The government has introduced a single procedure and clear rules for working with international partners for the development of defense innovations – Brave International. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko in her Telegram channel, the PromPolitInform portal reports.
According to her, this decision applies to already announced and future international initiatives, in particular UNITE Brave NATO, Brave Norway, Brave France, Brave Germany and Brave Lithuania.
“It gives the “green light” for the rapid launch of joint grant competitions within the framework of these programs. Not only Ukrainian companies, but also developers and startups from foreign jurisdictions will be able to participate in them.
Over 100 million euros have already been attracted for international defense innovations
“The total budget of the first international programs and support instruments within Brave International already exceeds 100 million euros,” Svyrydenko noted.
The Brave International direction has three key tasks:
Search for new technologies and products to meet the current needs of the Ukrainian front;
Attracting additional funding to support Ukrainian defense startups;
Deepening cooperation with partners’ innovation ecosystems and deeper integration of Ukrainian defense tech into the global defense technology market.
How will joint grant programs with partners work?
The Brave International program provides for the creation of joint grant funds on the basis of equal contributions from Ukraine and the partner country, parity supervisory boards and expert commissions for transparent consideration and professional assessment of applications. Submission to competitions is open to both Ukrainian applicants and foreign companies. The program provides for mandatory testing and verification of all developments in Ukraine on the current Test in Ukraine platform.
Thanks to the established procedure, the Brave1 defense technology cluster will launch the first joint international competitions in the near future.
