OREANDA-NEWS. November 17, 2010. The Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Anatoliy Tolstoukhov opened in the Government House the exhibition "Investment and innovation projects.

During the opening ceremony Anatoliy Tolstoukhov noted that such actions at the Government House already become a tradition, that is an affirmation of close cooperation between the Government and all the public authorities, professional organizations and associations, and the public. "Such exhibitions are the catalyst for us to unite, work and walk in tomorrow, for the objectives of the President, put by his program "Ukraine for people", by economic reforms, which should give us a competitive economy, effective state and civil society developed are not possible without it"- he said.

At the same time the Cabinet Minister noted the importance of introducing new technologies to the development of Ukraine: "Innovations will strongly promote development in future, so we cannot talk about tomorrow without investment and innovation policy, highest level of technology, highest standards".

In turn, Chairman of the State Committee on Science, Innovation and Information Vladimir Semynozhenko said that now the state is facilitating the development of innovative technologies and projects. He stressed that the budget policy, the policy stimulating innovation, economic reform program involve the introduction of high technology. "We believe that Ukraine has many work outs, good research capability to realize more and more projects that will give the high-tech growth in gross domestic product" - Vladimir Semynozhenko said, noting that the exhibition presents examples of technology parks without which today no country can exist, which renewal is very important for our country.

First Deputy Chairman of State Agency of Ukraine for Investment and Development Andriy Simonenko said that the aim of the exhibition is to intensify cooperation processes between government, education, science and business.

He said that on the instructions of the President and the Government the State Investment Agency has formed a base of infrastructure projects strategically important for the country and attractive for investors and investment. This database includes more than 500 projects at about 1 billion USD. "According to the program of economic reforms for 2010-2014, which includes improving the business climate and enabling environment for investment, the government has picked the opportunity to support efficient investment projects in the real economy" - he said.

The Senior Deputy also said that the exhibition presents the expositions of the State Agency of Ukraine for Investments and Development (70 investment projects covering all regions of Ukraine), the State Innovation Credit Institution (20 investment projects), the State Committee on Science, Innovation and information (technology projects), the Ukrainian Industrial Property Institute, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (exhibition on the history of intellectual property protection system of Ukraine).