The team of the Ministry of Digital Transformation took part in the World Economic Forum in Davos for the third time. In a few days, team met with international partners and technology companies to showcase the results of digital Ukraine, attract support and plan new digital initiatives for the year, — the press office of the Ministry reports.
“The full-scale invasion has affected our operations and involved us in completely new areas, such as defense technology, innovation, and education. In particular, we have opened the UAV market in Ukraine and created some of the best conditions for manufacturers, launched the Brave1 defense-tech cluster, implemented reforms in the govtech sector, developed the Mriya educational app, and developed the WINWIN innovation strategy. Ukraine has no choice but to become a successful and prosperous country. And the key to this is innovation and technology,” said Mykhailo Fedorov, presenting the results of the work of the Ministry of Digital Transformation for the year.
GovTech center in Kyiv
Björge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum, Jeremy Jurgens, Managing Director of the Forum, and Mykhailo Fedorov signed an agreement of intent to open a GovTech center in Kyiv. The main task of this center is to introduce innovations and technologies in the public sector, to promote digital transformation in the government and public sector organizations. The GovTech center will bring together scientists, entrepreneurs, technology companies and the public sector. This will allow them to share their experience with foreign partners and accelerate digital reforms in Ukraine.
A similar center is already planned for Berlin, and Kyiv will be the second city. This is a signal to the whole world that Ukraine is developing despite the challenges of a full-scale war, is rapidly implementing changes and increasing the efficiency of the public sector through technology.
We continue to engage the assistance of the world’s largest technology companies
Mykhailo Fedorov has held dozens of meetings with top management of tech companies to once again draw attention to Ukraine, present the results of digital projects and discuss further cooperation:
- Palantir. We continue to work with the company in the area of humanitarian demining and deeper integration of situational awareness systems.
- IBM. One of the key areas of cooperation is cloud strategy and cybersecurity, as well as the development of artificial intelligence, digital twins, and asset management.
- Cisco. The focus is on cybersecurity, education, and innovation projects.
- Amazon Web Services. Since 2022, the company has already allocated more than $100 million in aid to Ukraine. We continue to cooperate in the field of cloud technologies.
- VISA – we continue international cooperation and develop CDTO Campus.
- SAP – since the beginning of 2022, the company has been supporting Ukraine and continues to provide products used by the Ministry of Defense for efficient logistics and medical procurement.
- Microsoft – we are working on a metaverse project, and we also discussed opportunities to use XR/VR for training in defense and digitalization of reconstruction.
- Google – the company provides Ukrainian civil servants with 5,000 security keys to protect their accounts.
- Meta – discussed the development of innovations, the innovative vision of WINWIN. Future plans include opportunities for cooperation in education and healthcare, in particular, the use of XR/VR, technological devices from Meta.
- Uber – the company’s CEO supports Ukraine through the UNITED24 platform. They discussed the results of cooperation and plans for 2024.
Meetings with government officials
Mykhailo Fedorov held meetings with government officials to exchange experience in digitalization, technology implementation, and innovation development. In particular, he met with Penny Pritzker, the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery. We discussed investment opportunities, anti-corruption projects, and the development of Diia.City and uResidency.
During the forum, Mykhailo Fedorov also met with Patricia Danzi, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Switzerland will continue to support Ukraine in building a digital state and implementing revolutionary reforms. The plans include the launch of the Mriya pilot, digitalization of healthcare and social security services, e-notaries, Diia for civil servants, and e-democracy services.
In Davos, Mykhailo Fedorov met for the first time with Mohamed bin Talia, Head of Government Services of the Government of the United Arab Emirates. Ukraine is interested in the UAE’s experience in implementing innovations, as well as the development of GovTech and the introduction of artificial intelligence. In addition, Mykhailo Fedorov spoke about the services in Diia, Diia.Signature, and surveys in the app.
In addition, in Davos, Mikhail Fedorov met with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. It was his idea that inspired Mykhailo Fedorov to create the implementation department at the Ministry of Digital Transformation. During the meeting, they discussed opportunities for cooperation on the digitalization track.
