Business Dimension

Ahead of URC 2026, BDO in Ukraine and the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers of Poland (ZPP) will host a focused Business Breakfast dedicated to Ukraine’s ICT/TMT investment potential, financing opportunities and strategic partnerships. The Business Breakfast will bring together investors, financial institutions, strategic corporate partners, technology companies, telecom and digital infrastructure players, project sponsors and institutional stakeholders. The event will combine sector analysis, selected investor-ready project presentations, M&A and investment perspectives, financing and bankability insights, Polish-Ukrainian business cooperation, EU market-access discussion and targeted networking.

Rural Women Business Network, Cooperative Academy (Ukraine), Socodevi (Canada), Minderoo Foundation (Australia), Cooperatives Europe (Belgium) and the Polish National Cooperative Council (KRS, Poland), Legacoop (Italy) will develop the cooperation to draw from experiences across Europe, it will showcase cooperatives as tools to innovatively and sustainably rebuild the Ukraine agri-food and energy sectors, ensuring a people-centred reconstruction process while mobilizing key actors and international players for common actions.

This half-day event is intended for knowledge sharing about the successful reconstruction projects and exploration of key mechanisms and tools supporting Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction.

The programme will feature insightful sessions covering executing past and future reconstruction projects and available investment support mechanisms in the areas of: energy, infrastructure, digital / AI solutions and EU integration.

Ukrainian biomethane is becoming a strategic field for recovery, export-oriented investment and European-Ukrainian business cooperation. The event will focus on market access, regulatory and financial conditions, and practical ways to connect Ukrainian biomethane producers with European partners. As a practical step, UkraineInvest and Die Gas- und Wasserstoffwirtschaft (GWW) plan to sign an MoU on establishing a cross-border platform for biomethane cooperation.

The event is organized by the Economic Security Council of Ukraine in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and in coordination with the Trusted Tech Caucus in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The discussion will focus on how Ukraine can strengthen its digital sovereignty during the reconstruction process while remaining open to reliable international technology partnerships, investment, and secure integration into the global digital infrastructure. Special attention will be given to the role of cloud technologies and the international IT sector in ensuring economic resilience, overcoming regulatory barriers, and developing practical approaches to legislation in this area.

The meeting will focus on the role of public procurement in Ukraine’s reconstruction. CES and PEI experts will present Ukrainian experiences with public procurement under wartime conditions, including insights from Prozorro data and the impact of public investment management reform. The Polish experience will also be presented, covering competition, SME participation, and the public procurement market in an EU Member State, alongside a brief comparative analysis of Prozorro and TED data. The expert presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion with experts and guests from local authorities, international financial institutions, NGOs, public authorities, and business organizations.

Ukraine’s recovery depends not only on mobilizing financial resources, but on creating a secure, predictable, and trustworthy investment environment. In conditions of heightened geopolitical risk and accelerated reconstruction, economic security has become an integral component of the investment climate. For both domestic and international investors, particularly the private sector, trust functions as critical infrastructure and as essential as physical assets or financial instruments. Trust in institutions, in the rule of law, and in transparent market rules determines whether capital supports long term, productive recovery or remains cautious and short-term. This side event positions economic security, including investment screening, countering corrosive capital, and safeguarding critical sectors as a precondition for sustainable investment, rather than a barrier to openness. The discussion will highlight how well-designed security and governance frameworks can reduce risk, enhance investor confidence, and strengthen Ukraine’s attractiveness as a recovery destination.

Rebuilding Ukraine’s economy requires strong partnerships, informed investment decisions, and close cooperation between governments and the private sector. Bringing together high-level representatives from Germany, Ukraine, and Poland, this Side Event offers practical business insights, explores the potential of trilateral cooperation, and provides a unique platform for networking and forging new partnerships ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference.

This round table aims to bridge the key gap in Ukraine’s decentralised energy sector: the lack of investment-ready projects despite strong investor interest. Bringing together investors, financial institutions, donors, technical partners, and Ukrainian municipalities, the event will present a practical project development and financing model that supports communities from initial planning to implementation.

Building Resilient Communities: Security, Infrastructure and Recovery Innovations will bring together representatives of governments, municipalities, international organisations, financial institutions, donors, and business leaders from Ukraine, Poland, and across Europe to discuss practical solutions for resilient recovery and reconstruction. The event will formally launch the Resilient Communities Solidarity Coalition, a business-led platform supporting sustainable reconstruction, and expand the FinanceHER initiative, strengthening access to finance and investment opportunities for women-led businesses participating in Ukraine’s recovery. The discussion will focus on public-private partnerships, infrastructure resilience, local economic development, and EU-Ukraine cooperation.

