Regional Spotlights
Updates on opportunities, events, programs, and stats by oblast/city; useful contacts and local deadlines.
URTF: how Ukraine's recovery financing works
The full-scale invasion has changed not only the scale of Ukraine’s needs, but also the logic of international financial assistance . Alongside humanitarian aid and classic grant programs, large-scale financial instruments have emerged that operate at the level of the state, entire economic sectors, and governance systems. One of the most important of these instruments is the Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund (URTF). URTF is not a call for proposals and not a one-off aid mechanism. It is a programmatic recovery fund through which donors finance the sectors that define Ukraine’s recovery trajectory: housing, energy, agriculture, transport, and logistics.
How communities can raise funds: challenges, trends, and practical steps
Ukrainian communities are increasingly engaging with grant funding; however, the key challenge is not access to opportunities, but the capacity to work with them in a systematic way. Experience shows that success in grants is determined by the presence of a prepared team, clear project logic, and continuous interaction with donors. That is why digital solutions that structure information about funding and simplify navigation through donor requirements are becoming an important part of community development infrastructure.