Join us for a discussion with Valeriya Ionan, Deputy Minister for Eurointegration at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. This event is hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.
Since 2019, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine has been transforming the state into a modern service so that the system works for Ukrainians. The main goal is to build the most convenient digital state in the world: user-centric, easy-to-use for citizens, without bureaucracy and absolutely paperless, with zero tolerance for corruption. Thus, Ukraine has become the first country in the world where digital passports are totally equivalent to paper ones. Its citizens have the fastest business registration - when a sole proprietorship can be registered in less than 10 minutes. Ukraine is also the fourth country in Europe to have a digital driver's licence.
To achieve these goals, Diia was created. A brand of Ukraine's digital state, combining strong spirit, political will and vision. Diia app is the core product, the game-changer of public services, as well as Diia web portal, which provides governmental services for the public and businesses. Diia also became an ecosystem of different national projects: Diia app, Diia Web portal, Diia.Education, Diia.Business, Diia.City, Diia.Engine etc. Ukrainians have to go through the path of transformation that some countries went through for 20 years. So a lot had been done before the war — a resilient, solid digital infrastructure and strong digital culture help. Even during the full-scale war, Diia serves people. The new services launch every week, and they help Ukrainians quickly respond to new challenges and adapt to the new reality fast.
To get a unique context of Ukraine's experience with digital transformation, join the lecture by the Deputy Minister for Eurointegration at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Valeriya Ionan. The event will be moderated by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hammerschmid (Centre for Digital Governance and Professor of Public and Financial Management, Hertie School) and Christine Cepelak (MPP candidate and Student Advisory Board member, Hertie School).
Prior registration is mandatory for the event.
Speakers
Speaker
Valeriya Ionan is the Deputy Minister for Eurointegration at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. The Ministry, established in 2019, aims to implement the "State in a Smartphone" vision, an essential part of President Zelenskyy's Election Program. Valeriya, at the age of 28, joined the Ministry from its beginning, making her one of the youngest Deputy Ministers in the Ukrainian government. Her responsibilities within the Ministry include supervising the national program for the development of digital literacy, advocating for digital transformation among small and medium enterprises (SMEs), enabling regional digital transformation, and leading both the Eurointegration and international relations teams.
Moderators
Gerhard Hammerschmid is Professor of Public and Financial Management at the Hertie School. His research focuses on public management reform, comparative public administration, public sector performance management and how digitalisation is affecting government. He also serves as Academic Head at the Institut für den öffentlichen Sektor e.V. (www.publicgovernance.de) and is a coordinator and partner of various EU-funded research projects (COCOPS, LIPSE, EUPACK, TROPICO) on public sector innovation and digital government transformation. He has been a guest professor at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) and the Copenhagen Business School. Before joining the Hertie School he was Assistant Professor with the Institute for Public Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) and spent three years in a Federal Ministry in Austria coordinating a major restructuring and administrative reform. He studied business at the University of St. Gallen and received his PhD from WU Wien. He also has more than 20 years of experience in communicating research findings to high-level government officials and policymakers such as the EUPAN network, or more recently, the European Commission's Inter-service group on Public Administration.
Christine Cepelak is a second year in the MPP program at the Hertie School. She has a background in sustainable development and experience working with data in the private sector. Focused on building communities, Christine also leads the ‘Work, Economy & Social Policy Club’ at Hertie. She is interested in the impacts of emerging technologies on democracy.
