The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a concept for development of digital economy of Ukraine until 2020 with the option of its revision at a government meeting on Wednesday, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported.
“Our ambitious goal is to achieve 5% of GDP by 2021 thanks to the development of the digital economy,” Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Mykhailo Titarchuk said during the presentation of the document at a government meeting.
Earlier, First Deputy Prime Minister, Economic Development and Trade Minister Stepan Kubiv said that about one third of the rural population in Ukraine do not have access to broadband Internet, 53% of schools do not have Internet connection, as well as about 99% of healthcare institutions.
“We have determined about 50 indicators of Ukraine’s digital development. By the way, one of the key points of the action plan is the indicators of the development of digital infrastructures, in particular, the maximum coverage with broadband Internet,” Titarchuk said.
In his turn, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said pointed out the need to confirm the funding declared by the budget and asked the prime minister to take it under his control.
According to Klimkin, the important point of the concept is not only economic, but also its public part.
“We are used to electronic petitions, but there is also an item on electronic elections. The fact that we are affirming this document today attests to our political responsibility that we support electronic voting,” the foreign minister said during the discussion of the document.
