The Ukraine Investment Climate (IC)project and the Sustainable Business Advisory (SBA) foodsafety project in Ukraine formed a partnership-one that hasled to tangible results in the form of burdensomeregulations being abolished and businesses receiving adviceon safety standards that will help them become morecompetitive in European Union (EU) markets. IC-SBA advicehas helped facilitate International Finance Corporation(IFC) investments in Ukraine and helped set triggers forWorld Bank lending. It has also defined the future of thework being done by these two business lines in theagribusiness sector. This smart lesson relates lessons andexperiences of the teams in designing and implementing suchan innovative and holistic technical assistance solution,within a specific sector, for government and private sector clients.