Government seeks to raise UAH 100bn in investment this year
2011-01-12 18:00:20
The Ukrainian government this year expects to attract up to UAH 100 billion in investment resources, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said Wednesday.
The prime minister stressed that it is unreal to rely on the modernization of the enterprises only at the expense of public investment programs. Therefore, the challenge is to build an effective model for public-private partnership for a period of innovative modernization of the economy.
Azarov noted that the implementation of investment projects will create new jobs, so we need to focus on the training of highly qualified personnel. In this regard, Azarov says, in the near future the government will organize, in association with scientists and participants of the labor market, a discussion on how to adjust the labor market situation and by what means to compensate for the unfavorable demographic situation.
First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Andriy Kliuyev was tasked until January 21 to develop innovative investment programs for all industries. "It is absolutely necessary to begin in February and March the practical financing of investment programs and implement it systematically. Then, before the end of the year we will get a tangible result in the form of new jobs, higher budget revenues at all levels and GDP growth," the prime minister concluded.