Ukraine joined the Digital Europe Programme. It provides financing for the digitalization of European countries in various directions.
This will contribute not only to the accession of Ukraine to the EU’s Single Digital Market through Ukraine’s internal market regime with the European Union in the field of electronic communications, but will also strengthen the EU’s digital sector.
Initiatives of Ukrainians can receive funding in the following areas.
- High performance computing
Budget: 2.2 billion euros
Projects that compute large amounts of data for decisions in the field of economy, health care and defense industry can be submitted here. - Artificial intelligence, data and cloud services
Budget: 2.1 billion euros
Projects that create products based on artificial intelligence to facilitate the work of enterprises, state administrations or research institutions can be submitted here. - Digital skills
Budget: 580 million euros
Projects that create opportunities to acquire new skills in the IT field can be submitted here. - The use of digital technologies in the economy and society
Budget: 1.1 billion euros
Projects implementing digitization in business or in the field of e-government, health care, environment, education, culture, and Smart City technologies can be submitted here.
The total fund of the Digital Europe Programme is 7.5 billion euros. There are about 6 billion euros for the financing of projects, applications for which Ukrainian companies can submit. The funds will be allocated for 7 years.
The participation of countries in the Program involves the payment of contributions. The EU side exempted Ukraine from paying them in 2021 and 2022. As of now, there is also a 95% discount on financial contributions during 2023–2027.