On February 6, 2024, the presentation of the Diia City United association took place, which included: Ajax Systems, Genesis, Monobank, MacPaw, Roosh, Reface, Gathers, Nova Digital, Mate academy, Netpeak Group.
"Many IT businesses have ideas on how to make Diia City 2.0, and later 3.0, and generally accelerate the interaction of the technology sector with the government. For this purpose, yesterday, February 6, Diia City United started its work, with co-founders including Ajax Systems, Genesis, MacPaw, monobank, Netpeak Group, Roosh, and other well-known companies," said Artem Borodatyuk, co-founder of Netpeak Group.
Diia City United aims to:
- Protect and improve the Diia City regime;
- Establish fair rules of interaction between the government and the technology sector;
- Address urgent issues in the IT industry;
- Develop education;
- Accelerate the integration of the Ukrainian technology sector into the EU and global markets;
- Build a space of fair rules for diversity, equality, and inclusion.
The association is led by Natalia Mykolska, former Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.
As Mykolska noted on Facebook, the association was created to "develop the space and jurisdiction, refine and eliminate 'bugs,' and make Ukrainian IT companies competitive globally."
She also added that Diia.City United consists of IT and technology businesses that "want to work in Ukraine, increase the share of IT in GDP, build a self-sufficient economy, and showcase the best of Ukraine to the world. They need progressive and understandable business rules, tax incentives, and honest relations with the state."
