Estonia can join the rehabilitation of the Ukrainian economy, war risk insurance and humanitarian demining, says Yuliia Svyrydenko
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine,
03 October 2023 11:34
https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/estoniia-mozhe-doluchytys-do-vidnovlennia-ukrainskoi-ekonomiky-strakhuvannia-voiennykh-ryzykiv-ta-do-humanitarnoho-rozminuvannia-iuliia-svyrydenko
Estonia is considering the possibility of implementing new projects to restore the destroyed infrastructure and is also looking for opportunities to expand economic cooperation with Ukraine. This was discussed during a meeting of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko with a delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsahkna.
“First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the outstanding level of support for Ukraine in providing military, financial and humanitarian aid. Thanks to the assistance of our partners, especially such good friends as Estonia, Ukraine demonstrates that it can maintain stability even in the face of total aggression.
Now the issues of economic recovery are of utmost importance to us. And we invite Estonian businesses to invest in Ukraine, including in logistics, energy, processing, and IT. To implement these plans, we need to introduce effective instruments of war risk insurance. And if Estonia, through its export credit agency KredEx, insures not only Estonian but also Ukrainian investments, we will thereby encourage the creation of many joint Ukrainian-Estonian enterprises. We don’t know how long the war will last, so we need to learn to fight, work and live all at once,” stressed Svyrydenko.
According to her, a special priority for the Ministry of Economy is now the humanitarian demining of Ukrainian lands. Currently, 174,000 square kilometers of Ukraine’s territory are potentially contaminated with explosives, including the temporarily occupied territories.
“Ukraine is now a large field for testing both military equipment and demining machines. And these areas are developing very quickly. For example, last year we did not have a single manufacturer of heavy demining machines. So we imported them from Croatia and Slovakia. And today we are already producing such machines in Ukraine. We are now trying to develop drones with a scanner that will help us identify plastic mines. If Estonian business is ready to join development of such solutions, we invite it to Ukraine,” assured Yuliia Svyrydenko.
The parties also discussed the possibility of involving Estonia in co-financing direct support programs for small and medium-sized businesses and a number of social projects.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
- Estonia began providing military assistance to our country before the start of russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine, which influenced the combat operations in the first weeks of the war. The Estonian government has contributed more than EUR 400 million in military aid, which is more than 1% of Estonia’s GDP. As of today, Estonia has already provided 16 military aid packages to Ukraine.
- Since the beginning of the russian aggression against Ukraine, Estonia has already provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 24.6 million, of which governmental aid is EUR 5.6 million and private aid is EUR 19.0 million.
- The Estonian side is rendering assistance in the post-war reconstruction of Zhytomyr region and focuses on two areas: repair and construction of public buildings and rehabilitation of affected women and children (in 2022, EUR 1.98 million were allocated for recovery purposes).
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Prime Minister: We are launching two more pilot projects for veterans and military personnel
Communications Department of the Secretariat of the CMU,
03 October 2023 14:21
https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/premier-ministr-zapuskaiemo-shche-dva-eksperymentalni-proekty-dlia-veteraniv-i-viiskovykh
The Government triggers two more pilot projects for veterans and military personnel. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced during a Government session on
October 3.
“The first one is the provision of a new comprehensive social service - resilience building. It includes a number of options. In particular, social and psychological assistance, formation and development of social skills and abilities, assistance in adaptation, etc. Every veteran, his or her family or a group of people will be eligible to receive the service,” noted Denys Shmyhal.
The second project is social support for military personnel and their families in military units.
“We are talking about psychosocial support to strengthen families, assistance in paperwork, assistance in communication with state and local authorities,” the Prime Minister noted and added that the projects would be coordinated by the Ministry of Social Policy, which would soon provide all the details of the projects.
The Head of Government emphasized that Ukraine was already radically changing its veteran policy, as it provided extensive economic opportunities for our defenders: business, work, retraining, adaptation, barrier-free access, housing for veterans, establishment of veteran development centers, and introduction of a veteran assistant.
According to the Prime Minister, people are currently being selected and trained to provide peer-to-peer support to veterans. The number of applicants exceeds the number of vacancies.
Government embarks on work on a single Reform Plan until 2027: Prime Minister
Communications Department of the Secretariat of the CMU,
03 October 2023 14:00
https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/uriad-rozpochav-robotu-nad-iedynym-planom-reform-do-2027-roku-premier-ministr
Partner initiatives and other proposals will be combined into a single roadmap for change. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a Government meeting on October 3.
“We embark on work on a single Reform Plan until 2027. The plan will cover all areas that affect state institutions, the economy and interaction with citizens,” said Denys Shmyhal.
According to the Prime Minister, Ukraine has a number of documents with reform proposals from our partners - from 7 EU recommendations to the list of IMF structural beacons. At the initiative of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Concept of Strengthening the Stability of Democracy was developed.
“This document was handed over by the President of Ukraine to the U.S. President during his visit to the United States. Now we are starting to work on creating a single document - a roadmap for reforms - based on the Concept of Strengthening the Stability of Democracy, taking into account the proposals of our partners,” the Head of Government noted.
According to the Prime Minister, the Reform Plan will become a part of the future Ukrainian Doctrine, the principles of which were outlined by the Head of State.
“The document should include important goals: the development of state institutions, the development of a competitive economy and the strengthening of interaction between the state, the business environment and civil society,” said Denys Shmyhal.
The Head of Government stressed that reforms will be the foundation of our victory and the key to successful recovery and growth.
THE CONCEPT OF STRENGTHENING THE STABILITY OF DEMOCRACY IN UKRAINE ( .pdf , 134.77 Кб )
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