President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the creation of an All-Ukrainian economic Platform.

“We need more confidence for businesses and a larger legal, ‘white’ economy for Ukraine. We need more Ukrainian production facilities, more Ukrainian products from various industries. I have just signed decrees that will enable the creation of this communication tool – the Entrepreneurship Council, as defined in recent decisions of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), and the Ukrainian platform to vitalize entrepreneurship and our Ukrainian products,” he said in a video address Friday.

“The main goal for the state and our entire society is to ensure that every Ukrainian entrepreneur has opportunities for more active economic work. This, in turn, allows Ukrainian budgets to better rely on the strength of our economy,” he said.

“I am grateful to all our entrepreneurs, everyone in Ukraine who stays in the country, preserves their businesses, and jobs. Decent jobs in Ukraine, the work of every business that remains in the legal field, are one of the key foundations of Ukrainian strength,” Zelenskyy stressed.

Today, he said, “we are initiating a new tool to communicate with entrepreneurs. And not only with those who are most visible. We are founding the Ukrainian Economic Platform, which will represent small-, medium-, and large-sized businesses, as well as various regions of our state.”

"’Made in Ukraine’ is not just a brand; it is a large community of people, millions of Ukrainians working in businesses. These are our people who establish enterprises, create job opportunities for others. The entire business community will be represented on this new platform,” Zelenskyy noted.

According to him, “the government, together with the Office, regional state administrations, and experts will organize the platform's functioning. The main task is for it to be an effective communication tool. The communication should always be supported by operational decisions – what state institutions are doing or changing, and what will create a new, normal story of relations, especially between law enforcement bodies and entrepreneurs.”