Ukraine: Projects implementation within the framework of energy and climate policy – project management

On December 4, from 10:00 to 13:00, an online event was held on the topic of project management at the community level with the support of the Covenant of Mayors National Coordinator – Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine.

The focus was on the following issues:

• main barriers to attract external financing at both the national and local levels;
• project implementation teams: practices and recommendations for improvement;
• opportunities for cooperation with IFIs.

The online event was joined by:

1. Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine:
   – Vasyl Lozynskyi, First Deputy Minister of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine;
   – Dmytro Petrunin, General Director of the Energy Efficiency Directorate of Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine.
2. Representatives of IFIs and institutions that provide technical support:
   – Krzysztof Gierulski, Ukraine Support Group, European Commission;
   – Olha Borodankova, Energy Efficiency Sector Leader, EU Delegation;
   – Jan Waanders, Head of the EU Program “Covenant of Mayors – Demonstration Projects”;
   – Ima Khrenova-Shymkina, Deputy Director of the Project “Energy Efficiency Promotion in Ukraine and Implementation of the EU Directive on Energy Efficiency”;
   – Yuliia Shevchuk, Senior Advisor, NEFCO in Ukraine;
   – Serhiy Chernov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Council;
   – Vitaliy Shmeryha, Senior Coordinator of the KfW project in Kyiv;
   – Representatives of the World Bank, EBRD, EIB.
3. Some of the best city managers in Ukraine:
   – Myrhorod: Serhiy Shvaika, Deputy Mayor;
   – Zhytomyr: Svitlana Olshanska, Deputy Mayor;
   – Slavutych: Yuriy Fomichev, Mayor;
   – Ternopil: Vladyslav Stemkovskyi, Deputy Mayor, Head of the NGO “City Managers of Ukraine”;
   – Kremenchuk: Volodymyr Pelypenko, First Deputy Mayor.
4. Project managers:
   – Sumy: Kateryna Havrylova;
   – Ukrainka: Olha Levshunova;
   – Chernivtsi: Mariia Porchuk.
5. CoM Supporters:
   – Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”;
   – Association of Ukrainian cities;
   – Association of Amalgamated Territorial Communities.

Please follow the link to watch the video.