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Diia City: An Innovative Legal Regime. Can Ukraine’s Legal Innovation Shape the Global Technological Landscape?

Publication date: 20.12.2024

Financial Law Review, 2024, Issue 35 (3)/2024, pp. 1 - 25

https://doi.org/10.4467/22996834FLR.24.011.20920

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Petro Kornieiev
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
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Ivan Yatskevych
Faculty of Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv
, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9734-0671 Orcid
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Diia City: An Innovative Legal Regime. Can Ukraine’s Legal Innovation Shape the Global Technological Landscape?

Abstract

This article analyzes the innovative legal framework of Diia City in Ukraine, designed to foster technological ecosystem growth and attract international investment. The study evaluates its impact on residents and identifies challenges within the current legal system. The hypothesis posits that Diia City, with its preferential tax policies and streamlined regulations, could become a global benchmark for tech ecosystems. Legal stability and regulatory predictability are highlighted as critical for its success. A comparative methodology examines taxation structures and regulations affecting individual entrepreneurs (FOPs) and gig contracts. The hypothesis is verified through case studies and assessments of IT solutions in Ukraine. The analysis includes a literature review and examination of legal acts, offering a comprehensive evaluation of the reform’s innovations and benefits, with potential applicability to other European countries. Findings suggest Diia City shows promise as a global model but faces challenges affecting legal certainty. While regulations aim to protect both employees and employers, further evaluation is needed, especially amid war and economic fluctuations. This article provides insight into legal stability’s role in fostering innovation and contributes to the debate on legislative reforms influencing the labor market and Ukraine’s technological development.

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Information: Financial Law Review, 2024, Issue 35 (3)/2024, pp. 1 - 25

Article type: Original article

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4683-242X

Petro Kornieiev
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4683-242X Orcid
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9734-0671

Ivan Yatskevych
Faculty of Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv
, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9734-0671 Orcid
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Faculty of Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv
Ukraine

Published at: 20.12.2024

Received at: 04.10.2024

Accepted at: 16.11.2024

Article status: Open

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Petro Kornieiev (Author) - 50%
Ivan Yatskevych (Author) - 50%

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Petro Kornieiev, PhD Student of Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and has been a speaker at various national and international conferences.

Contact e-mail: p.kornieiev@doktorant.umk.pl


Ivan Yatskevych.
Associate Professor of Labour Law, Chair of Private Law Department, Faculty of Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, specializing in labor law, social security law and labour rights as human rights, social dialogue and collective bargaining. Author of chapters in 3 books and over 40 research papers, published on reviewed journals. Local expert in CoE project, member Kyiv Region Bar Association, practicing lawyer. The co-author’s participation in this paper’s publication was accomplished within the research project Just Transition: Right to Work after War. Towards Decent Work in Ukraine’s (Post)War Economy (No. 0124U003120, dated 24/05/2024) funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine within the framework of international scientific and technological bilateral cooperation following the Protocol of the Fourteenth Meeting of the German-Ukrainian Working Group on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany of 09.11.2023 and its annex of 01.02.2024.

Contact e-mail: ivan.yatskevych@ukma.edu.ua

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