Pre-Conference: Skilled Workforce for Ukraine - Rebuilding Ukraine’s Human Capital
On 26 April 2024, the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze hosted the Rebuilding Ukrainian Human Capital conference as part of the URC 2024, organized in collaboration with the German Marshall Fund.
The conference aims to address the (re-) integration and qualification of returning refugees, internally displaced persons, and vulnerable groups, and will feature high-level participation from Ukrainian and international government representatives.
Pre-Conference Skills4Recovery - Qualified Workforce for Rebuilding of Ukraine
The Programme ‘Vocational Education in Ukraine/Skills4Recovery’ held a conference with the participation of representatives from the Government, VET institutions, civil society, international organisations, and business.
The conference, which took place on 26 March 2024 in Kyiv, aimed to highlight the challenge of a shortage of skilled workers in Ukraine and discuss potential ways in which this can be addressed.
The restoration of infrastructure, creation and safeguarding of housing, and sustainable urban development are crucial for future-oriented reconstruction.
To address these issues, the German Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building and the Ukrainian Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development organized a pre-conference for URC 2024 in Berlin on 7 March 2024. It was opened by the Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz, who underlined Germany’s strong support for Ukraine’s reconstruction: "Supporting Ukraine is a political priority for the German government. Even after the war, we will not leave the Ukrainians to rebuild on their own."
The conference aimed to bring together German and Ukrainian national and municipal partners to exchange ideas and develop joint messages for the URC 2024.
The Ukrainian-German Health Conference took place in Berlin on 1 and 2 February 2024 and stood under the patronage of the two First Ladies – Olena Zelenska (UKR) and Elke Büdenbender (GER).
It focused on mental health, psychosocial support, and rehabilitation for children, veterans, soldiers, and civilians and was organised by the German Platform for the Reconstruction of Ukraine. German Development Minister Svenja Schulze gave an impressive account of her personal experiences with refugees on the Romanian-Ukrainian border, underlining the importance of psychological support.
This support has been underlined by the Federal Minister of Health Prof Dr Karl Lauterbach and Ukrainian Minister of Health Dr Viktor Liashko, who signed a declaration on the expansion of cooperation in the healthcare sector and thus demonstrated the will of the governments to co-operate even more closely in the future.
From strategy to implementation – the Ukrainian mine action donor coordination workshop focused on the new Ukrainian strategy for humanitarian mine action and its implementation for protecting Ukrainian civilians and enabling the return of IDPs, economic recovery and reconstruction, resumption of agricultural activity and other sectors of employment, access to health and education services.
Setting up a sustainable mine action sector for a long-lasting positive impact on Ukrainian human capital is key. The workshop was co-organised by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the German Federal Foreign Office and the government of Canada.
Pre-Event: Building sustainable municipalities – what does it take?
What does it take to build sustainable local communities? On 8 March 2024, U-LEAD with Europe and the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure organised an event in Kyiv and online to discuss and answer this overarching question.
The target audience included practitioners and administrative leadership of municipalities and higher levels of government, civil society, and private sector actors. Discussions aimed to contribute to Dimension 3 ‘Municipalities and Regions’ of the URC 2024.
Ukrainian civil society plays an important role in reconstruction and recovery. To gather its expertise and feedback for the URC 2024, the Ukrainian State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Oleksandr Bankov...
and the German State Secretaries Dr Thomas Bagger (Foreign Office) and Jochen Flasbarth (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) consulted relevant actors of civil society during an outreach meeting in Kyiv on 14 February 2024. Further consultations will follow.
Pre-Conference: Skilled Workforce for Ukraine - Rebuilding Ukraine’s Human Capital
On 26 April 2024, the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze hosted the Rebuilding Ukrainian Human Capital conference as part of the URC 2024, organized in collaboration with the German Marshall Fund.
The conference aims to address the (re-) integration and qualification of returning refugees, internally displaced persons, and vulnerable groups, and will feature high-level participation from Ukrainian and international government representatives.
From strategy to implementation – the Ukrainian mine action donor coordination workshop focused on the new Ukrainian strategy for humanitarian mine action and its implementation for protecting Ukrainian civilians and enabling the return of IDPs, economic recovery and reconstruction, resumption of agricultural activity and other sectors of employment, access to health and education services.
Setting up a sustainable mine action sector for a long-lasting positive impact on Ukrainian human capital is key. The workshop was co-organised by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the German Federal Foreign Office and the government of Canada.
Pre-Conference Skills4Recovery - Qualified Workforce for Rebuilding of Ukraine
The Programme ‘Vocational Education in Ukraine/Skills4Recovery’ held a conference with the participation of representatives from the Government, VET institutions, civil society, international organisations, and business.
The conference, which took place on 26 March 2024 in Kyiv, aimed to highlight the challenge of a shortage of skilled workers in Ukraine and discuss potential ways in which this can be addressed.
Pre-Event: Building sustainable municipalities – what does it take?
What does it take to build sustainable local communities? On 8 March 2024, U-LEAD with Europe and the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure organised an event in Kyiv and online to discuss and answer this overarching question.
The target audience included practitioners and administrative leadership of municipalities and higher levels of government, civil society, and private sector actors. Discussions aimed to contribute to Dimension 3 ‘Municipalities and Regions’ of the URC 2024.
The restoration of infrastructure, creation and safeguarding of housing, and sustainable urban development are crucial for future-oriented reconstruction.
To address these issues, the German Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building and the Ukrainian Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development organized a pre-conference for URC 2024 in Berlin on 7 March 2024. It was opened by the Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz, who underlined Germany’s strong support for Ukraine’s reconstruction: "Supporting Ukraine is a political priority for the German government. Even after the war, we will not leave the Ukrainians to rebuild on their own."
The conference aimed to bring together German and Ukrainian national and municipal partners to exchange ideas and develop joint messages for the URC 2024.
Ukrainian civil society plays an important role in reconstruction and recovery. To gather its expertise and feedback for the URC 2024, the Ukrainian State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Oleksandr Bankov...
and the German State Secretaries Dr Thomas Bagger (Foreign Office) and Jochen Flasbarth (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) consulted relevant actors of civil society during an outreach meeting in Kyiv on 14 February 2024. Further consultations will follow.
The Ukrainian-German Health Conference took place in Berlin on 1 and 2 February 2024 and stood under the patronage of the two First Ladies – Olena Zelenska (UKR) and Elke Büdenbender (GER).
It focused on mental health, psychosocial support, and rehabilitation for children, veterans, soldiers, and civilians and was organised by the German Platform for the Reconstruction of Ukraine. German Development Minister Svenja Schulze gave an impressive account of her personal experiences with refugees on the Romanian-Ukrainian border, underlining the importance of psychological support.
This support has been underlined by the Federal Minister of Health Prof Dr Karl Lauterbach and Ukrainian Minister of Health Dr Viktor Liashko, who signed a declaration on the expansion of cooperation in the healthcare sector and thus demonstrated the will of the governments to co-operate even more closely in the future.
