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“Turning Subsidies into Investments – Climate Financing in Ukraine”

The economy of Ukraine is characterized as very energy intensive. Furthermore, the district heating infrastructure and residential building sector consumes great amounts of natural gas for heating purposes due to a significant lack of energy efficiency standards. The resulting high level of energy consumption results in economic and social problems. Natural gas primarily has to be imported and is currently highly subsidized by the Ukrainian government.

'Speciality foods cluster' in Anatolia

The operation 'Activation of "Speciality foods cluster" in the south-eastern Anatolia Region' will contribute to progress on increasing the competitiveness of the south-eastern Anatolia Region in national and international markets.

The project will facilitate activation of a speciality food products cluster in the south-eastern Anatolia Region (GSFC).

In due course, the project, at hand, includes activities geared towards development of a portfolio of speciality food products, activation of the cluster and ensuring sustainability of the cluster initiative.

Capacity Development for Climate Policy in the Western Balkan region, CEE and Central Asia

Promoting energy efficiency and reducing the demand for gas imports has become a key priority of the government of Ukraine. In the past months, BMUB and the Ukrainian Ministry of Regional Development have jointly developed a concept, called “Turning Subsidies into Investments” (S2I), with the aim to address structural investment barriers for scaling up energy efficiency and reducing gas consumption in buildings and the municipal heating infrastructure and thereby to tackle the huge investment lags (est. 40 bn.

Deposit Guarantee Fund

The Deposit Guarantee Fund (“DGF” or the “Fund”) in Ukraine faces a number of operational challenges as a result of the deepening economic crisis as well as continuously changing legal environment resulting in the Fund’s expanding mandate.

Deutsch-ukrainischen Agrardemonstrations und Fortbildungszentrums (ADFZ)

Dem landwirtschaftlichen Sektor kommt innerhalb der Volkswirtschaft der Ukraine traditionell eine besondere Bedeutung zu. Mehr als 70% der Landfläche werden als landwirtschaftlich nutzbar klassifiziert, bis zu 20% der arbeitsfähigen Bevölkerung ist im Agrarsektor beschäftigt, der Beitrag zum BIP beträgt ca. 12 % und zum Außenhandel über 30%. Auch wenn sich wesentliche Parameter des landwirtschaftlichen Sektors seit 2004 kontinuierlich verbessern, so wurde in keinem Jahr bis 2015 das Produktionsniveau von 1990 erreicht.

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