EU supports Ukraine’s digital transformation project with a total budget of € 17,4 M

The European Union supported project “Digital transformation for Ukraine” (DT4UA) continues improve the efficiency and security of public service delivery and their access to citizens and businesses in Ukraine, provides rapid response to the needs caused by the war and empowers daily governance. The Estonian e-Governance Academy leads the implementation of a total budget of € 17,4 million.

„Ukraine shows one of the most dynamic digital transformation processes worldwide – and this despite Russia’s full-scale war. Our duty is to help Ukraine ensure the continuous development of its digital services. They are essential during the war and will remain so during reconstruction. Therefore, European Union supports Ukraine in enhancing digital service provision and e-governance,” — Ambassador Matti Maasikas, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, said.  

The project focuses on four priority areas:

1) Development of digital services and a services provision environment of ’Diia’.

2) Improvement of data exchange between registers and service providers.

3) Development of the eID infrastructure in line with the eIDAS regulation.

4) Development of the e-Case management system enabling a more efficient and transparent processing of criminal cases.

The beneficiary of the project is the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

“The Ministry’s team is building the most convenient digital state in the world by user experience. One of the main goals is to digitize 100% of government services. In three years, we have digitized the most popular and used government services, and the Diya application is already reaching the international level. In parallel with the launch of online services, we are working on improving data exchange between registries and mutual recognition of Ukrainian digital identity. Thank you the European Union for its support in these areas. Together we will be able to speed up the digital transformation of Ukraine,” Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, noted.

The project is implemented by the Estonian e-Governance Academy, which has 12 years of experience in cooperation with Ukrainian public sector. The latest collaboration projects have been EGOV4UKRAINE, EU4DigitalUA and EU Support to Strengthening cybersecurity in Ukraine. Currently, the e-Governance Academy is running four projects in Ukraine with total budget of € 41 million.

“Our team is excited to continue our joint efforts, with the European Union and the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, of making Ukraine one of the most digitized societies in the world. With this project, we hope to make interaction of Ukrainians with the state faster, more comfortable and transparent,” Hannes Astok, the Executive Director of the e-Governance Academy, said. 

Since 2016 the EU has supported Ukraine’s digital transformation with an overall budget of over € 51 million.