Study of the state and prospects of digital development in Ukraine

Abstract

The article describes the strengthening of European and international influences on the digital transformation in Ukraine, emphasizes the priorities of the national policy of digital transformations and digital development in the conditions of war including the need to develop the single digital market with the European Union and a structure for bringing Ukraine’s digital sector closer to the European one. In view of the fact that the appropriate legal framework for digital development affects the scale and pace of digital transformations in the country, the introduction and using of digital technologies, we have analyzed and characterized the regulatory and legal support for digital development and digital transformation of Ukraine in recent years, as well as the functions of the relevant structures, such as the Committee on Digital Transformation and the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. The state of digital society development during the «covid-2019» pandemic has been revealed. It was emphasized that the pandemic has simultaneously become a catalyst for digital change and transformation and revealed the difficulties in digital transformations related to data privacy and cyber security issues, lack of budget and resources. In the article, the authors single out the main obstacles to digital development in Ukraine for 2019–2021, among which the lack of funds for digital transformations is the most significant. Based on statistical data, an analysis of the funding for the digital transformations in Ukraine in 2020–2021 has been carried out according to priority areas including the National program for Informatization, the Internet access in rural areas, digitalization, the development of administrative services and the expansion of Centers for the provision of administrative services, the development of priority projects in the IT-sphere and IT education. The priority areas of the digital reconstruction and development of Ukraine for 2022–2025 have been analyzed, such as the development of digital economy, the restoration of digital infrastructure, the restoration and development of the Centers for the provision of administrative services, state information resources in cloud technologies, the development of public electronic registers, etc. The expected funding volume for the areas of digital reconstruction and development of Ukraine for 2022–2025 have been given; the largest planed measures and the amount of expenditures within every area of digital reconstruction and development of Ukraine for 2022–2025 have been highlighted.