Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 11, 2023 The Netherlands government said it will offer subsidies totaling 25 million euros ($26.8 million) to Netherlands-registered companies that partner with a Ukrainian firm to carry out reconstruction work in the healthcare, agriculture or water sectors. Starting Sept 11, companies and civil
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 8, 2023 Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, announced it will hold an international competition to rebuild the city center based on a master plan created by a team of foreign and domestic architects led by the Norman Foster Foundation. Kharkiv City Council said in
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 8, 2023 A drone survey of Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, one of the region’s heaviest hit in the ongoing war, shows about 10% of the infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged, the United Nations Development Programme said. The damage and destruction includes 300 “social
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff (Sept 7, 2023) Ukrainian civil servants will need intense national training in project appraisal, procurement and other areas to help carry out the expected massive reconstruction campaign to follow the war, a senior official for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said. The fight
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff The promise of European Union membership will accelerate the reconstruction of Ukraine more reliably than the money likely to be offered by international donors when the war with Russia ends, said Beata Javorcik, the chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. As Ukraine
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Ukraine has been rebuilding or repairing war-damaged hospitals, clinics and other medical buildings at an average rate of 1.4 facilities a day since Russian forces invaded, according to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. From the invasion on Feb 24 of last
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has re-allocated 182 million euros ($197 million) from planned works in southern Ukraine to a major highway upgrade in the west of the country as the Russian invasion has shifted transportation patterns. The loan will be used
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Denmark will contribute 1.2 billion Danish kroner ($173 million) to the “early recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine” next year, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release. The government allocated more than half of that sum, or 631 million kroner, specifically
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Indian businesses should find roles in the reconstruction of Ukraine as early as possible to gain “first-mover advantage,” Ukrainian MP Yulia Klymenkotold a gathering of businesses and trade associations in New Delhi, the Times of India reported. “Right now we have 23% of our
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Construction equipment manufacturer HD Hyundai XiteSolution will send a representative to accompany Won Hee-ryong, South Korea’s minister of land, infrastructure and transport, on a visit to Ukraine this month, The Korea Times reported, citing unnamed sources. The company, a unit of HD Hyundai,
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff The World Bank has announced $232 million in financing to help homeowners in Ukraine repair shattered windows, damaged roofs and other non-structural damage from the ongoing war. The financing for the Housing Repair for People's Empowerment Project (HOPE) project will help repair
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Vodafone Ukraine, the second-largest mobile operator in Ukraine after Kyivstar, increased capital spending in the first half of the year by 75% year-on-year as it repaired damage inflicted in the ongoing war and increased its resilience to power outages and shortages. Capital
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff The government of South Korea, which has launched a campaign in recent months to support Korean companies seeking to join the Ukraine reconstruction, has earmarked 520 billion won (US$393 million) in its 2024 budget in support for Ukraine, news agency Yonhap reportedTuesday. The allocation,
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Won Hee-ryong, South Korea’s minister of land, infrastructure and transport, said he will visit Ukraine in September to help Korean firms expand their presence in the eventual reconstruction of the country, The Korea Times reported. "At first, we will focus on governmental
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff UK construction firms will be at the “top of the list” when contracts are handed out to rebuild Ukraine because of their government’s eagerness to help the Ukrainian military against Russia, the British national newspaper known as “i” said in a report based on
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine, who have cut staff by an average of 22% since the Russian invasion, will need better access to international financing if they are to play a significant role in the reconstruction of the country when the fighting stops,
