On 20-21 May 2025, a regular meeting of the Steering Committee of the Jagiellonian University, one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions in Poland, took place in Krakow, Poland, (Management Committee Meeting) of the international network COST CA21107 ‘DIGI-net: Digital Transformation Competence Network’.

Ukraine was represented at the event by Doctor of Economics, Professor Nataliia Tkalenko, who is actively involved in the project as a co-leader of the WG4.Digitalisation & Policy working group. During the meeting, the key areas of digital transformation in education, science and governance were discussed, and plans for the next stage of the project were presented.

Professor Nataliia Tkalenko presented analytical approaches to the formation of digital policy in public administration and discussed the challenges faced by Central and Eastern European countries in the context of digitalisation.

This publication is based on work from COST Action CA21107 ‘Work inequalities in later life redefined by digitalisation’ (DIGI-net), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).