“DIIA.ENGINE” EXPORT

About the project:

ToP implemented the first-level assessment project on the “DIIA.ENGINE” EXPORT strategy. The project aimed to support the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine initiative to export governmental IT solutions and public services abroad. The GIZ-backed project was launched in October 2023.

The digitalization of the public sphere is a global mainstream today. Hence, there is a high and constantly growing demand for relevant IT solutions and services to guarantee the sustainable and smooth functioning of the state’s bureaucratic machine, economy, and society. The widespread adoption of digital services creates a market for G2B/G2C IT solutions worldwide.

Ukraine is well-known for its huge IT potential and boasts a wealth of internationally acclaimed IT solutions that are used by the government (Diia, Prozorro, Prozorro.Sale, eHealth, and others). The Ministry of Digital Transformation has accumulated substantial expertise and experience in efficient (both cost-wise and time-wise) digitalization of public services.

The idea of the Project is to leverage accumulated expertise and to meet the growing demand for IT solutions and services worldwide, that is to promote the export of DIIA.ENGINE as a Ukrainian-developed IT solution and to position Ukraine as a global player in providing G2B/G2C digital services.

The project aims to analyze the needs of key stakeholders and verify the following assumptions: Political stakeholders: governments worldwide seek competent advice, cost-effective solutions, turnkey implementation, local business engagement, and guarantees of ongoing IT support. Civil society/business/media: these non-governmental participants welcome the digitalization of the public sphere, seeking access to convenient, inexpensive, and transparent public services. International stakeholders: financial agencies and donors aim for clearly defined results in reform projects, reducing dependence on local capability, and control over project outcomes.

The Project aims to analyze the needs of key stakeholders and check following assumptions:

* Political Stakeholders: governments worldwide seek competent advice, cost-effective solutions, turnkey implementations, local business involvement, and guarantees of continuous support.

* Civil Society/ Business/ Media: these non-government actors welcome digitalization of public sphere, aspiring for user-friendly low-cost and transparent public services.

* International Stakeholders: funding agencies and donors seek clearly defined outcomes in reform projects, decreased dependency on local capacity, and control over project deliverables.

The Key Value Propositions assumptions:

* the solution Itself: easy and fast implementation, reliability, adaptability, open data, transparency, standardized design patterns, and a value-for-money concept;

* implementation advantages: cost efficiency, short implementation time, and reduced vendor lock-in risk;

* technical features: hosting platform independence, high security, widespread technologies, and addressing interoperability issues.

ToP team (possessing huge expertise in investment banking, sales, managing implementation of large-scale IT projects, and relations with international financial and funding institutions) is providing consultancy for the Ministry of Digital Transformation, namely:

* to analyze DIIA.ENGINE export potential, its strong features, adaptability, and limitations;

* to define perspective and priority markets, key stakeholders - including clients and export partners - and their needs, etc.;

* to analyze DIIA.ENGINE export bottle necks and key risks - to be mitigated;

* to define the value proposition, the scope of product/ services to be proposed for export

* to define main avenues of partnerships (for example, with international financial and funding organizations, institutional and private donors, etc.).