Third Steering Committee Meeting

On 6 November 2023, the Third Steering Committee meeting of the Mykolaiv-Denmark Partnership took place in Mykolaiv. Denmark announced the second reconstruction package to be allocated to Ukraine since the launch of the Ukraine Fund in the spring of 2023. The new package is 40.2 Euro million worth.

With soon freezing temperatures in Ukraine, the challenge of providing heat to homes impacted by the war is increasingly urgent. The population prepares for a new Russian campaign of attacks targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the coming winter months.

Therefore, Denmark supports Ukraine with a EURO 40.2 million reconstruction package that, among other things, will provide 20 mobile heating boilers for the city of Mykolaiv and fund repairs to Mykolaiv’s existing central heating system.


On the photo from left to right: Mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych, Ambassador of Denmark Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, Head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Kim 

The Third Steering Committee meeting was led by Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Jørgensen and Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov, with participation of  Danish ambassador Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, Head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Kim, Mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych, and Head of Mykolaiv Regional Council Anton Tabunshchyk.

“I am pleased that Denmark can help make a difference for a people fighting a tough battle for their freedom,” said Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan Jørgensen.

Background: Reconstruction package II

In addition to support for heating in Ukraine, the EURO 40.2 million will go to:

· The European Investment Bank’s activities for critical social infrastructure in Ukraine.

· Support for Local Government Denmark to facilitate cooperation between Ukrainian and Danish municipalities, including between Aalborg and Mykolaiv Municipality.

· Danish civil society organisations’ work to strengthen Ukrainian civil society and early reconstruction of critical social infrastructure and civil institutions in Mykolaiv city and region.