“Ukraine must urgently resolve the issue of creating its own certification basis of weapons and military equipment – is the conservation opportunities Ukrainian defense industry as foreign markets, so in the future and their own market” – this today during the second “Ukrainian Forum on Defense and security,” said Chairman of the Board RPA «PRACTIKA» Board member of The «League Of Defense Companies Of Ukraine» Oleg Vysotskiy.

He also noted that certification by the standards of NATO foreign certification centers are expensive pleasure that does not pocket on domestic producers. “Shooting the sample – € 45,000; testing of weapons and equipment to undermine – € 900,000. The state should, with the support of partners to create their own certification framework for domestic producers can lose even own Ukrainian market”– said Oleg Vysotskiy.

Reference: April 27, Kyiv under the auspices of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is “Ukrainian Forum on Defense and Security” with a focus on investments in the defense sector.

Forum has again become an international platform for the discussion of topical issues and solving urgent problems of the sector and brought together over 500 key players in the sector, investors, business representatives, government officials and financial institutions from over 20 countries.

Among the speakers: Igor Pavlovsky, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine; Yuri Brovchenko, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine; Yuri Gusev, partner, EasyBusiness; Vinnikov Alexander, Head of NATO in Ukraine; Denis Hurak, deputy director of SC “Ukroboronprom”; Yevhen Marchuk, the former head of the SBU, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine; Rokytskyy Eugene, co-chairman of the Board Association “Ukrainian defense industry and safe”; Ingvar Parnamae, CEO, Estonian Defense Industry Association; Glen Grant, head of the project “Reform of housing.”

Forum for the second time organized by A7 CONFERENCES.
Among the key topics of the Forum – the national strategy of defense and security of Ukraine, a key sector reforms and their effects, investment opportunities in public-private partnership to increase the investment attractiveness of the military-industrial complex, the potential of technology and development prospects of the Air and ground forces of Ukraine, cyber -bezpeka, information technology and others.