EU and UNDP to allocate €50 million for the reconstruction of Ukrainian communities
The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine are launching the second phase of the “EU4Recovery – Empowering Communities in Ukraine” initiative. The programme aims to assist communities affected by the war and support Ukraine in its progress towards European integration. This is reported on the UNDP website in Ukraine.
The new phase includes the supply of equipment, infrastructure upgrades, capacity building, technical assistance, training and targeted support. All this should strengthen the role of local governments in the recovery processes and the implementation of democratic reforms.
The second phase of EU4Recovery also includes the development of decentralised social and health services, support for economic recovery and strengthening social cohesion. Particular attention is planned to be paid to veterans, young people and people returning to their communities.
The initiative is expected to continue in 2026-2028. The total budget of the program will be 50 million euros.
“The official launch of the second phase of EU4Recovery took place in parallel with a joint visit of the EU and UNDP delegations to the partner regions, where representatives of both organizations will meet with local authorities and community residents to discuss the results of the UNDP regional recovery approach in supporting the planning, coordination and delivery of critical services in war-torn countries,” the message says.
The project “EU4Recovery – Empowering Communities in Ukraine” was launched in 2022 as a joint initiative of the European Union and the United Nations Development Program after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. Its goal is to help strengthen the resilience and accelerate the recovery of war-torn communities in designated regions of Ukraine. These include Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions. In addition, EU4Recovery provides targeted support in Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Odesa, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, focusing on displaced communities and internally displaced persons.
Over 100 communities received assistance during the first phase of the programme, which lasted from 2022 to 2025.
