Amid growing tensions over the situation in Ukraine, Kobe City, which has focused on Ukraine, where the IT industry is growing rapidly, and has been aiming to secure excellent human resources, is calling for the settlement of the situation as soon as possible.
Kobe City is paying attention to Ukraine, which is also called "Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe" due to the rapid growth of the IT industry, and is taking measures to secure excellent human resources, such as holding an online seminar that connects local and local companies jointly with embassies. I have advanced.
From the new year, I was planning to start a business to support internships so that Ukrainian students enrolling in universities in the city could get a job at a local company even after graduation, but the business trip of the person in charge was canceled. For some reason, the city has no choice but to suspend the plan.
Koji Deguchi, Chief of the International Affairs Division of Kobe City, said, "If highly skilled students from Ukraine and other countries can play an active role in Kobe, it will lead to future development. I hope the situation will be settled as soon as possible."
Mr. Ruchuk Leo, a staff member of Kobe City from Ukraine, said, "There are many local students who want to utilize their knowledge in Japan, which has high technology. I am worried when I see the news, but above all, I want the situation to settle down quickly. That's it. "
Expert "Ukraine is an" unknown IT power ""
Professor Yoshihiko Okabe of Kobe Gakuin University, who is familiar with Ukraine's politics and economy, said, "Ukraine has produced quite a lot of IT engineers and can be said to be an" unknown IT powerhouse. " Since then, it has become clear that the IT industry will be expanded as a national policy, such as by appointing an IT entrepreneur in his twenties as the deputy prime minister. "
On top of that, "Ukraine has a low salary level in Europe, and working in Japan, where the subculture and game industry is thriving, is attractive to local IT engineers. How does Japan deal with the shortage of IT engineers? The challenge is to secure it, and having Ukrainian engineers come is a good option. "
How will it affect Japan?
Ukraine, which has abundant talented IT personnel, is also called "Silicon Valley in Eastern Europe", and according to a private credit bureau, 57 Japanese companies have entered the market as of last month, and some software companies have development bases in Ukraine. about it.
According to JETRO = Japan External Trade Organization, research in the fields of nuclear power generation and aerospace has been active since the time of the former Soviet Union, and the fact that there are many technical universities is one of the factors that have produced a large number of IT human resources. Is also significantly cheaper than the US and Western countries.
In Ukraine, there are many companies that outsource IT-related work from overseas. Mr. Hiroshi Shibata, who is a representative of an IT consultant company in Ukraine and is familiar with the local situation, said, "Tentatively Russia has invaded and IT-related from overseas to Ukraine. If it becomes impossible to place an order for business, the outsourcing cost of IT business may increase worldwide. If that happens, the impact on Japan will be unavoidable. "