The Ukrainian government presented, on Wednesday 5 April, at the 2nd meeting of the Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform’s Steering Committee for Ukraine, its priority needs for early recovery in 2023.
These needs amount to $14.1 billion (approximately €12.9 billion) in the areas of energy infrastructure, humanitarian demining, critical and social infrastructure, housing and private sector support.
According to a statement from the Steering Committee, $3.3 billion has already been made available by the Ukrainian government for this purpose in its 2023 budget. There is therefore a funding gap of $10.8 billion.
“The European Commission welcomed the commitment of the Ukrainian government towards budgetary stability and to defining and prioritizing strategic rapid recovery needs for 2023”, explained the Steering Committee’s statement, recalling that the Commission announced in February €1 billion to contribute to rapid recovery needs. “Discussions on the concrete sectors the support will focus on will continue in the coming weeks“, the statement said.
The budgetary needs for 2023 for Ukraine are estimated by the Ukrainian government at $39.9 billion (about €36.6 billion). The EU has announced over €18 billion in aid for 2023, of which €4.5 billion has already been disbursed. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)