President on the changes taking place in Ukraine: We do not run in place

President Petro Poroshenko notes that in recent years and in the past year, Ukraine adopted a number of important reform decisions that will promote the country"s development. In particular, the Law "On the National Security of Ukraine".

"Why is it so important? Because it finally opens, creates the entire legislative framework and opens the door of Ukraine to the North Atlantic Alliance," the Head of State noted during his speech at the 15th annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) meeting and reminded that four years ago, when he was elected President, NATO officers were prohibited at the legislative level to enter the premises of the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense.

The law on cyber security was also adopted, medical, educational reform were carried out, a revolutionary reformist law on privatization was implemented, the decree on the restriction of currency freedom, signed 25 years ago, was finally abolished. "Then it was a forced step. Now, we are confident in the future and therefore made this decision," Petro Poroshenko stated.

Another level of freedom is the free movement of capital achieved through direct dialogue with business, "fulfilling the wishes of business". According to the President, this step is important and necessary in a situation where the country has the freedom of people"s movement due to the visa-free regime, free movement of goods due to the deep and comprehensive free trade area and free movement of services. "This is a feature of a civilized European country," the Head of State is convinced.

Finally, laws on joint-stock companies and limited liability companies were passed, presidential proposals were adopted for the single window at the customs office. "There is no need to go to all officials, bureaucrats and sometimes bribetakers - we must limit the contacts between the people and the state and make them as transparent as possible," Petro Poroshenko said.

In addition, a system of electronic government procurement was introduced, which not only facilitated the fight against corruption, but also strengthened Ukraine"s position in the innovation ranking.

“We do not run in place and went up in the world ranking of innovations. ProZorro has become not only a symbol of anti-corruption. It is built on cloud technologies, open source, SCRUM-technologies. A single web-portal of using public funds with tens of millions of documents in the format of open data was launched. There is no longer a barrier for anyone who wants to take part in this process. Electronic government services are finally becoming a symbol of our lives," he said.

The next step in this direction, according to the Head of State, is the creation of the database of the State Land Cadastre and the Register of Real Rights. "There was much talk about blockchain. The process of transferring of the State Land Cadastre, the Register of Real Rights to the blockchain has finally been initiated. The National Bank is preparing to launch national electronic money," he said.

The reform of the healthcare system was launched, telemedicine was introduced in the rural areas, which helps save lives of thousands of Ukrainian peasants. High dynamics in innovations is now a characteristic for Ukrainian pharmaceuticals. We introduce innovations in education - schools and universities, as stated by Petro Poroshenko.