IT Market Yuriy Sivitsky 2008

Ukraine: growing economy Basic social and economic indicators, cumulative growth (2002 as 100%) Basic social and economic indicators, cumulative growth (2002 as 100%) 2 Data: State Statistics Committee of Ukraine

Ukraine: IT market growth forecast World Information Technology and Services Alliance : Ukraine’s ICT market reached $10 Bn. in 2007 with the average annual growth of 20% 3 Data: World Information Technology and Services Alliance

Ukraine: IT market growth forecast ICT market growth by major sectors ICT market growth by major sectors 4 20% 16% 14% Data: World Information Technology and Services Alliance

5 Ukraine: c ustomer types Actual and forecast, mln. USD Actual and forecast, mln. USD Data: World Information Technology and Services Alliance

6 US market: competition differentiation Top outsourcin g players Staff qualificatio n Manageme nt quality Service cost Sales support State support Cultures proximit y Political risks Potentia l rating Israel India China ++ 2 Russia Ukraine Source: Softline, industry experts

What shall be done? What shall be done? A Strategy to Develop IT and High Technology Industry in Ukraine A Strategy to Develop IT and High Technology Industry in Ukraine Develop comprehensive national innovation strategy. Develop comprehensive national innovation strategy. Regulatory incentives. Regulatory incentives. Heavily invest into the human capital. Heavily invest into the human capital. Encourage knowledge transfers through industrial clusters. Encourage knowledge transfers through industrial clusters. Proceed with the liberalization of the telecommunications industry. Proceed with the liberalization of the telecommunications industry. –A comprehensive national vision on science and technology parks (STPs). STPs management. STPs management. STPs tax concessions. STPs tax concessions. STPs technology infrastructure. STPs technology infrastructure. Special customs regimes in STPs. Special customs regimes in STPs. Facilitate start ups of innovation companies. Facilitate start ups of innovation companies. International promotion of STPs. International promotion of STPs. Improve Ukraine’s investment climate. Improve Ukraine’s investment climate. Advance integration of Ukraine into the global economic community. Advance integration of Ukraine into the global economic community. Build trust of domestic and international business community into Ukraine. Build trust of domestic and international business community into Ukraine.

STPs tax concessions. STPs tax concessions. –tax holidays are widely used to expand the pool of potential investors, the magnitude of the impact (unless tax concessions are extremely generous) is rather modest. Investors prefer to have stable regulatory and taxation rules to tax holidays that may not be sustained in the long-run. Thus, a better option for the government is to provide part of the initial infrastructure needed for the STPs and liberalize taxation procedures instead of maintaining STPs tax preferences that may be infeasible under tight state budget constraints. Investors prefer to have stable regulatory and taxation rules to tax holidays that may not be sustained in the long-run. Thus, a better option for the government is to provide part of the initial infrastructure needed for the STPs and liberalize taxation procedures instead of maintaining STPs tax preferences that may be infeasible under tight state budget constraints.

Thank you Yuriy Sivitsky