On September 17, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported in the first reading the Government’s draft law No. 11520 on a new version of the Law on Public Procurement. 289 MPs voted in favour. This document brings Ukraine’s legislation closer to EU standards and improves the public procurement process in the context of the country’s…
On September 17, the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) presented the Land Bank project, which would transform the market of state agricultural land. The event was organised by the SPFU in partnership with the USAID / UK aid State-Owned Enterprises Reform Activity (SOERA) project. The presentation was attended by representatives of the Parliament, the…
On September 10, the second meeting of the Strategic Investment Council was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. The main topic of the meeting was the adoption of the Unified Portfolio of Public Investment Projects and the formation of a list of priority projects for financing in 2025. “The Unified…
The Export Credit Agency (ECA) has signed the first war risk insurance contract for an investment loan. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko during the event “Economic Policy of Ukraine. Recovery During the War” in Kyiv on September 16. She noted that war risk insurance…
Ukraine is significantly ahead of many European countries in terms of its share of decarbonized energy, with most of Ukrainian electricity being produced without carbon dioxide emissions. The Energy Minister German Galushchenko said this at the Yalta European Strategy forum. “Today, most of the electricity in the country is produced without carbon dioxide emissions. This…
The Government is creating a humanitarian demining market and engaging private mine action operators to speed up this process. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on September 13. “The financial support of our partners helps our Government to finance non-military expenditures, social programmes, and rapid…
Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, led by EBRD Vice President Matteo Patrone, to discuss cooperation to strengthen the resilience of the power system and prepare for winter. “We need to accelerate the implementation of projects as much as possible to support…