This is a large-scale national project for entrepreneurship and export promotion, that was initiated by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in February 2020. Since May 2021 the project is implemented jointly by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office. Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office is the state institution, that is in charge of the promotion and support of Ukrainian entrepreneurship both in the domestic and foreign markets.
Diia.Business is a sub-brand of the Diia ecosystem.
Diia is the digital government brand and ecosystem of projects: Diia portal, mobile app Diia, national projects Diia.Education, Diia.Business and Diia City.
Project philosophy
To encourage starting business in Ukraine
To teach the entrepreneurship since childhood and during all life
To help to set up own business
To defend Ukrainian entrepreneurs — business climate and regulatory environment follow-ups
To promote and scale business internationalization
Online component
Diia.Business portal in one-stop shop for entrepreneurs, where you can find all necessary information how to set up and promote own business.
For whom
The platform is useful for all Ukrainians who are just planning to start their own business, as well as entrepreneurs who are already developing their business and need help.
Services available:
The Diia.Business online portal offers: guides for entrepreneurs and exporters, 160+ business ideas, cases and success stories of Ukrainian entrepreneurs, current news, free consultations, educational courses and programs for entrepreneurs and exporters, a calendar of events and exhibitions, self-testing, export services and services, a marketplace of financial opportunities for business, analytics of the state of Ukrainian business, and other initiatives.
Offline component
The network of Diia.Business support centers for entrepreneurs — locations, where Ukrainians can receive free consultations, participate in educational events for entrepreneurs, rent space for events, test their own products at special pop-up location.
Where:
On the territory of Ukraine, Diia.Business entrepreneur support centers operate offline in: Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Poltava, Uzhhorod, Bucha, Ternopil, Kryvyi Rih, Kremenchuk, Lutsk, Rivne, and at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The Diia.Business entrepreneur support centers in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, and Cherkasy are temporarily operating online.
Services and events:
Diia.Business entrepreneur support centers host both free and commercial events. All commercial educational events have preferential seating.
Cost:
70% of Diia.Business center services are free for businesses. The remaining 30% helps to pay rent and salaries of the team working in Diia.Business entrepreneurial support centers.
Potential partnerships and media inquiries
For potential partnerships: inviting speakers to participate in events, posting information on the portal and Diia.Business social networks, organizing joint initiatives — please contact the Project's communication managers
Other questions about the project
If you have any other questions, please send an e-mail to: business@thedigital.gov.ua
Communications Manager at the Ministry of Digital Transformation:
Kylyna Bisher
bisher@thedigital.gov.ua
Communications Manager of the Office:
Diana Demchenko
ddemchenko@epo.org.ua