U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink held a working meeting with Vice Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine, Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksiy Kuleba to discuss priority areas of cooperation and the need to accelerate the restoration of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
“We are actively preparing for the heating season and taking into account possible difficult scenarios for Ukrainian cities. Thanks to USAID support, Ukraine has already received 160 cogeneration units. In the coming years, we will focus on developing a distributed generation system and continue to build passive protection facilities for energy infrastructure,” emphasized Oleksiy Kuleba.
The Minister also announced that the policy of building social housing for internally displaced persons has been included in the competence of his department, which will help meet the needs of the most vulnerable segments of the population.
Ms. Brink confirmed that support for decentralization reform, the DREAM ecosystem, digitalization, as well as reducing corruption risks and developing internal control systems remain the main areas of bilateral cooperation.
The new head of the State Agency for Infrastructure Restoration and Development, Serhiy Sukhomlyn, outlined the agency’s key tasks, emphasizing the modernization of processes and strengthening organizational capacity. He also said that the agency is actively working on organizational transformation, creating a central procurement, audit, and project management team.
“Our priorities include the protection of energy facilities located near the combat zone, maintaining the proper state of transport infrastructure in the frontline regions, implementing a project to provide communities with solar panels and installing LED lighting,” said Sukhomlyn.
The parties also discussed the prospects for infrastructure development on the border with the EU, protection of energy facilities, attracting private investment for Ukrzaliznytsia and other strategic enterprises of Ukraine, and ensuring the stable operation of the Ukrainian sea corridor.
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