Innovative model of development of Ukraine: priorities and development ways

On  23rd of November 2005 in a conference hall of National institute of strategic researches has passed session of a round table "Innovative model of development of economy of Ukraine: priorities and realization ways". Session has been organized by NISI, the State agency under investments and innovations, the Ukrainian federation of scientists and the Center of anti-recessionary researches. Employees of the scientific organizations, public authorities, analytics, representatives of business, mass media took part in discussion.Natalia Kozhevina has addressed to experience of activity of Association of business incubators of Ukraine. She hasn'ted necessity of the state support of such activity and has emphasized vital issues which meet the Ukrainian business incubators from the government in the course of the development.

In materials which are given today to us, in my opinion, mechanisms of innovative development are accurately formulated, and, the main thing, which obstacles we in a reality face are shown. Answering T.Shapovalovoj, I would like to tell that, me most of all excites not that means aren't spent almost for support of innovative development, and that today under definitions we in general can "bury" new lifting of innovative building in Ukraine. As for me it is not important, what scientific terms exist. I am engaged 16 years and I try to discover small enterprises which incur introduction of new technologies, and I help to such enterprises with great pleasure. And today, practically, these processes "are ruined", - we face it continually. Our association exists about 6 years - we have received 369 thousand dollars under various projects. Have now finished the project of World bank. Soros and World bank trust to us , but from the state we haven't received anything. Moreover, us drive from last premise. The Belotserkovsky business incubator which is today classical in Ukraine where hundreds and even thousand persons were trained already, for 6 years of the existence not only has shown to municipal authority, how it is necessary to create business incubators. However today it is under the threat of closing as the dilapidated seven-story building in which money is put already up, belongs to house-building industrial complex which is interested it to sell. And nobody wants to incur responsibility us to protect.

I only concerning this business incubator will result some moments. We everywhere speak about plundering of means, but what actually to those who has devoted itself(himself) to that in Ukraine all the same the new took root?

Our Belotserkovsky business incubator for the means only this year has rendered about 16 thousand various services. Through it has passed already 337 enterprises, including somewhere an order of 14 % from them are innovative enterprises which have started to master new technologies. During existence the Belotserkovsky business incubator has received grants from the international funds - 214 thousand dollars, and from the local budget - 10 thousand grivnas, and we with huge work them have elicited that, because to us have told that won't finance our projects while the budget though slightly won't show that he is interested in it.

Today our business incubator trains both Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, both Turkmenistan, and Belarus - all of us accept. There is a center of trainings which has prepared 60 trainers in it who drive about across all Ukraine, helping creation of the same centers. But we actually are under a press of full misunderstanding all the time. To whom is our activity and who will support necessary, what state support can be? When we from V.Podvysotsky and V.Stogniy developed strategy of "a round table" and conference, have received the Cabinet decision in which positions about the innovative center have been formulated. Actually we and haven't received any support. And these documents as have laid down "under cloth" so there and are put.

Today from 73 business incubators in Ukraine only 10 meet the requirements a little. And only the municipal. For example, the mayor of a Slavutich has appeared more organized, it prosecutes these subjects and has started to help formation of a municipal business incubator. And what other mayors do? We have let out the book under the name "the Alphabet business-inkubirovanija". To us call, speak: give! And what do? Allocate a premise, sit down nomenclature business in this business incubator, and they there are under cover as there doesn't go tax and them don't check.

I in general divide business into three categories. We have a business nomenclature which receives a maximum of grants, business shadow which too receives, "tears off" a maximum of grants, and "any" business, which in itself tries to live in a situation in which all of us are.

Therefore our Association, generally, doesn't surrender today, and publishes books, publishes the operating time, and we are very interested in that we were heard by a science. I would like, that behind it "a round table" have heard that we search for models how to help real business with its development that we haven't drowned it as small "child" who only just starts to become in Ukraine "on feet".

Now we have prepared the letter in Antimonopoly committee. We have looked that us "have literally knocked down": give, put Windows on your computers though money doesn't suffice And after all today, in the presence of the rather competent programmers, we, actually, finance Microsoft, we advance their programs, and own, with office programs, we don't support. It is the small stroke showing where it is already possible to find potential and to say that here is innovative activity when our programmers create cheaper and more suitable programs and introduce them at us.

 

Natalia Kozhevina