Environmental and Chemical Equipment at the Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology, Ukrainian Metallurgical Academy, Pridneprovie Ecological Foundation, Pridneprovie Branches of the Ukrainian Ecological Academy and International Academy of Computer Sciences and Systems.

Some of the activities of Pridneprovie Cleaner Production Center in the field of industrial ecology are covered at the following site: http://www.ukrainebiz.com/companiesUKR/cleaner_center.htm.

Prtidneprovie Cleaner Production Center will be in a position to promote further collaboration between specialists from various countries and contribute into the establishment of cleaner production practices in Ukraine.

Our capabilities are based on:

• systematic approach to solving of environmental problems in industry;

• an in-depth scientific and technical expertise and significant practical experience in Cleaner Production;

• a broad network of contacts with the Former Soviet research organizations, research faculties, manufactures and commercial organizations;

• our experience in solving of industrial environmental problems over the process life cycle.

PCPC works in the Dnieper and Donets Basin area that accounts for about 2/3 of Ukraine's heavy industries and environmental pollution.

PCPC has developed a number of programs to abate pollution and encourage cleaner production that may be profitable for potential investors. PCPC has a region-wide network of researchers and industrialists that can be used to promote U.S. investment, transfer of U.S. technologies and their adaptation to local conditions.