“The main strategic goals are: strengthening business relations between the United States and Ukraine by providing a transparent platform for cooperation, creating better conditions for business, as well as solving social problems of Ukraine through the development of“ serious games, ”the document says.
As part of the project, it is planned to recruit about 50 professional and beginner developers from Ukraine and organize a seminar for them on social issues, during which its participants will begin work on “serious games”. Mentors will be specialists from Ukraine and from the United States, including representatives of American video game manufacturers.
The US State Department intends to hold a seminar in the first week of September, before the start of the Comic Con Ukraine festival. In addition, on the eve of the festival should be held a "game" - a competition for developers to quickly create new games. It is assumed that its participants will be able to present their ideas to potential investors during Comic Con Ukraine.
The Department of State will allocate up to $ 100 thousand for the entire project. The ministry hopes that this project will facilitate the entry of American companies into the Ukrainian gaming industry and create a platform for cooperation between developers from the United States and their Ukrainian counterparts.
“The plans outlined in the program should take into account the possibility of cooperation with the US trading service in order to introduce American game developers on the Ukrainian market and develop relations with their Ukrainian colleagues,” the Department of State reports.
In February, Washington announced plans to implement programs in Ukraine that would "expand the dialogue within the Ukrainian audience" on political and social issues that are important in the context of the "Euro-Atlantic development vector" of the state.