{"id":64779,"date":"2017-10-26T11:25:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T11:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eba.com.ua\/?p=64779"},"modified":"2021-04-14T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:16:10","slug":"ukrayina-krayina-roku-z-nadannya-poslug-autsorsyngu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eba.com.ua\/en\/ukrayina-krayina-roku-z-nadannya-poslug-autsorsyngu\/","title":{"rendered":"[:ua]\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430 – \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0443 \u0437 \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0443\u0433 \u0430\u0443\u0442\u0441\u043e\u0440\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0443[:en]Ukraine named Offshoring Destination of the Year[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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October 24, 2017 \u2013 Lviv, Ukraine \u2013 Ukraine was named the \u201cOffshoring destination of the year\u201d<\/a>at the 2017 Global Sourcing Association (GSA) awards ceremony which took place in London, October, 19th. N-IX<\/a> nominated Ukraine as a candidate of this category as a country with a reputation of one of the leading it outsourcing destinations in Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew Pavliv<\/strong>, CEO & Co-Founder, N-iX, Supervisory Board Chairman, Lviv IT Cluster comments on this nomination:<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our missions is to unlock the potential of Ukraine as engineering and innovation nation. The abundance of highly-qualified developers, competitive prices, rapidly developing business, and IT infrastructure make Ukraine a good candidate for an Offshoring Destination of the Year. This award is our humble contribution to strengthening of\u00a0 IT brand of Ukraine in the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ukrainian IT industry<\/a>\u00a0now amounts to\u00a0$2.5 billion<\/a>, which constitutes 3% of the country\u2019s GDP. By 2020, it is expected to reach $10 billion with 5.7% contribution to GDP. Ukraine has consistently featured in Gartner\u2019s top 30 offshoring and outsourcing destinations for the past six years and is ranked as number one for outsourcing markets in Eastern Europe, by Outsourcing Journal. The export-oriented segment of Ukraine\u2019s IT services market grew two and a half times over the past five years (according to PwC research).<\/p>\n

Ukraine takes the 1st\u00a0place in Europe and\u00a04th place in the world by the number of IT professionals (230,000 according to the government). Also, Ukraine holds the 3rd\u00a0place for the number of certified IT specialists worldwide.<\/p>\n

An\u00a0importance of promoting IT in Ukraine and Ukrainian IT\u00a0in the world was one of the issues raised by the leaders of the prime IT companies in Ukraine at IT Arena 2017, one of the biggest tech conferences in Eastern Europe, took place in Lviv during September 29 \u2013 October 1.\u00a0 They outlined that the leading IT companies in the country need to unite their effort and shape a powerful and appealing brand of Ukraine, giving it a unified voice and presenting the country at global tech and business events.<\/p>\n

For 14 years in a row, GSA UK Awards recognizes companies that demonstrated best-practice in outsourcing. This year\u00a0N-iX has shortlisted for the Global Sourcing Association (GSA) UK Awards in five categories:<\/a><\/p>\n