Over 300 People Attended PPF4Ukraine Launch Event in Kyiv

Representatives from the MinDev, including Ms Alona Shkrum, First Deputy Minister, and Ms Maryna Denysiuk, Deputy Minister, the Swiss Government, including Mr Jean-Luc Bernasconi, Head of International Cooperation at the Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine, and Mr Giroud Silvio, Programme Manager, SECO Economic Cooperation and Development, and Ukrainian municipalities, including Mr Yevhen Udod, First Deputy Mayor, Krivyi Rih, and Mr Vladyslav Skalskyy, Deputy Mayor, Vinnytsia, warmly welcomed the PPF4Ukraine. Furthermore, they emphasized the need for cooperation and open dialogue among stakeholders to ensure that the facility will produce concrete results.

Mario Ortner, Team Leader, Implementing Agency, presented the PPF4Ukraine, its organizational set-up, objectives, operational model, progress to date and next steps.

Swiss industry representatives, including Ms Anthenien Doris, Country Desk Manager Ukraine, Swissmem, Mr Bekim Tahiri, Global Sales Executive, Hitachi, Mr Hartmann Peter, CEO, HFS, Mr Antonio Hernández, Sales Director, Mecana, and Mr Finn Wirth, Lead Technical Affairs, Swissrail, presented Swiss technologies relevant to the reconstruction of Ukraine.

The event was moderated by Mr Jesper Karup Pedersen, Technical Director at Implementing Agency.

Other Ukrainian ministries than MinDev, other municipalities than Kryvyi Rih and Vinnytsia and many International Financial Institutions and donors were represented, as well.

All participants were eager to make PPF4Ukraine a success, benefiting the Ukrainian municipalities in which it operates and serving as a source of inspiration for all involved in Ukraine’s reconstruction.

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