Today, November 18, at its regular meeting, the Government has approved a list of priority investment projects for the State for the period up to 2023. The list includes about 100 projects, inter alia in the following sectors: healthcare, energy, transport, cultural and tourism infrastructure, sports infrastructure, scientific and educational infrastructure, processing industry, waste management, environmental protection, and postal services.

"The formation of a unified List will allow the efficient use of state and business resources in order to achieve the best result, such as economic growth, investment flows, budget filling, job creation," said Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Ihor Petrashko.

Thus, about 600 proposals were received from central and local executive bodies, local governments, as well as state enterprises to add to this list. After their screening, taking into account the scale, impact on the socio-economic development of the country/region, the multiplier effect of implementation, the degree of development/implementation, the list includes about 100 investment projects.

Such projects can be implemented with the involvement of an investor, in particular on the terms of public-private partnership, international technical assistance or at the expense of credit funds as well as the budget funding.

The Government has made a decision to finalize its technical and legal planes within 3 days. Aftermath the list will be published on official resources.

Background

The list of priority investment projects for the State is formed to ensure the implementation of item 56 of the Action Plan for the implementation of the State Economic Stimulus Program to overcome the negative effects caused by the restrictive measures to prevent the occurrence and spread of acute respiratory disease COVID-19 caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2020 for 2020 - 2022, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 27.05.2020 № 534.