The European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine endorsed recommendations for a decentralised recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine and handed them to the co-hosts of the URC2024. The set of recommendations, which was drafted together by EU and Ukrainians regions and cities and their associations as well as by the Congress of Council of Europe was presented at the European Summit of Regions and Cities to then Ukraine's deputy minister for communities, territories and infrastructure, Oleksandra Azarkhina, and to Georg Milbradt, Germany's special envoy to Ukraine for decentralisation, representing Svenja Schulze, Germany's minister for economic Cooperation and development.
We have come together – with governments, international organisations, financial institutions, businesses, regions, municipalities and civil society – united by a shared commitment to strengthen the resilience of Ukraine for as long as needed. With over 3.400 participants representing the various stakeholder groups, we demonstrated our strong engagement for Ukraine’s future at the URC2024.