On November 22, the international initiative Union, with the support of the USAID Competitive Economy of Ukraine Program, is launching trade missions of Ukrainian IT companies to Norway and Finland. We welcome companies from Norway and Finland to participate in B2B meetings with 17 Ukrainian IT solution providers with wide expertise in lots of technologies and IT services, including the most popular ones. Registration for the B2B meetings is open up to December 2 on the B2match platform.

WHY TO PARTICIPATE IN UNION TRADE MISSION

1. You can get to know Union members with expertise and experience in miscellaneous areas including E-commerce&Retail, Automotive&Manufacturing, Finance, Logistics&Supply Chain, Healthcare, Media&Entertainment, Telecom, Agriculture, Education, Tourism&travel, etc.;
2. You have the chance to meet selected service and product IT companies with a good reputation and strong skills;
3. You can find partners for long-term joint projects;
4. You also can exchange experience and expand your contact database.

The B2B meetings with Norwegian and Finnish partners are implemented within the second stage of the Union initiative. During the first stage, the initiative partners and international consultants analyzed 13 European markets and selected 3 with the highest potential for cooperation. Based on the analysis results, a marketing strategy had been developed for promoting Ukrainian IT services in the selected markets. To read more about the results of the first stage, follow this link.

Tech industry is one of the most dynamic industries in Ukraine, growing by 20-30% every year despite the COVID-19 crisis. At the moment, the Ukrainian talent pool consists of more than 4,000 technical companies and 212,000+ IT specialists. Considering the industry’s rapid growth and rising demand for cooperation with Ukrainian technical specialists globally, it was decided to implement the IT Export Alliance initiative to assist companies in their export activities and in September 2020 the Union was launched. The organizers are the largest national association of IT companies — IT Ukraine Association — with the support of the USAID's Competitive Economy Program, along with the state institution "Office for Entrepreneurship and Export Development" and CIVITTA being their partners.