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StrategEast Founder and President Anatoly Motkin in his op-ed for the Financial Times which was published on the 4^th of September states: “According to a Special 301 Report published annually by the US trade representative’s office, one of the principal accusations the US government makes against post-Soviet states included in the report’s watch list is the use of unlicensed software by government agencies. An understanding of the value of protecting intellectual property rights is absent not only among ordinary citizens but also in their government institutions.” Nevertheless, most post-Soviet countries have declared their intention to transition from a resources-based economy to a knowledge-driven one, writes Mr. Motkin.

An agreement to establish an IT cluster in Brest was signed at the 2nd edition of the economic forum of twin-towns and partners of Brest on 5 September.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine plans in 2020 to focus on digitalization of Ukraine.

Ukrainian IT-company N-iX has published the domestic tech market report. AIN.UA made a summary of the most interesting data.

Ukraine ranked fifth in the ranking of countries where freelancers’ incomes are growing fastest. This is evidenced by data from a study of the Payoneer payment system in the second quarter of 2019, which is based on the indicators of more than 300,000 users of the service, AIN informs.

Estonia to spend €8.27 million updating schools’ IT infrastructure August 21, 2019 Categories: Monitoring-GMI. According to Minister of Education Mailis Reps (Centre), the state is planning to update the IT infrastructure of Estonia’s general education and vocational schools by 2022, spending €8.27 million on the project. “High-speed Internet access and a school IT network that meets the needs and requirements
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An Op-Ed by Anatoly Motkin for Atlantic Council on the importance of IPR protection for economic growth in Ukraine August 14, 2019 Categories: Analysis, Eastern Europe, Events-GMI, and Ukraine. Want Foreign Investors to Take Ukraine Seriously? Prove It In his first public video in English, the new president of Ukraine urged foreign investors to choose Ukraine. It was an expected appeal because
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