Minister Ruslan Strilets discussed this with Jürgen Raimund Keinhorst, a representative of the Bundesumweltministerium (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection).
The Head of the Ministry of Environment thanked the German Government and Steffi Lemke, the German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection, for URC2024 in Berlin and the initial financial support of 5 million euros for the International Action Platform.
At the meeting with Jürgen Raimund Keinhorst, they focused on discussing the priority steps for the operation of the Platform for the Green Recovery of Ukraine. Mr. Jürgen presented Germany’s proposals, clearly outlining the functions of the main parties involved.
According to Ruslan Strilets, the priority measures include support for Ukraine by organizations such as UNECE, OECD, and UNEP in areas such as industrial pollution prevention, environmental taxation reform, destruction waste management, biodiversity preservation, increasing resilience to climate change, sustainable wastewater management analysis in Ukraine, enhancing the capacity of local authorities in environmental assessment and monitoring, and analyzing the potential of green jobs for the reintegration of veterans and IDPs.
Ruslan Strilets noted, “I express my gratitude to the German Government and to my colleague Steffi Lemke for their systematic support. There is a lot of work ahead. We need to carefully work out all the details to ensure the Platform operates effectively for Ukraine’s recovery.”