The Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine (MAPF) has joined the “Ukraine Recovery and Reform Architecture[1]” (URA) technical assistance programme, deployed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in partnership with the European Union, to support important recovery and reform processes. This was announced by Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Vitaliy Koval.
The Recovery and Reform Delivery Office (RDO) and the Recovery and Reform Support Teams (RSTs) are already operating within the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and six ministries.
This provides strong professional support for reforms and has already proven its effectiveness.
From now on, such a team will also work in the MAPF. Its task is to provide technical assistance in enhancing the capacity to develop and implement priority strategies and reform programmes, and formulate policies in priority areas, he emphasized.
The team's main activity will be to provide targeted expert support in the following areas:
- attracting investment in the agricultural sector;
- effective management of land and water resources;
- development of irrigation;
- sustainable development of food production.
- promoting agricultural trade;
- adaptation to climate change; and
- other.
RST will also support the Ministry of Agricultural Policy in the process of European integration. This will include assisting with preparations for Ukraine-EU bilateral meetings within the framework of the Association Agreement and the EU accession process.
We have high expectations for this partnership. I hope that the best experts in the agricultural sector will join the RST team. Follow the announcements about open positions — and join the change, the Minister says.
Ukraine Recovery and Reform Architecture (URA) is deployed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in partnership with the European Union, to support critical recovery and reform processes in Ukraine. URA is financed from the Ukraine Stabilisation and Sustainable Growth Multi-Donor Account (MDA) managed by the EBRD. Contributors to the MDA are Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union, the largest donor.
