Ukraine and France will start cooperation in the fields of cyber defense and digital economy. On Tuesday, December 13, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire signed a long-term Roadmap between the governments of the two countries to launch a program to support our digital industry, said Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov on Telegram.

Thus, Paris will allocate one million euros to support Ukrainian technology startups, and the French Tech initiative will provide our students with the opportunity to study IT specialties at the French educational institution Ecole42 and help with hosting startups at one of the world's largest business incubators Station F.

The Ministry of Digital Development also plans to work on agreements regarding the protection of public data of the state, assistance to start-ups and joint events with the participation of technology entrepreneurs from France and Ukraine..

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" The signing of the Roadmap with France is a powerful step towards Ukraine becoming a full-fledged member of the digital single market of the European Union. I thank my French colleagues for their support on this path,"

Earlier it was reported that the American company Google will provide Ukraine with two million dollars for digital education for citizens and 50,000 Workspace licenses for the government..