The recovery spending watchdog (February 2025)

According to the latest estimates from the World Bank, Ukraine’s recovery needs amount to $486 billion. Moreover, according to Oleksiy Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine – Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, $5 billion is urgently needed for infrastructure recovery.

Together with invited guests, we discussed which large-scale projects are being implemented during the war, what the current priorities are, and reviewed achievements and outlined future plans.

Invited participants:

• Serhii Sukhomlyn, Head of the State Agency for Reconstruction of Ukraine.
• Oleksandr Sienkevych, Mayor of Mykolaiv.
• Jakob Torrild Hansen, Head of the Danish Embassy Office in Mykolaiv. Moderator: Hlib Vyshlinsky, Executive Director of the Centre for Economic Strategy.

THE RECOVERY SPENDING WATCHDOG №16

The release was prepared within the framework of the EU-funded project “The recovery spending watchdog”. Previous releases are available here. The project is a joint effort of the Centre for Economic Strategy, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, and the NGO Technologies of Progress. All project participants are members of the RISE coalition.