Over 300 representatives from communities and regional military administrations (RMAs) of Volyn, Rivne, and Ternopil regions attended the presentation of the Public Investment Management (PIM) reform, held in Lutsk.
These meetings with communities across the country aim to strengthen their capacity to implement the PIM reform at local and regional levels.
Oleksii Riabykin, Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, emphasized in his address that the new approaches to managing public investments provide a clear understanding of needs and priorities both at the regional and sectoral levels.
The reform will enable access to financial resources for the balanced development of communities, regions, and the entire country. Thanks to systemic changes, Ukraine will be able to access funding from the European Structural Funds under the EU Cohesion Policy. The formation of project portfolios serves as an investment menu, providing international partners with a clear understanding of Ukraine's financial needs in line with its priorities, said Oleksii Riabykin.
Olena Ursu, Programme Expert at UNDP Ukraine, highlighted the role of the DREAM platform in facilitating practical cooperation with communities for implementing the reform.
During the presentation, participants received comprehensive information on each stage of the reform’s local implementation, including legislation regulating the reform and the creation of management structures at both regional and community levels.
Special attention was given to local and regional development strategies, the preparation of the Medium-Term Plan of Priority Public Investments (MIP), the methodology for developing public investment projects and programs, sectoral project pipelines, and the Single Project Pipeline (SPP). The principles and stages of preparing the MIP — the core of the reform — were discussed in detail.
The national MIP, developed using the DREAM public investment management system, was approved by the government in early July. It is available on the DREAM public portal at: https://dream.gov.ua/ua/mtp
Communities and RMAs have already begun establishing management structures and developing their own Medium-Term Plans in line with their respective development strategies. Victor Nestulia, Head of the DREAM Project Office, presented the logic behind the reform, the legislative framework, and outlined each stage of its implementation — from building institutional capacity to preparing the MIP and forming sectoral pipeline and SPPs at the regional and local levels.
Thanks to this new approach, we are introducing a unified model for project development, assessment, and prioritization. The DREAM ecosystem plays a key role here, enabling communities to manage their investment projects through a single digital window, said Victor Nestulia.
He also announced a series of practical training webinars to provide methodological support for project implementers in the procedures for forming and approving MIPs, as well as for developing projects and programs.
The DREAM team provided detailed information on strengthening institutional capacity at the local level, placing a special focus on the new project and program development methodology based on the Five Justifications Model.
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.
