2. Facts about Ukraine
46 mln inhabitants.
2nd largest country in Europe after Russia.
1st in Eastern and Central Europe by IT outsourcing
market value (~530 mln USD,2009).
Included in Garnter’s top 30 locations for offshore and
nearshore services (2008, 2009).
Ranked in the top 10 outsourcing countries in the world.
Among the top 10 countries in the world by number of
certificated IT professionals.
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3. Outsourcing
Knowledge in Ukraine
Advantages
Highly-educated engineers (with 1% of world’s
population Ukraine accounts for 6% of world’s
mathematicians, physicists, programmers and other
highly trained professionals)
Ukraine enjoys a competent reputation of technical
base and talent pool (National Academy of Sciences
accounted for 40% of the overall Soviet Research)
Strong traditions of technical education – 60% of
university graduates major in Math, Physics and IT
High level of English skills
Good geo/location Disadvantages
Brain drain
Speculations on data
protection security
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4. Outsourcing in Ukraine
Main Areas of Expertise
IT (full cycle development +
consulting)
Accounting and Auditing Services
Marketing Services
Recruiting
Business Consulting
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6. Top Universities
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
National Technical University of Ukraine
National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Kharkiv National Technical University
Kharkiv National University
Kharkiv National Technical University of Radioelectronics
National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”
Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University
Odesa National Technical University (incl. Ukrainian – German institute)
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv National Ivan Franko University
Donetsk National Technical University
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7. The Distribution of
IT Outsourcing Resources
City / Developers %
Kyiv 53%
Lviv 18%
Kharkiv 13%
Dnipropetrovsk 5%
Winnytsia 4%
Odessa 2%
Donetsk 2%
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8. Programs Developed in Ukraine
are applied in
Boeing navigation system
Leading foreign banks
Ukrainian airspace industry
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9. Successful Experience of
Working in Ukraine
Norwegian companies -
Telenor / EDB
Itera Consulting Group
Scandinavian House
World’s major IT companies -
Microsoft
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