Promoting the principles of fair and honest competition as one of the fundamental foundations of a market economy is an important component of fostering young people’s economic awareness.

The final stage of the Second All-Ukrainian Scientific Essay Competition “Youth of Ukraine for Competition” was held at the State University of Trade and Economics (SUTE). The competition aims to raise students’ awareness of the rules and principles of economic competition, encourage active civic engagement, foster students’ scientific and creative potential, and draw attention to current issues in competition protection, sectoral development, and competition advocacy.

Participants submitted scientific essays in five thematic areas:

• Digital markets, platforms, and artificial intelligence: new challenges for competition;
• Competition and consumer protection in the modern market environment;
• European competition policy standards and their implementation in Ukraine;
• Competition as a driver of Ukraine’s post-war recovery and economic development;
• Modern mechanisms for ensuring fair competition and combating violations of competition law.

The competition’s expert jury included leading researchers from the National Institute for Strategic Studies and the State University of Trade and Economics, as well as practitioners from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the Competition Law Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association, and the Ukrzovnishtrans Association.

A total of 78 student essays from various regions of Ukraine were submitted for the jury’s consideration. Participants included students from Vinnytsia, Volyn, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernihiv regions, as well as internally displaced students who had previously lived in Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

Students from educational institutions in Odesa demonstrated the highest level of participation, submitting 41 essays.

Following the evaluation process, the jury selected 20 winners.

List of Winners

All competition winners will receive diplomas and valuable prizes, while all participants will be awarded electronic certificates.

We hope that the “Youth of Ukraine for Competition” competition will serve as a first step for participants towards discovering the complex and fascinating world of economic competition, support their professional development, and inspire them to pursue further studies in competition policy and competition protection.

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all participants for their insightful and original essays! We wish you further academic achievements, creative inspiration, and success in your studies!

We look forward to welcoming you again at the State University of Trade and Economics!

Yurii Umantsiv,
Head of the Department of Economics and Competition Policy of SUTE,

Diana Shkuropadska,
Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Competition Policy of SUTE