On Tuesday 11 November, the European Union launched the EU4Reconstruction initiative in Ukraine, with a budget of €37 million over the next three years.
This initiative will: - strengthen Ukraine’s national reconstruction governance and regulatory framework; - help municipalities plan, finance and deliver infrastructure projects to EU standards; - support the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development and its ecosystem in effectively managing large public investments; - expand the role of citizens, civil society and media in monitoring reconstruction.
The initiative aims to ensure sound and transparent public investment in line with EU standards, and to bring together Europe’s best practices in reform and implementation - integrity and accountability frameworks, digital tools, municipal management and citizen control - in a coordinated effort, according to the European External Action Service.
EU4Reconstruction is being implemented by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Expertise France, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA). It will be carried out in collaboration with the Ukrainian Ministry for the Development of Communities and Territories, the Agency for Restoration and dozens of municipalities across Ukraine. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)