From Challenges to Actionable Solutions: GovTech Lab’s First Working Session

On July 31, 2025, a working session was held at the CDTO Campus as part of the GovTech Lab Ukraine open innovation program, organized by GGTC Kyiv in partnership with CDTO Campus.

This session marked the program’s first practical step toward launching pilot projects designed to address real-world challenges faced by public institutions—through collaboration with startups and innovators.

The event brought together representatives from ministries, government agencies, and institutions, including Chief Digital Transformation Officers (CDTOs), directors of policy directorates, and heads of digital transformation and innovation departments from leading national authorities.

Throughout the group work, participants focused on four key objectives:

Identifying one clear, actionable challenge for each participating institution

Framing these challenges in a way that startups and innovators can readily understand and tackle

Receiving expert feedback and guidance on how to refine and strengthen the proposed challenges

Gaining insight into the next steps of the open call process for submitting challenges to the GovTech Lab

This collaborative approach — uniting the public sector, the startup ecosystem, and international partnersт— lays the groundwork for transforming systemic challenges into effective, scalable digital solutions that serve the public good.

Disclaimer:

GovTech Lab Ukraine is an open innovation program in government technology implemented by the Global Government Technology Center Kyiv (GGTC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the World Economic Forum, and with the support of Switzerland within EGAP Program, which is carried out by East Europe Foundation.

The Global Government Technology Center (GGTC) in Kyiv became the second GovTech centre in the world after Berlin and the 21st Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in the World Economic Forum network. GGTC Kyiv is supported by Switzerland within EGAP Program, which is carried out by East Europe Foundation, and initiated by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and World Economic Forum.

CDTO Campus is implemented by the East Europe Foundation, funded by Visa Foundation, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), and supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in cooperation with the Digitality GovTech Center of Excellence, under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

Global Government Technology Centre in Kyiv