Topics: Local economic development, sustainability, financing

Implementation period: 2023–2024

Client: Swedish Institute

Partners: Basin Water Resources Management Authority of the Western Bug and San Rivers, Association of Local Councils "Council of Lviv Region", Lviv City Council, Regional Development Center of the PPV Economic Development Agency.

More details: The analysis report describes 7 international programs for financing municipal initiatives in the water treatment and wastewater sector that can help improve environmental consumption and increase the efficiency of water treatment systems in Ukraine. Specifically, the report examines how these programs operate, their duration, project submission and selection stages, available funding volumes, and provides a set of recommendations for participation.

The research focuses on international programs from:

• European Investment Bank (EIB)

• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

• International Finance Corporation (IFC)

• Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) 

• Ukraine Partnership Facility (UPF)

• DANIDA – Danida Business Finance

• Finland–Ukraine Investment Facility (FUIF)
   

Authors of the analysis – PPV experts: Liuba Mocharska, Grant Manager and Yaryna Zayats, Policy Advisor. Reviewer: Volodymyr Vorobey, Director of the PPV Agency

The analysis report is available at the following link.

The document was prepared within the Clean Baltic Source project, funded by the Government of Sweden through the Swedish Institute. On the Ukrainian side, the project is implemented in partnership with the Regional Association of Local Councils "Council of Lviv Region", the Basin Water Resources Management Authority of the Western Bug and San Rivers, Lviv City Council, and the Regional Development Center of the PPV Economic Development Agency.