PIM Reform was presented to the Regional Administrations and Communities of Southern Ukraine

An event was held in Mykolaiv, bringing together representatives from communities and regional administrations in the Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions to present the implementation of the Public Investment Management (PIM) reform in Ukraine.

The presentation continued a series of events aimed at strengthening local capacities and helping communities better adapt to changes in public investment management.

Over 450 participants took part in the event, including representatives of the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories and of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, communities from the Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions, the DREAM Project Office, civil society, experts, and international partners.



During the event, discussions were held on the institutional framework for the reform, strategic and medium-term planning, the structure of public investment projects and programs, and the development of project pipelines.

Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, Oleksii Riabikin, in his address to participants, emphasized the importance of the reform in the context of both Ukraine’s European integration and the EU cohesion policy, which aims to ensure balanced development across all territories. This is particularly important given the country’s limited financial resources and the critical need to attract international funding.

The reform opens the way to both domestic resources and international funds. To achieve this, we need to link strategy to the resources available. The strategy must be a living document. Our task is to explain to communities the opportunities the reform offers for attracting international funding for their development. Together with the DREAM Project Office, we are ready to provide comprehensive support to communities to help them develop high-quality investment products, - said Oleksii Riabikin.



Ana Lukatela, Head of Area-Based Recovery at UNDP in Ukraine, emphasized the crucial importance of quality planning in attracting international investment. She also stressed that validated data and clear, transparent prioritization have a significant influence on funding decisions. Communities must clearly understand which projects are priorities for implementation and be able to prepare and present them effectively to potential investors.


Vitalii Kim, Head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration, shared his experience of systematic cooperation with the Danish government, which is financing many infrastructure projects in the city and region. He emphasized the importance of developing strategies and plans to enable more facilities to be restored, modernized, or constructed for the benefit of the people. 


Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, noted that the Kherson region requires significant resources to restore its damaged infrastructure, making the possibility of attracting funding to meet these needs extremely important.



Particular attention was given to the first-ever Medium-Term Plan for Priority Public Investments (MTPI), which was developed using the DREAM public investment management system.

The MTPI is now publicly available on the DREAM portal: https://dream.gov.ua/ua/mtp

Victor Nestulia, Head of the DREAM Project Office, explained the overall logic of the reform, focusing on the formation of sectoral portfolios and the Public Investment Programs (PIP) at the regional and local levels.

The Medium-Term Plan is a practical tool for demonstrating priorities to the international community, which is why it is vital to dedicate maximum effort to its preparation.

- The global goal of the PIM reform is to harmonize fragmented procedures for the use of public funds and create a unified database for all investment projects and programs. Establishing a standardized procedure aligned with international standards will give communities access to European structural funds. In this way, the PIM reform lays the groundwork for billions in international investments. Digital tools make this work easier — in particular, DREAM serves as an assistant to the reform, providing support and guidance at all stages of its implementation, - said Viktor Nestulia.



Yana Krasnopolska, Training Manager at DREAM Academy, informed participants about the development of the institutional framework for the reform and detailed the methodology for creating PIPs and programs.

Oleksandr Matsapura, Head of the Partner and User Relations Department at the DREAM Project Office, spoke about efforts to strengthen local capacities, including the work of the interagency Project Preparation Unit (PPU) and expert-consultation support (PPF).


Project Manager Anastasiia Prokhorova highlighted the stages of preparing the MTPI and its alignment with the community or regional development strategy.



To gather feedback on awareness of the PIM reform and collect suggestions for improving related processes, participants are encouraged to complete a survey: https://forms.gle/x3Ga7QdaKV1C77Pd7

A general overview of the reform is available here: https://bit.ly/46auV5p

The event was held jointly by the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, the DREAM Project Office, and Open Contracting Partnership with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine as part of UNDP’s flagship partnership with the European Union “EU4Recovery — Empowering Communities in Ukraine”, as well as the “Support to Inclusive Recovery for Resilience and Human Security in Ukraine” project funded by the Government of Japan.