Ukraine faces challenges as most industries are shrinking except agriculture and IT. The BrainBasket Foundation aims to make IT education more affordable and train 100,000 new IT specialists by 2020 to make the IT industry a driving force of economic growth. The Foundation's Technology Nation project provides free blended computer programming courses from leading universities to help anyone pursue an in-demand and well-paid IT career, with the goal of building a strong middle class. The program will connect graduates to internships and jobs in Ukraine's growing IT sector.

2. Today Ukraine faces many
challenges. Every industry except
Agriculture and IT is shrinking.
Agriculture is often called a
breadbasket of Europe, but
becoming BrainBasket elevates
Ukrainian society by building
strong democratically minded
middle class.

3. BrainBasket Foundation is a non-for-
profit organization that stands for
making IT industry a driving force
of economic growth of Ukraine
by making IT education affordable
and training 100 000 new
IT-specialists by 2020.

4. people have signed up to
master IT profession
companies support
Foundation’s projects
educational institutions
power Foundations programs
volunteers help to
implement our initiatives

5. We named it Technology Nation
project.
It’s a pan-Ukrainian fast-track IT
education program that allows
anyone to take free blended courses
on fundamentals of computer
programming developed by
world’s leading universities.

6. Take existing
world-class
content available
online
Turn libraries in
offline learning
hubs across
Ukraine
Find mentors
to teach at
learning hubs
Help graduates
find internships
and vacancies

7. We want the program to become a 1st step
towards their new happy and prosperous life
by mastering demanded and well-paid IT
profession.
Technology
Nation
program
IT specialistStudent / Switcher/
Refugee / Unemployed

8. Average salary of IT-specialist
is around 24 000 USD per year,
which is 10 times higher than
average salary in Ukraine.
On top of that, Ukraine’s IT
sector is growing nearly 20%
each year and generates
2.7 billion USD annually.

9. We are now working with
biggest IT-companies to develop
special internship programs for
the graduates of the program.
It would let them get real-life
experience and as a result –
get employed in one of 1000+
Ukrainian IT-companies.

10. Torben
Majgaard
Andrey
Kolodyuk
Marina
Vyshegorodskih
Yevhen
Sysoyev
Jaanika Merilo
Vladimir Liulka
CEO
Illia Onyschenko
Head of PMO
Nataliya Protsenko
Fundraiser
Anna Popova
Project Manager
Anna Torba
Project Coordinator

11. http://brainbasket.org/technology-nation