The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) said it has doubled the budget to CHF 100 million ($114 million) of its call for proposals for Swiss companies to apply for co-funding of projects contributing to Ukraine's reconstruction and economic recovery.
The decision has been made due to the "high level of interest and the needs in Ukraine," SECO said.
Canada announced C$635 million ($460 million) in new financing and guarantees for Ukraine's energy security and reconstruction, alongside an agreement to establish a 100-year strategic partnership between the two countries. Nearly C$435 million will be provided as new loan guarantees to the European Bank for
Ukraine needs stronger capacity to prepare and implement projects to accelerate the deployment of reconstruction financing, said a senior European Investment Bank official. “Public sector capabilities still need to grow,” Matteo Rivellini, head of the EIB’s Ukraine Investment Team, told Ukraine Rebuild Newswire. “We have, let's say,
