Conference Organizers: Confederation of Builders of Ukraine (CBU) Topics Covered: The first session focused on enhancing vocational education, particulary in practical training, infrastructure development, and preparing a skilled workforce for Ukraine's construction industry. The second session centered on real estate market trends, covering legal frameworks, project updates, and
Ukraine's government on Friday approved documents enabling it to raise an additional €62 million ($68 million) in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the prime minister said in a press release. "These resources will be channeled to the development of social infrastructure, energy sustainability, heating, and
NATO's newly-appointed Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Ukraine's right to self-defense "does not end at the border," amid refusals from some allies to allow Ukraine to conduct long-range strikes deep into Russian territory with Western-made missiles. "First of
Switzerland will over the next four years allocate CHF 1.5 billion ($1.8 billion) to support Ukraine's reconstruction projects, Ukraine's Ministry for Restoration said Thursday in a press release. Of the total, CHF 1 billion will be directed toward the self-government, demining, and humanitarian
Ukrainian authorities have drafted a law to introduce a nationwide system that would pool various war risk insurance mechanisms into a single system to attract investors, the Economy Ministry said in a press release on Thursday. "The lack of coverage for war risks is a significant obstacle to attracting
Barbara Rambousek, the EBRD's global director for gender and economic inclusion, spoke in an appearance Oct 2, 2024 at the "Business and War. Dialogues about the future" conference organized by the New Voice of Ukraine media outlet in Kyiv. Outline: Rambousek was asked about the investment
Ukraine needs massive investment in child care, elderly care, sick care and skill training to bring women into the workforce and help address the critical labor shortage in the country, a senior official of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said. "Women are now really required to
Ukraine has introduced an Urban Planning Cadaster Administration at the national level to coordinate urban planning processes and information nationwide, the Ministry of Restoration said in a press release on Wednesday. "This is an important step in the digitalization of the country and the creation of a modern system
The US needs to start pressuring both Ukraine and Israel to start negotiating to end their wars to avoid being dragged into everlasting conflicts, senior fellow and director of the Carnegie Endowment's American statecraft program Christopher S Chivvis wrote in an opinion piece for The Guardian. On Ukraine,
The Export-Import Bank of Korea will provide a $100 million preferential loan to Ukraine, with a term of 20 years, a 1% annual interest rate, and a grace period of five years. The loan is the first financial support package provided by the Republic of Korea to Ukraine'
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said the Western companies should reexamine their ties to China over its support for Russia's economy amid the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported. "Ukraine is at our doorsteps here and I'm surprised that there's not a larger questioning or
German companies are expressing a growing willingness to travel to Ukraine despite the war, according to a survey by the Eastern Committee of the German Economy. The survey of around 70 German companies interested in doing business in Ukraine showed that employees from 28 firms have already visited the country
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The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) has obtained a facility of up to $150 million from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to support Ukraine's reconstruction efforts. "This funding will be instrumental in helping Ukraine, which is currently facing immense challenges, to recover and
European Union funds meant to promote investment in Ukraine's reconstruction risk gravitating toward large companies because smaller ones are too focused on survival to invest, warned a development bank official working with the funds. Bogdan Zawadewicz, head of Geopolitical Risk Analysis at BGK (Polish National Development Bank), said
