The submission period for proposals 24th of September till 30th of September 2024 (2 p.m. EEST time zone)For effective operation of the Project Delivery team in supporting users of the DREAM system, including communities, international partners, and governing bodies the Project Office is looking to implement the best CRM solution for its needs. The CRM will streamline user interactions, manage inquiries, and enhance the overall experience with the DREAM system, ensuring efficient communication, coordinated support, and a structured approach to managing user needs and feedback. This system will allow for the effective management of user data, tracking of interactions, and automation of routine tasks, thereby contributing to improved user satisfaction and more effective project delivery.ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONSTimeline:<ul><li>Launch of CRM in Pilot Mode: By October 20, 2024.</li><li>Finalization of CRM Based on Pilot Feedback: By November 15, 2024.</li><li>Full Launch of the Product Ecosystem as Described in the Technical Specification: By November 30, 2024.</li></ul>All the requirements and application process via the link: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://bit.ly/3U45Rq7">https://bit.ly/3U45Rq7</a> &nbsp;

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DREAM announces a tender for the purchase of CRM implementation services

Representatives of Kyiv region communities and municipalities, international organizations, businesses, and the region's IT community discussed the potential of digital restoration tools and the effectiveness of implementing IT solutions for restoration and development. At the first TechnoForum in the BIG region (Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel) of Kyiv region, which took place in Bucha on October 2 and gathered 118 participants, the DREAM Project Office team presented the ecosystem's opportunities to project initiators and international partners in Ukraine's restoration. <img alt="DSC_6061.jpg" src="https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/DSC_6061_2b7a9a1356.jpg" srcset="https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/thumbnail_DSC_6061_2b7a9a1356.jpg 237w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/small_DSC_6061_2b7a9a1356.jpg 500w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/medium_DSC_6061_2b7a9a1356.jpg 750w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/large_DSC_6061_2b7a9a1356.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"> In particular, Viktor Nestulia, Head of the Project Office, noted that the primary goal of DREAM is to create a "single window" for planning, developing, and managing restoration and modernization projects to ensure transparency and accountability of their implementation at all stages through integration with government IT systems and services and to effectively cooperate with stakeholders, international partners, and project initiators. Viktor Nestulia emphasized that DREAM helps analyze the need, better plan restoration, create projects, and present them to the world—both at the community level and based on strategic decisions at the national level. <img alt="DSC_6049.jpg" src="https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/DSC_6049_506b03c324.jpg" srcset="https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/thumbnail_DSC_6049_506b03c324.jpg 230w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/small_DSC_6049_506b03c324.jpg 500w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/medium_DSC_6049_506b03c324.jpg 750w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/large_DSC_6049_506b03c324.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"> He added that the ecosystem builds international partners' trust in Ukraine's restoration process. The governments of Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Switzerland, as well as international financial organizations, including the European Investment Bank and charitable organizations, are among the donors already cooperating with DREAM and financing restoration projects. For his part, Denys Ivanov, Head of Implementation, DREAM Project Office, spoke about the results of the distribution of state subvention for the arrangement of shelters and food blocks in educational institutions using the ecosystem. He noted that those communities with experience with DREAM and trained to work with the system had a particular advantage and could apply for subventions more efficiently and quickly. <img alt="DSC_6075.jpg" src="https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/DSC_6075_23764dbb02.jpg" srcset="https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/thumbnail_DSC_6075_23764dbb02.jpg 227w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/small_DSC_6075_23764dbb02.jpg 500w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/medium_DSC_6075_23764dbb02.jpg 750w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/large_DSC_6075_23764dbb02.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"> Today, the ecosystem contains more than 7,800 projects worth UAH 426.39 billion from more than 1,200 communities, 24 regional administrations, 17 ministries, the Agency for Restoration and its regional services, etc. In particular, all 69 communities of the Kyiv region work with DREAM, with 1480 projects and a total budget of UAH 85.73 billion. At the same time, 95 projects in the Kyiv region have already been fully funded, and another 286 have received partial funding from both state and local budgets and through the support of international partners. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) supports the region's education projects. According to Volodymyr Strokan, KfW, UNICEF project coordinator, one condition for the fund's support for the restoration project is it is added to the DREAM ecosystem. <img alt="DSC_6050.jpg" src="https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/DSC_6050_fc358016cb.jpg" srcset="https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/thumbnail_DSC_6050_fc358016cb.jpg 213w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/small_DSC_6050_fc358016cb.jpg 500w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/medium_DSC_6050_fc358016cb.jpg 750w, https://cms.dream.gov.ua/uploads/large_DSC_6050_fc358016cb.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"> - DREAM allows us to understand the scale and directions of restoration in Ukraine. It is also an essential tool for monitoring the project implementation process to understand how our investments work. Among other things, we control co-financing, and it is an opportunity for us to understand the state's priorities and business in the restoration, - said Volodymyr Strokan. &nbsp;

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TechnoForum in Kyiv region: DREAM helps communities implement restoration projects and attract funding

