
5-6 October, Stepan Kubiv attends EaP Ministerial meeting on Digital Economy in Tallinn
October 5-6, 2017
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine/ Minister of Economic Development and
Trade of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv
will stay in Tallinn (Estonia) with a working visit to participate in the second
Eastern Partnership (EaP) Ministerial
meeting on Digital Economy together with representatives of the EU institutions.
The visit’s
agenda also includes a bilateral meeting of Stepan Kubiv with Prime Minister of Estonia Jüri Ratas.
Background The Digital Community
is an EU initiative offering to get benefits from an EU’s Digital
Single Market (DSM) to the neigbouring countries. On July 26, 2016, the EU invited
Ukraine to join this initiative in order to take advantage of the DSM and
realize its potential in the digital economy. According to experts from the
EU, the economic impact of the spread of broadband Internet access in Ukraine
is estimated at an additional EUR 4-6 billion annually to GDP per every 10%
of new consumers. To implement this initiative, regular ministerial meetings
of EU Member States with Ukraine and other countries interested in
implementing the Digital Community are being held. |