First Stakeholder Forum of the Green Recovery Platform for Ukraine

On April 7, 2025, the First Stakeholder Forum of the Green Recovery Platform for Ukraine took place in Kyiv.

The Green Recovery Platform for Ukraine is an international initiative, supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, that brings together the Government of Ukraine, international organizations, and development partners to coordinate the country’s post-war green reconstruction and promote reforms in policies, legislation, and financial systems for a sustainable and climate-resilient recovery.

Its mission is to mobilize expertise and financial resources for a science-based, net-zero, and well-coordinated recovery that aligns with international standards of sustainable development and ensures the effective use of global assistance.

The Forum gathered diplomats, government representatives, and experts from various international organizations. Among the keynote speakers were:

• Ms. Eva Kracht, Director-General for International and European Policy at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

• Ms. Kerstin Stendahl, Special Envoy on Environmental Security, Ministry of the Environment of Finland; Special Representative of the OSCE Chairpersonship-in-Office

• Mr. Carlo Formosa, Ambassador of Italy to Ukraine

• Mr. Pier Carlo Sandei, Senior Programme Specialist at UNEP

• Ms. Svitlana Grynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

• Mr. Oleg Bondarenko, Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

• Mr. Kevin Tomlinson, Operations Manager for Eastern Europe at the World Bankand others.

Participants discussed the opportunities and barriers to implementing the Green Recovery Platform, efforts to restore biodiversity, the need for economic and financial reforms for sustainable recovery, and ensuring a safe environment for the health and well-being of the Ukrainian people.

As part of the event, INPOLIT, together with UNEP, organized an exhibition of the top 50 drawings from the 2024 national children’s art competition “Green Recovery of Ukraine: Children’s Perspective.” The exhibition offered a powerful and symbolic reminder that Ukraine’s green future is already being shaped — through the vision and hope of its youngest citizens.