Investing in Ukraine’s reconstruction has several potential benefits.
Firstly, Ukraine is a large and strategically located country, with a population of over 40 million people. It is rich in natural resources, has a highly educated workforce, and a diverse economy with a significant potential for growth. Investing in Ukraine’s reconstruction could create new opportunities for businesses and investors in sectors such as agriculture, energy, and technology.
Secondly, Ukraine has faced significant economic and political challenges in recent years, including a conflict in the eastern regions and a difficult relationship with Russia. Investing in Ukraine’s reconstruction could help stabilize the country and promote peace and stability in the region.
Thirdly, Ukraine has made significant progress in implementing economic and governance reforms, which have been supported by the international community. Investing in Ukraine’s reconstruction could help reinforce these reforms and promote a more transparent and accountable business environment.
Finally, Ukraine is a member of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership program, which aims to promote economic and political ties between the EU and its eastern neighbors. Investing in Ukraine’s reconstruction could help strengthen these ties and promote regional integration.
Overall, investing in Ukraine’s reconstruction could bring significant economic and strategic benefits, while also promoting peace and stability in the region.
According to the Ministry of Restoration Ukraine has well a developed transportation and delivery infrastructure to move goods around the country. This makes Ukraine a very good country to invest and develop the business and manufacturing sectors.
Transport network of Ukraine includes:
- 22 th.km of railway routes;
- 170 th.km of automobile roads;
- 2,2 th.km domestic navigable waterways;
- 13 sea ports, 4 fishing ports and 11 river terminals;
- 21 airports (2 – public property, 14 – communal property, 5 – other forms of property).
Effective and steady development of all kinds of transport, adoption of high technologies and integration of national transport network of Ukraine into world network is impossible without promotion of investments and attraction of investors into the branch of transport.
The signature of Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement opened new strategic perspective and at the same time made it necessary to engage investments for integration of national transport system into the trans-European system.
Realization of Transport Strategy of Ukraine to 2020 will make it possible to create a good environment to provide investment attractiveness of transport sphere, develop a public-private partnership, and engage investors in improving condition of transport infrastructure of Ukraine.
Priority areas of infrastructure of Ukraine for investment
Railway
- Creation of network of interrelated logistic centers and multi-modal terminals in the greatest junction points, and checkpoints on the State Border of Ukraine and EU countries;
- Engineering, financing, renewal, usage while building new and reconstructing current railway gauges, stations, pedestrian bridges and tunnels, passenger platforms and other objects used for passenger service on public-private partnership conditions;
- Construction of high-speed railway corridors to increase economic efficacy of passenger transportation;
- Procurement of freight cars and usage of rolling stock.
Automobile roads
- Construction of new automobile roads through concession and mechanism of public-private partnership;
- Engineering, implementation and application of national transport model while planning and developing transport infrastructure strategy;
- Conduct of automobile roads with geo-information technologies.
Sea and river transport
- Development of new and dredging of current waterways and seaport waters to provide unimpeded passage of watercraft with big dead-weight;
- Engineering and usage of river terminals, flood-gates and dredging;
- Modernization and construction of port infrastructure objects on conditions of the long-term lease, concession, public-private partnership, joint operating agreements, other investment agreements;
- Engineering and adoption of energy-saving technology on sea transport, installation of facilities to produce alternative fuel;
- Navigational support of shipping on domestic waterways and operative technology communication.
Aviation
- Development of the system of current airports, runways on airports and their infrastructure;
- Transfer of possession and use of airport property on conditions of concession;
- Renewal of aircraft.
Main strategic purposes of development of infrastructure of Ukraine
- Creation of positive investment climate in Ukraine providing good conditions for attraction of transport sphere for investments;
- Providing development and effective operation of public-private partnership in the sphere of transport infrastructure of Ukraine;
- Attraction of investments on conditions of the long-term lease, concession and privatization;
- Transparent and open access for all subjects to objects of transport infrastructure without any discrimination;
- Modernization and renewal of rolling stock with help of finance lease and credit-export financing;
- Development of competition in the sphere of transport ;
- Implementation of effective control over state-owned assets in the sphere of transport infrastructure.