Ministry of Economy at FutureTech Meetup: United for 2026 and closed discussion with Diia.City United members
04.12.2025 | 12:13 | Section for Public and Mass Media Relations
On 3 December, Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine Oleksii Sobolev and Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalisation Oleksandr Tsybort took part in FutureTech Meetup: United for 2026.
The event, organised by Diia.City United, brought together technology companies, investors, representatives of the National Bank of Ukraine and public institutions to discuss economic expectations and the conditions for growth in 2026.
In his opening remarks, Minister Oleksii Sobolev emphasised that the coming year should mark a transition from stabilisation to growth and the creation of predictable rules for business. He noted that the pace of economic recovery will largely depend on modernising regulation and reducing the operational risks companies face every day.
“Recent years of deregulation have delivered results: thousands of instruments have been reviewed, hundreds of outdated ones abolished. In 2026, we will continue streamlining procedures: the declarative principle must become the default, while pre-approval checks should remain only where they are genuinely justified,” the Minister said.
He also underlined the role of financial instruments that will become fully operational in 2026: the investment component of the Ukraine Facility, guarantee programmes, and cooperation with the EIB, EBRD, IFC and other international partners – all of which open new opportunities for business expansion.
During FutureTech Meetup: United for 2026, Deputy Minister Oleksandr Tsybort took part in a panel discussion on digital reforms and investment conditions. He outlined key changes that will affect the technology and industrial sectors: the shift to a declarative licensing model via the ePermit system; the launch of the first AI module for document checks; strengthening real-time feedback from businesses through the Puls platform; and new tools for the labour market, including the Obrii system.
“The transition to declarations in ePermit and Puls as a core data source are not isolated reforms. They form the foundation of a new model of interaction between business and the state. Our goal is to be a partner to business, understand its needs, and remove unnecessary barriers,” he said.
Before the public segment of the Meetup, the leadership of the Ministry held a closed meeting with representatives of the Diia.City United technology business community. Participants discussed issues directly affecting operational activity: the transition from acts of completed work to invoices, business signalling via Puls, preparations for launching paperless fiscalisation, updates to labour legislation, deregulation, and instruments for investment financing. Businesses shared concrete cases, while the Ministry presented the next steps planned for 2026.
As a result of the discussions, the parties identified shared priorities: transitioning most procedures to a declarative model, adopting a new Labour Code, expanding derisking instruments and scaling digital services for the labour market.
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FutureTech MeetUp is a quarterly event series organised by Diia.City United, dedicated to technology, innovation and Ukraine’s digital economy.
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