Ukraine and Japan have signed an agreement for a grant that officially allows the commencement of the fourth phase of the country’s Emergency Recovery Program.
This is reported by Business • Media
The Ministry of Development of Ukraine noted that the program is being implemented in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Three phases have already been completed, which helped address needs in the areas of energy, transport, agriculture, healthcare, education, waste management, drainage, water supply, and humanitarian demining.
“This is a program that the Ministry of Development is implementing together with JICA,” the ministry’s statement said.
Olexiy Kuleba, the Minister of Restoration, emphasized that since the beginning of the full-scale war, Japan has provided Ukraine with $12 billion in humanitarian and financial assistance.
“We have implemented joint projects totaling approximately $700 million,” he added.
The new grant funds will be directed towards humanitarian demining, energy projects, water supply, and infrastructure restoration.
The Recovery Agency reported that the main reconstruction work in five settlements within the experimental project is planned to be completed by the end of the year. Among these settlements are Borodyanka (Kyiv region), Trostianets (Sumy region), Tsyrkuny (Kharkiv region), Posad-Pokrovske (Kherson region), and Yahidne (Chernihiv region). To finance this project, the government allocated ₴5.2 billion.