Ukraine misses partners’ benchmarks: What happens to the funding?

The Centre for Economic Strategy, together with colleagues from the RRR4U consortium, invites you to join the presentation of the monthly monitoring implementation of the IMF programme and EU assistance. 

Special topic of this month: “Ukraine misses partners’ benchmarks: What happens to the funding?”. 

The Ukrainian economy remains highly dependent on steady external financing. This stability is now under pressure due to the ongoing parliamentary crisis, which is complicating the passage of legislation under the “money in exchange for reforms” framework. At the same time, the government has been hesitant to commit to some politically sensitive reforms. 

How large is the current shortfall in the state budget? And could the EU’s €90 billion loan be put at risk if Ukraine fails to meet all IMF conditions? 

The event will take place on 31 March at 16:00 (Kyiv time)  on Zoom.  

Event agenda: 

16:00 — 16:10 Status of implementation of the Ukraine Facility programme, DiXi group; 

16:10 — 16:20 Ukraine’s progress in implementing the IMF programme. Oleksandra Betliy, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting. 

16:20 — 16:30 Special topic: Ukraine misses partners’ benchmarks: What happens to the funding?, Bohdan Slutsky, economist at the Centre for Economic Strategy 

16:30 — 17:30 Discussions among representatives of the government, business and expert community.

Moderator: Hlib Vyshlinsky, Executive Director of the Centre for Economic Strategy. 

The event is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation 

*RRR4U (Resilience, Reconstruction and Relief for Ukraine) is a consortium of four Ukrainian civil society organizations: the Centre for Economic Strategy, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, the Institute for Analytics and Advocacy, and DiXi Group. 

RRR4U publishes monthly monitoring reports on Ukraine’s fulfillment of the conditions of key international financial programs with the IMF and the EU. You can find previous editions on the consortium’s website – https://rrr4u.org/.