Effects of Digital Transformation in the Recovery Process of Ukraine

Abstract

Problem setting. The reconstruction and restoration of Ukraine is the main goal and task facing the Ukrainian government and the President of Ukraine. In the implementation of these directions, Ukrainian society is fully supported by international partners and the international community. The Ministry of Digitization continues to work actively in this direction, which implements and continues to develop further steps in the improvement of digitalization in order to facilitate the life of Ukrainian society, taking into account all the problems and issues that have arisen before Ukrainian citizens as a result of the military aggression of the Russian Federation. Reconstruction, as noted by the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Ukraine, should be transparent and open to citizens. In 2022, the Ministry of Digital Transformation helped the Ministry of Reconstruction create a Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property. The information stored in it will help outline an effective recovery plan and compensate Ukrainians who suffered due to the war. Among the nearest plans of the Ministry of digital transformation is the creation of additional analytical systems to ensure the transparency of the process. So that both Ukrainians and international partners who will help rebuild Ukraine could see how the funds are distributed and what exactly they are spent on, and so that Ukrainians could repair their houses and return home, together with the Ministry of Reconstruction and partners, the Reconstruction in Action service was launched. Purpose of the research. It is necessary to emphasize the need for further work in the direction of the development and further analysis of the main directions of digital policy, the identification of the main critical issues in this area and the outline of ways to prevent and solve them. For Ukraine, it is worthwhile not only to look for recipes for successful post-war reconstruction and best practices, but also to avoid the mistakes that were made in other countries that followed a similar or similar path. Analysis of recent researches and publications. Among the researchers who directly investigate the main ways and directions for the recovery of Ukraine, including in the field of digital transformation, it is possible to single out Yu. Horodnichenko, I. Sologub, Yu. Bezvershenko, K. Yefremova, S. Hlibko, B.B. Eichendrin, T. Becker and others. Article’s main body. In the modern world, the implementation of information and communication technologies and the development of elements of a digital society are considered one of the priority strategic tasks and national priorities. Digital technologies, as well as public and human activities related to them, form the digital sphere of modern society, which in current conditions determines the economic and innovative potential of the state, the level of education and human development, determines social progress, the effectiveness of state administration and the implementation of democratic procedures. The scientific work investigated that Russia‘s military aggression against Ukraine destroyed and continues to destroy the social, transport and energy infrastructure and people‘s lives, the Ukrainian economy, destroys entire cities and villages, destroying the Ukrainian people and entire ecosystems. The scale of asset destruction is already estimated at $108.3 billion (according to damaged.in.ua project estimates), and the amount of indirect economic losses, according to various estimates, is $750 billion, which is an unprecedented amount of destruction and losses during the Second World War. In order to restore the country after the war and integrate the economy into the European space, Ukraine needs to implement a large-scale recovery program. According to the modern development of information technologies (big data, cloud technologies, high-speed Internet coverage, modern satellite systems, etc.), the world has not seen reconstruction projects similar in scale to the future reconstruction of Ukraine. Therefore, Ukraine should create its own recovery model using the best approaches for the recovery of countries after natural disasters and military conflicts and using modern digital tools. The article analyzes the concept and essence of digital transformation in a theoretical and practical aspect, outlines the main directions and risks in the period of recovery of Ukraine using international experience. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Ukraine should not only look for recipes for successful post-war reconstruction and best practices, but also avoid mistakes made by other countries that have gone through the same or similar path. This will provide an opportunity to learn what Ukraine can do differently to make the recovery successful and to be ready to answer questions from donors/partners who will refer to unsuccessful cases to prevent similar mistakes in Ukraine in the future.