16 January, 2014 in Taganrog, there was a meeting between President of the Kherson Chamber of Commerce and Industry Victoria Ostroumova and Chairman of the Non-Profit organization on enterprise development “The Business Council of International Black Sea Club” (the Business Council IBSC) Alexander Amerkhanov.
In the course of the meeting there was a discussion about perspective of trans-regional and international business partnership development, strengthening of mutually beneficial commercial and economic, scientific and technical links of business circles of Black Sea Basin Region, increase of operating efficiency of Chambers on assisting enterprise development, as well as question of Small and Medium Business support.

International Black Sea Club is an international non-governmental organization uniting several cities on the Black Sea and in its vicinity. It was created in 1992 and it has the status of Observer in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization and the special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Up to date members of club are 30 cities of Black Sea and Mediterranean Regions: Azov, Anapa, Batumi, Burgas, Varna, Galati, Izmit, Ilyichevsk, Kavala, Constan?a, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Piraeus, Poti, Rostov on Don, Thessaloniki, Samsun, Sevastopol, Sukhumi, Taganrog, Temryuk, Tiraspol, Trabzon, Trieste, Tuapse, Feodosia, Kherson, Yuzhny, Yalta. The Business Council consists of representatives of business circles and of the Chambers from the cities-members of IBSC.