President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with members of the Council on supporting entrepreneurship under martial law, the online representation of the President of Ukraine reported on Thursday evening.

The event was attended by the Council members and government officials, including Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko, Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development of Ukraine – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostyslav Shurma, and Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office Daria Zarivna.

"I stand for state institutions helping entrepreneurs. You are now ready to act, you have the energy to focus on these issues. Because this is your life and you know what laws need to be changed, what amendments need to be made, what reforms need to be brought to the parliament," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The participants of the meeting discussed the issues of reducing law enforcement pressure on legal business, updating the principles of the Bureau of Economic Security (BES), as well as the need to support defense industry enterprises and changes to legislation.

Particular attention was paid to the introduction of digital solutions to modernize the interaction between the state and business, namely, the creation of a platform for receiving feedback from business and an analytical module for the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations, which will allow to see the full picture of criminal proceedings in the country in real time. The digital platform is expected to facilitate feedback between the government and businesses – regional, small, and medium-sized – and to provide insight and an opportunity to systematize the issues that are of primary concern to entrepreneurs and identify ways to improve the business environment.

For each of the issues discussed, the parties outlined an action plan and ways for business to participate in developing systemic, concrete solutions with the involvement of the Council for Support of Entrepreneurship under Martial Law, a wide range of businessmen, and the Made in Ukraine platform.

The entrepreneurs thanked the President and other government officials for the constructive dialog.