Second phase of EU4Recovery project provides EUR 50 million for community support until 2028: Ministry for Communities and Territories Development

The EU4Recovery – Empowering Communities in Ukraine project has announced the launch of a new phase of community support and the continuation of the initiative. The second phase of the project will mobilise EUR 50 million until 2028 and focuses on the long-term resilience of communities operating under heightened security risks, limited resources and significant pressure on infrastructure and services.

The funds will be directed towards strengthening the institutional capacity of local authorities in recovery, planning and delivery of basic services, investment in human capital and socio-economic recovery with a focus on veterans and internally displaced persons, as well as the development of civil society and support for social cohesion.

“We are grateful to the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme for their strategic partnership and consistent support of Ukraine. We highly value the results of the first phase of EU4Recovery, which focused on ensuring the continuity of basic services, enhancing community safety and supporting the most vulnerable population groups. It is therefore very important that the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development is moving forward with the joint implementation of the second phase,” emphasised Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba.

Deputy Minister for Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Riabykin took part in a meeting of the project’s Supervisory Board.

“The EU4Recovery project has become an example of genuine support for communities during wartime. For us it is essential that its instruments remain flexible, targeted and maximally oriented towards people’s real needs. Most importantly, thanks to joint efforts, positive changes are taking place in communities,” Oleksii Riabykin stressed.

The EU4Recovery project was launched in 2022 as a joint initiative of the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme in response to russia’s military aggression.

In 2022–2025, the first phase focused on ensuring the continuity of basic services, enhancing community safety and supporting the most vulnerable population groups. In the area of healthcare, the project strengthened the capacity of local services through staff training and equipment provision. In 2023–2025, 447 people underwent training in first aid and emergency response, of whom 389 drivers received certificates as emergency medical care specialists, and 58 medical workers – including 45 women – received certificates in basic first aid skills. Overall, 57 healthcare facilities in nine regions received comprehensive support – from equipment and consumables to the development of professional skills among staff. In the area of social services, a functional analysis was carried out in six regions covering 358 communities, and six regional programmes for the development of social services were developed. To improve access to services, communities received 39 specially equipped vehicles, and at least 1,200 social workers from 11 regions underwent thematic training.

In total, nearly 9,000 people in nine regions benefited from improved social care services, and 29 new mobile services began operating in participating communities. An important direction of the first phase was ensuring access to administrative services. By 2025, communities had received 12 mobile Administrative Service Centres (ASC) and 7 modular ASCs, enabling 17 communities to be covered by a network of service centres. During the project implementation period, administrative services were provided to 222,684 individuals, of whom 149,505 were women.

Separately, the project supported damage assessment and preparation for recovery by equipping mobile teams with four specially adapted vehicles and modern equipment for inspecting buildings and infrastructure. In total, damage assessments were conducted in 11 target communities, providing the basis for further planning of recovery solutions.