1540 City was established by Grand Crown Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski 1548 City received the Magdeburg right 1540-1772 Ternopil under Poland 1772-1918 Ternopil under Austrian-Hungary 1918-1919 Ternopil is the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic 1920-1939 Ternopil under Poland 1939 Oblast centre in USSR 1991 Oblast centre in Independent Ukraine POPULATION 216, 502 (UN, 2012) CITY AREA 7268 (ha) CLIMATE Temperate continental LANGUAGE Ukrainian (91,2%) HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES 16 Clean environment, tourism, energy saving, water treatment, education, transport, innovation, civil society development Chorzоw Elblag Tarnow Poland Radom Nowy Tomysl County Estonia Viljandi Germany Iserlohn Sweden Rannebi Greece Kastoria USA Bulgaria Yonkers Sliven Shumen Moldova Tiraspol Georgia Batumi Ukraine Evpatoria HOTELS RESTAURANTS 22 271 HOSPITALS 10 SUPERMARKETS 50 MARKETS 30 Belarus Ruimn Föderation Chernivtsi - 176 км Lutsk - 164 км Khmelnytsky - 117 км Iv.-Frankivsk - 137 км Rivne - 158 км KYIV - 465 км TRANSIT CENTRE OF UKRAINE The largest companies with foreign investments Name Sphere LTD “Technosvitlo Ukraine” Electronic technologies “Shreder” Electronic technologies LTD “Terkon Agro” Agriculture LTD “Vinisan” Textiles “Techinmash” Metal processing LTD “R.E.I.V” Food retail LTD “Diana International” Transport BC “Alfater Ternopil” Garbage disposal LTD “Bitternet” Internet provider LTD “MV Stellar” Transport PE “Columbus” Radio and TV Banks with foreign investments Name “Raiffeisen Bank Aval” “VAB Bank” “Praveks-Bank” “UkrSibbank” “ERSTE Bank” “Volksbank” “Sberbank ” “BM Bank” “VTB Bank” “Alfa Bank” “OTP Bank” “Ukrsotsbank” “Universal bank” “CredoBank” “Bank Forum” “Credit Agricol” Foreign Investor From Austria Netherlands Italy France Austria Germany Russia Russia Russia Russia Hungary Austria Greece Poland Germany France 16 higher educational establishment Over 50 000 student Over 5 000 foreign students Favorable multicultural environment Active international cooperation ECONOMIC MEDICAL POLYTECHNICAL PEDAGOGICAL Parks - 4% of city area 25 - 26 of August 2012 Powerboat World Championship was held on Ternopil lake The bases of economy are industries, which are characterized by diversity. The most successful are construction companies, food, textile, pulp and paper and electronic equipment industries. In October 2010 new mayor and deputies were elected to the Ternopil City Council. As a result of elections a deputies majority was formed by representatives of the same political party "Svoboda" (Liberty), headed by the mayor of Ternopil. That started a new stage in the City development. OPENESS, TRANSPERENCY, COOPERATION, INNOVATIONS, GUARANTEE these are main principles of work of new power. a0o LOGISTIC CENTRE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RECREATION AND REST COMPLEXES REST COMPLEXES ✓ FAVORABLE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION ✓ HIGH NATURAL POTENTIAL ✓ HIGH-EDUCATED LABOR ✓ LOW COST OF WORKING TIME ✓ FAST AND TRANSPARENT LICENSING ✓ LOW PRICES FOR ENERGY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! And welcome to TERNOPIL