The Expert Working Group on the initiation, preparation, support and implementation of joint projects with the European Investment Bank within the framework of the Emergency Credit Programme for Ukraine’s Recovery, the Ukraine Recovery Programme and the Ukraine Recovery Programme III held a meeting. The meeting was chaired by Oleksii Riabykin, Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine.

‘Each project addresses the specific needs of communities: quality healthcare, safe education, reliable infrastructure and basic services that people receive every day. It is these decisions that create a sense of stability and confidence in the future. All of them are implemented with state budget funds raised through a loan from the European Investment Bank. This provides an opportunity to support initiatives that have a real impact on community development and will work for the people,’ said Oleksii Riabykin.

Five projects in Kirovohrad region have been recommended for funding: reconstruction of a bomb shelter in Nova Praha community lyceum, major repairs to a bomb shelter in Haivoron community, reconstruction of the water supply system in Novomyrhorod community, construction of a protective structure in a kindergarten in Pomichna community, and reconstruction of a medical facility in Kropyvnytskyi community. The commission also selected 11 projects in Kyiv region: construction of a kindergarten in Boryspil community, major repairs to premises in a medical facility in Bila Tserkva community, overhaul of an educational institution in Tomashivka community, reconstruction of the water supply network in Fastiv community, construction of a protective structure in educational institutions in Tarashcha and Baryshivka communities, overhaul of water supply networks in Baryshivka and Vasylkiv communities, and reconstruction of a sewage pumping station in Boryspil community.

In Ivano-Frankivsk region, six projects have been recommended for funding: major repairs to medical facilities in Kolomyia and Lysets communities, reconstruction of the water supply system in Horodenka community, construction of a sewerage network in Kolomyia community, reconstruction of sewage treatment facilities in Bohorodchany community, construction of a solid fuel boiler house in Kalush community. In Cherkasy region, four projects have been selected: major repairs to medical facilities in Palanka and Zvenyhorodka communities, major repairs to a lyceum in the Bobrytsia community, and reconstruction of utility networks in Uman community.

During previous meetings, 76 projects from frontline territories were recommended for funding: 4 projects in Zaporizhzhia region, 2 projects in Donetsk region, 13 projects in Dnipropetrovsk region, 15 projects in Mykolaiv region, 11 in Odesa region, 8 in Sumy region, 9 in Kharkiv region, 8 in Chernihiv region, and 6 in Kherson region.

The Expert Working Group also approved 7 projects in Zhytomyr region and 5 projects in Vinnytsia region.

The selection of projects is still under way.