IKI projects in Ukraine strengthen coordination and cooperation

On 25 May, a meet­ing of imple­menters of Inter­na­tion­al Cli­mate Ini­tia­tive (IKI) projects took place in Kyiv. The meet­ing brought togeth­er 28 par­tic­i­pants from IKI imple­ment­ing organ­i­sa­tions in Ukraine.

Through the IKI, Ger­many sup­ports Ukraine in advanc­ing cli­mate pol­i­cy and gov­er­nance, adapt­ing to cli­mate change, pro­tect­ing bio­di­ver­si­ty, devel­op­ing green finance, strength­en­ing ener­gy effi­cien­cy, and sup­port­ing the Euro­pean inte­gra­tion process in the field of cli­mate and bio­di­ver­si­ty.

The meet­ing served as a plat­form for exchang­ing expe­ri­ence, coor­di­nat­ing activ­i­ties, and strength­en­ing coop­er­a­tion among IKI projects in Ukraine. Par­tic­i­pants dis­cussed cur­rent areas of work, key chal­lenges, as well as oppor­tu­ni­ties for enhanc­ing the over­all impact of projects in the con­text of Ukraine’s green recov­ery and Euro­pean inte­gra­tion.

Par­tic­u­lar atten­tion was giv­en to the inter­ac­tion between projects, strength­en­ing syn­er­gies, and improv­ing coor­di­na­tion.

“Today, sup­port for Ukraine in the field of cli­mate and green recov­ery requires not only indi­vid­ual projects, but also strong coop­er­a­tion between them. The IKI Inter­face Ukraine project cre­ates a plat­form for coor­di­na­tion, knowl­edge exchange, and the devel­op­ment of joint solu­tions for all projects fund­ed by Ger­many through the IKI in Ukraine. This coop­er­a­tion helps strength­en the col­lec­tive impact of projects and more effec­tive­ly sup­port Ukraine on its path toward cli­mate and envi­ron­men­tal trans­for­ma­tion,” said Gabriel Sauer, Direc­tor of IKI Inter­face Ukraine project.

Such meet­ings cre­ate a space for struc­tured dia­logue between projects, enable bet­ter align­ment of approach­es, and help shape a shared vision for sup­port­ing Ukraine’s green recov­ery.

The IKI imple­men­tors meet­ing was organ­ised by the project “IKI Inter­face: Sup­port­ing Ukraine towards Ambi­tious and Inte­grat­ed Cli­mate Pol­i­cy (Green Ukraine)”, imple­ment­ed by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter­na­tionale Zusam­me­nar­beit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Ger­man Fed­er­al Min­istry for the Envi­ron­ment, Nature Con­ser­va­tion, Nuclear Safe­ty and Con­sumer Pro­tec­tion (BMUKN) under the Inter­na­tion­al Cli­mate Ini­tia­tive (IKI), in coop­er­a­tion with the Min­istry of Econ­o­my, Envi­ron­ment and Agri­cul­ture of Ukraine.