According to Decree No 956, “National Industry Development Committee (hereinafter — the National Committee) is a temporary advisory consultative body of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, established with the aim of providing recommendations for transformation of Ukraine's economy from resource-based to high-tech industrial model through introduction of effective instruments for implementation of industrial and innovation policies.”

The National Committee is headed by the Prime Minister of Ukraine; Anatoliy Girshfeld, who is now the Deputy of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Honourary President of JSC UPEC, is appointed as an Executive Director of the National Committee. The Committee includes members of the government, deputies, well-known experts, scholars, representatives of investment, financial and production structures.

Mykhailo Gonchar is one of the representatives of think tanks — the Centre for Global Studies “Strategy XXI”. He worked in public and non-government research institutions for a long time; was engaged in researches on variety of subjects. He is the author of several books and numerous publications on energy issues, energy security of Ukraine, etc. He also worked in the oil and gas complex of Ukraine, occupying responsible posts.

The work of the National Committee with such a composition should provide development of the optimal proposals for selection of scenarios for high-tech development of the Ukrainian economy, which will be based on the current trends of world development, and not on the interests of oligarchic groups aimed at preserving the existing schemes of work.