"Ukraine and Global Sourcing", The Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Norway, Dr. Oleksandr Tsvietkov

1. Importing Knowledge
about Ukraine
Embassy of Ukraine in Norway
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2. Facts about Ukraine
 46 mln inhabitants.
 2nd largest country in Europe after Russia.
 1st in Eastern and Central Europe by IT outsourcing
market value (~530 mln USD,2009).
 Included in Garnter’s top 30 locations for offshore and
nearshore services (2008, 2009).
 Ranked in the top 10 outsourcing countries in the world.
 Among the top 10 countries in the world by number of
certificated IT professionals.
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3. Outsourcing
Knowledge in Ukraine
Advantages
 Highly-educated engineers (with 1% of world’s
population Ukraine accounts for 6% of world’s
mathematicians, physicists, programmers and other
highly trained professionals)
 Ukraine enjoys a competent reputation of technical
base and talent pool (National Academy of Sciences
accounted for 40% of the overall Soviet Research)
 Strong traditions of technical education – 60% of
university graduates major in Math, Physics and IT
 High level of English skills
 Good geo/location Disadvantages
 Brain drain
 Speculations on data
protection security
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4. Outsourcing in Ukraine
Main Areas of Expertise
 IT (full cycle development +
consulting)
 Accounting and Auditing Services
 Marketing Services
 Recruiting
 Business Consulting
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6. Top Universities
 National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
 National Technical University of Ukraine
 National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
 Kharkiv National Technical University
 Kharkiv National University
 Kharkiv National Technical University of Radioelectronics
 National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”
 Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University
 Odesa National Technical University (incl. Ukrainian – German institute)
 Lviv Polytechnic National University
 Lviv National Ivan Franko University
 Donetsk National Technical University
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7. The Distribution of
IT Outsourcing Resources
City / Developers %
 Kyiv 53%
 Lviv 18%
 Kharkiv 13%
 Dnipropetrovsk 5%
 Winnytsia 4%
 Odessa 2%
 Donetsk 2%
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8. Programs Developed in Ukraine
are applied in
 Boeing navigation system
 Leading foreign banks
 Ukrainian airspace industry
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9. Successful Experience of
Working in Ukraine
Norwegian companies -
 Telenor / EDB
 Itera Consulting Group
 Scandinavian House
World’s major IT companies -
 Microsoft
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10. Thank you!
Takk!
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