In August 2025, Ukraine’s progress assessment in the area of entrepreneurship and industrial policy doubled compared to the previous month, reaching 0.71 points (up from 0.36 in July). However, overall progress in this area remains low. For comparison, the most optimistic assessments were recorded at the end of 2023 — 1.72 points in November and 1.34 points in December.

In August, the score for actual legislative changes was 1.07 points (up from 0 in both June and July, when there were no new legislative acts in this area). Experts attributed this improvement to the adoption of the Law “On Veteran Entrepreneurship,” which was the only relevant legislative act in the field during the month. Meanwhile, the score for planned legislative changes remained 0, reflecting the absence of new draft policy documents (unchanged from July).

The score for agenda setting also remained unchanged at 0.64 points (compared to 0.64 in July, 0.97 in June, 1.22 in May, and 1.75 in April). The only event reflecting progress on the policy agenda was the presentation of the Government’s Action Programme for 2025–2026 (scored at 0.64).

The implementation status continued to be assessed at a low level — 0.28 points in August (down from 0.4 in July). In particular, experts gave a negative score (-0.23) for the speed of change in the sector. Overall, the results indicate that implementation pace remains insufficient.