Kyiv is gradually moving towards the development of the startup ecosystem and the implementation of the concept of a smart city. And although the city faces many challenges, the first initiatives are already working in this direction. Such are, for example, the electronic petition service, the "Open Budget of the City of Kyiv" project, and Prozorro public procurement.
In the capital, the launch of an educational IT project was presented, the purpose of which is to teach programming to schoolchildren for free in the format of an IT elective. The program will start in Kyiv school No. 61 in a test mode with the prospect of further spreading to the entire city.
1991 Open Data Incubator for city projects, with the support of the Kiyv Smart City initiative and the Kyiv City State Administration, extends until July 3 the deadline for submitting projects to the incubation program for startups based on the capital's open data.
Kyiv Smart City Hub was opened on the territory of the Expocenter of Ukraine VDNG - a unique public center that will unite and train effective people, as well as help them develop city projects, in particular within the framework of the Kyiv Smart City initiative.
On Thursday, May 12, at 11:00 a.m., the official opening of Kyiv Smart City Hub - a unique social center that will unite and train effective people, agents of change and activists - will take place on the territory of the Expocenter of Ukraine VDNG