Yanika Merilo

From January to April 2015 Yanika was the adviser to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavicius. In this position she was responsible for attracting investment, improving the investment and business climate, coordinating international programs and developing of e-government solutions, Lviv-Kyiv, Ukraine.  Since April 2015 she has been working in the ICT Competence Center – an IT structure created to support the introduction of electronic document management into Ukrainian government. In addition, she is the managing director at UVCA, an adviser of Lviv Mayor, A. Sadoviy. The main objective of ICT Competence Center is to help the Ministry of Ecology, Defence and Internal Affairs. Personal goal: to create a map with visualization of services available in different cities. For example, an open budget, who publishes the minutes of meetings, and who conducts electronic procurement. She is a participant of numerous forums which include: e-Government Forum in Lviv, International Interactive Forum, IForum 2015, Second Kyiv International Economic Forum: towards a common strategy of reform, and Ukrainian telecommunication forum and others.