The reconstruction of Ukraine: Enhancing socio-economic and defence potential

16 July 2024
Policy Dialogue
#ukraine #reconstruction #investment
Speakers: Pierre-Arnaud Proux, Deputy Head of Inter-Institutional, Coordination of Relief and Reconstruction Unit, Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission; Fabio Liberti, Policy Officer of Defence Industrial Policy, DG DEFIS, European Commission; Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), Associate Professor of the University of Pittsburgh, Former Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine; Anna Derevyanko, Executive Director of the European Business Association based in Ukraine; Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerse and Industry; Maryna Petrychenko, Head of Serhiy Prytula Humanitarian Foundation; Amanda Paul, Deputy Head of the Europe in the World Programme & Head of Ukraine’s European Future Project, European Policy Centre
Moderator: Maria Martisiute, Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre
This Policy Dialogue took stock of the outcome of the Ukraine Recovery Conference held in Berlin on the 11-12 June. This event brought public and private sectors from the EU and Ukraine together to shed light on the priorities and challenges of the Ukraine Plan for 2024-2027 under the EU's Ukraine Facility. It discussed the prospects for the reconstruction and gradual integration of Ukraine’s defence technological and industrial base into the EU under the European Commission’s proposal for the European Defence Industrial Programme (EDIP). Some of the areas addressed in the discussion were the mobilisation of private investments, the launch of Ukraine’s Investment Framework and how businesses can receive financing.