“Investing in Ukraine at Scale: The Private Capital Equation for Ukraine” is an exclusive half-day side event co-hosted by KPMG and Horizon Capital, bringing together private equity investors, IFIs and DFIs, corporates, advisors, and high-level representatives from the public and private sectors. The event will move beyond high-level narratives and focus on the practical realities of deploying capital in Ukraine today, including deal execution, risk mitigation, capital sequencing, war-risk insurance, long-term financing, and realistic growth pathways. Its purpose is to explore how private capital can be structured, de-risked, and scaled to support Ukraine’s reconstruction, resilience, and sustainable growth despite wartime conditions.

This URC side event targets private companies from the EU with a concrete project or investment idea in Ukraine for which they are seeking financing, de-risking or investor support. It will kick off with an information session on relevant financing and de-risking options, EU support frameworks, Ukraine’s investment incentives and investor support services. Financing and de-risking partners will include IFIs, national development finance institutions, export credit agencies providing investment insurance or relevant risk-mitigation products, and equity fund managers actively offering instruments for private sector investment in Ukraine. Participants will then move to structured one-to-one consultations / targeted networking, enabling companies to talk directly to relevant partners and experts.

Experience a powerful excerpt from Crane’s Call and join InterJust, Center for Civil Liberties, and Save Ukraine for a compelling discussion on how justice and accountability are shaping Ukraine’s recovery —and why they matter for long-term stability and investment confidence at a pivotal moment for the country.

The forum's key objective is to shift the focus from simple "reconstruction" to unlocking profitable, sustainable, and eco-friendly investment opportunities that seamlessly integrate Ukraine into the EU bioeconomy.

To explore how Ukraine’s recovery can become a driver of green growth for the future enlarged EU economy by mobilising Ukrainian agriculture, biomass potential, carbon farming, bioenergy production and green industrial clusters. The forum will present practical business cases showing how Ukrainian companies are already investing in green transformation and developing scalable solutions. It will demonstrate how Ukraine can contribute to Europe’s bioeconomy, decarbonisation, energy resilience and industrial competitiveness – from carbon certificates and climate-smart agriculture to biofuels and circular production clusters – while creating new opportunities for European investors, technology providers and financial institutions.

The G7+ Ukraine Energy Coordination Group is a mechanism for coordinating international assistance to Ukraine’s energy sector in response to systematic Russian attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. Its objective is to align equipment, financial, and technical support, ensure the short-term stabilization of the energy system, and, in the long term, support the resilient reconstruction of the energy sector.

This official URC 2026 side event will bring together leading representatives from international financial institutions, development finance institutions, renewable energy developers, insurance, brokers and legal advisers with direct project and transaction experience to explore how renewable energy projects can be successfully structured, financed and delivered in Ukraine during wartime.

Through a practical, solutions-oriented discussion focused on risk mitigation, offtake arrangements, insurance availability and the mobilisation of public and private capital, the session will draw on real deal experience — including how projects are structured, risk is allocated and contractual frameworks are made bankable - to examine the conditions required to advance recovery investments and implementation-focused partnerships.

By bringing together commercial, financial, insurance and legal structuring expertise, the event will connect policy objectives with transaction reality, contributing to the URC 2026 agenda of accelerating investment, strengthening regional cooperation, and translating recovery ambition into investable, executable projects.

This event is aimed to be an informal high-level networking evening, bringing together European Commission, Ukrainian, Polish, and international business leaders, investors, and financial institutions interested in Ukraine’s reconstruction. It will facilitate an insightful dialogue among public institutions, financial institutions, insurers, and private investors on practical mechanisms to attract and de-risk investment into Ukraine’s recovery.

Ukraine’s recovery requires not only funding and political will, but also robust delivery systems that safeguard funds, build trust, and ensure confidence among stakeholders. As reconstruction scales, integrity risks in areas such as private investments, procurement, project implementation, and oversight become increasingly significant. This event addresses these challenges by presenting a practical framework and operational tool that translate integrity principles into actionable guidance for public authorities, donors, and private sector actors.

The networking reception will provide an opportunity for BAC members, government representatives from Ukraine, Poland and other partner countries, as well as business and financial sector stakeholders, to strengthen professional relationships, exchange expertise, and discuss practical solutions for overcoming barriers to investment. The event will facilitate dialogue on the challenges affecting the investment environment and explore ways to enhance investor confidence and participation in Ukraine’s reconstruction process. By creating a dedicated space for informal yet substantive discussions between public and private sector representatives, the event aims to foster partnerships, generate new business connections, strengthen public-private cooperation, and contribute to the development of actionable recommendations supporting sustainable economic recovery and growth in Ukraine.

This event marks the official signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding for green energy infrastructure projects with the city of Ternopil. The strategic partnership is driven by an international consortium consisting of Wilms Industries, Solaryna, and Nowak-Solar. The agreement will be officially signed and represented by Dr. Wilhelm Hegenbart to boost local energy resilience and recovery.