What hinders Ukrainian cities from effectively attracting donor funding for recovery?

The Centre for Economic Strategy (CES) invites you to join a discussion titled “What hinders cities from effectively attracting donor funding for recovery?”.

Only half of the major infrastructure projects implemented at local levels through donor funds are successful. Such a conclusion was drawn by CES economists who analyzed investment projects and conducted a series of interviews with community representatives and donors.

Foreign donors are willing to assist Ukraine with reconstruction, but local authorities need to learn how to work with them in order to acquire and allocate funds. Otherwise, the country’s recovery will be spread out across several decades.

To delve into possible solutions to this issue, join our event on August 23 at 5:00 PM (Kyiv Time) via Zoom.

Event Schedule (Kyiv Time):

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM: Presentation of CES research on communities’ absorptive capacities

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM: Discussion and Q&A session:

• Oleksandr Senkevich, Mayor of Mykolaiv;
• Mykhailyna Skoryk-Shkarivska, Head of the Institute of Sustainable Community Development nonprofit, Deputy Mayor of Bucha (2022-2023);
• Oleksandrа Sladkova, Deputy Director of the Department of Economic Development in the Lviv City Council;
• Artem Shevalev, Alternate Board Director at EBRD.

Moderator: Maria Repko, Deputy Director of CES

The event will be conducted in Ukrainian with live English interpretation.

This event is one of the activities under the Good Governance Fund Project: Economic HUB: Sound PFM Policies and Vision for Growth, which is supported by UK Aid from the UK Government. The project delivery partners are Abt Britain and Centre for Economic Strategy.