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Zhytomyr community has received more than 16 thousand internally displaced persons. Both small and large businesses were relocated here. Supporting entrepreneurs during the war is vital to preserving business, jobs, and economic recovery in Ukraine. That is why the Entrepreneurship Labs project was initiated in Zhytomyr, which aims to create a sustainable ecosystem for industrial support and development and help micro and small businesses scale up.&nbsp; The project envisages arranging a production workshop for single-series and small-scale processing of wood, metal, polymers, composites, etc., and a coworking space for 24 people, which will be used jointly by workshop residents and relocated businesses. The workshop is planned to be free for visitors, and it will help microenterprises or self-employed individuals gain access to modern production infrastructure to develop a prototype of their product or start small-scale production.&nbsp; <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rzgwFLsf5yc?si=sPr1E3D6xsPRMVOA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> The Entrepreneurship Lab project was among 12 winners of the grant competition for infrastructure rehabilitation under the Support for Rapid Economic Recovery of Ukrainian Municipalities (SRER) project implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine. - Before making the project application, we previously held additional consultations and meetings with, among others, businesses located in Zhytomyr and studied their need for production equipment to scale or resume their business activities in the city of Zhytomyr,- said Borys Pakholiuk, director of the City Development Agency of the Zhytomyr City Council. As of September 2024, work has begun on reсonstructing and repairing two premises allocated for the project. The project has been added to the DREAM ecosystem - https://bit.ly/3BaDNdY Its total budget is UAH 22.3 million. The DREAM ecosystem allows you to be more media and publicly visible on the all-Ukrainian map of restoration projects, showcase yourself, and talk about your project and its implementation progress. This platform is used by international partners, and it is important for them to see that the projects they support are being actively implemented and progressing, added Borys Pakholyuk. The opening of the Entrepreneurship Lab in Zhytomyr is scheduled for March 2025. According to the DREAM analytics module (https://bi.dream.gov.ua/), 186 projects from the Zhytomyr region with a total budget of UAH 1.47 billion have been added to the ecosystem.&nbsp; The DREAM Project Office created the material within the GIZ Ukraine Sustainable Society Cluster framework, funded by the German Government and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

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Projects in DREAM: Entrepreneurship Laboratory in Zhytomyr

Children in Borodyanka, Ukraine, welcomed the end of summer and Ukraine's Independence Day in a newly built kindergarten. The project to equip the kindergarten, which will welcome around 120 children, was implemented by the Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) and financed by Lithuania and Taiwan, which contributed €500,000 to the project. According to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, around 3000 schools and kindergartens in Ukraine have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the war. The kindergarten “Pinocchio” is one of three kindergartens in Borodyanka that were destroyed by Russian attacks.&nbsp; According to the kindergarten’s director Iryna Nosova, the kindergarten was the one that was damaged by Russian attacks in the beginning of March, 2022. It was covered in smoke, and dust, the windows were broken, the trees were uprooted and everything inside, like toys, furniture and doors were shattered and mixed with glass – no one could attend the premises. “We had to operate in another kindergarten where we could only accommodate four groups. Parents were calling us, but we had to turn them down, especially those with very young children, because we had neither the space nor the equipment to accommodate them. Parents were eagerly waiting for our kindergarten to reopen, as some had attended it themselves as children. They even register newborns to eventually attend this kindergarten. When I posted a small announcement on social media that the kindergarten was reopening, many couldn’t believe that it was actually true. The news is spreading through the town by word of mouth,“ said I. Nosova. The opening ceremony of the kindergarten, which took place on Ukraine's Independence Day, was attended by the local community, the children and their parents, Ukrainian government officials and Lithuania’s vice-minister of Foreign Affairs Simonas Šatūnas. "The rebuilt kindergarten is further proof that Ukraine is moving firmly into the future. I am pleased that Ukraine has so many different partners helping it on this path. We will continue to do our utmost to ensure that children grow up and live in a free and secure Ukraine," said S. Šatūnas.&nbsp; &nbsp;The project also included the improvement of the kindergarten's outdoor environment, the construction of playgrounds with paths and pergolas, and the provision of all the necessary furniture and equipment, such as tables, gym furniture, kitchen and gym equipment, as well as play areas. The kindergarten is now ready for the in-person educational process and the staff and pupils have returned to the kindergarten, where they will continue their education in the Borodyanka School “Lithuanian-Ukrainian Lyceum No. 1.”, which was also renovated using funds allocated by Lithuania. According to Artūras Žarnovskis, head of the “Co-Create Future of Ukraine” programme, life in Ukraine has not come to a stop even in the face of war. For this reason, while children seeking education in Ukraine face particularly dire situations, it is important to make every effort to ensure that they also have the opportunity to experience as normal a childhood as possible - to attend kindergartens and schools where they not only learn, but also socialise and foster relationships with their peers. A. Žarnovskis continued that the kindergarten is not only a building but also a symbol of hope, the country's investment in a bright future. “Education is the foundation of a strong, resilient state - the fact that a country that’s constantly under attack is rebuilding kindergartens demonstrates its determination and faith in victory because Ukraine's reconstruction after the victory will also depend on the new generation. Education is one of our top priorities in the context of Ukraine's recovery projects - we have previously rebuilt a kindergarten with a shelter in Irpin, we are now implementing a new programme of building five shelters next to schools near the frontline, and we are selecting the winner of the international architectural competition "Future School for Ukraine", whose adaptive technical design will be available to the Ukrainian authorities and other international partners involved in reconstruction processes in the country. We are happy that our efforts are turning into real results - the children of Borodyanka will be able to attend kindergarten again," explained Artūras Žarnovskis. Lithuania finances reconstruction projects in Ukraine through the Fund for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid. Project profile in the DREAM ecosystem: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://bit.ly/3XjpgoY">bit.ly/3XjpgoY</a> Projects of the Government of Lithuania in DREAM: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://bit.ly/4e0ca5A">https://bit.ly/4e0ca5A</a> &nbsp;

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