Ukraine
The current situation
Ukraine is one of the least developed countries in Europe and ranks last in the ranking of GDP per capita (ahead of Moldova and Kosovo in 2020). According to the 2020 Human Development Index, it ranked 74th out of 189 countries. In 2020, the Ukrainian economy was negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and GDP decreased by 3.9%. The most affected sectors include tourism and services, followed by energy, transport, etc. Unemployment has increased to 9.7% during 2020, with millions of Ukrainian citizens working abroad, mainly in Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic and other countries. Ukraine has been struggling with a large debt burden for several years, with public debt growing slightly and reaching 67.7% of GDP. Foreign direct investment in Ukraine was negatively affected by the strengthening of “market uncertainty” in 2020. The most economically developed regions in Ukraine include in particular Kyiv and Kyiv oblast, as well as Dnipropetrovsk region, Kharkiv region, Odessa region and Lviv region [source: Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ukraine].
In September 2017, the Association Agreement entered into force and became the new primary contractual document between the European Union and Ukraine. It includes the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area Agreement, which aims to link the two markets and promote diversification and increase the competitiveness of Ukrainian exports and the economy as a whole.
The Czech Republic provides humanitarian assistance, development and transition cooperation to Ukraine. These activities have been expanded especially after 2014, when the Government of the Czech Republic, by Resolution No. 167/2014, released funds to provide emergency assistance to Ukraine for the reconstruction and support of its democratic transition in the period 2014-2016. This exceptional assistance continues to this day. Ukraine is thus one of the specific countries of the Czech Republic’s Foreign Development Assistance.
Activities of the CzDA
In 2022, the last activities of the program “Modernization of the Public Education System in Ukraine II” are being finalized, including the newly identified sub-program “Support to Ukrainian Medical Universities/Faculties”.
In the context of the current military conflict in Ukraine, it is foreseeable that the CzDA’s activities in Ukraine will be strengthened in the future, in the next waves of the Czech Republic’s official assistance to Ukraine.
Projects
| Name | Sector | Country |
| Modernization of the Public Education System in Ukraine | Education , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Support for Implementation of Reforms and Increasing Expertise of Public Administration in the Area of Higher Education | Education | Ukraine |
| Assistance in Increasing Quality of Higher Education in Ukraine | Education | Ukraine |
| Assistance in increasing quality of higher education in Ukraine II | Education | Ukraine |
| Presentation for Ukrainian manufacturing companies | Government and Civil Society | Ukraine |
| Czech Red Cross: Mobile teams of medical units of the Ukrainian Red Cross | Health | Ukraine |
| Introducing Efficiency and Heredity Control System in Zhytomyr and its Surroundings | Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Increasing quality of Ukrainian Furniture | Not applicable , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Support of the development of the concept of foster care in Ukraine | Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Construction of a modern equipment for energetic use of municipal waste | Not applicable , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Support in Harmonisation of Introduction of Bologna Principles at Ukrainian Agri-Universities, case study SNAU | Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Development of the export potential of the food industry – as the way of transformation the economy of Ivano-Frankivsk region in Ukraine | Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Quality assurance in higher education in Ukraine | Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Feasibility study of water management condition in the Ivano-Frankivsk city | Not applicable , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Manufacturing and distribution of organic fertilizers and feeds in Ukraine | Not applicable , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Implementation of the system for milk control of cows and heredity in the Zhitomir region – Ukraine | Not applicable , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Lviv-Pustomyty Industrial Park (UA) | Not applicable , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Inter-university cooperation as a tool for improving the quality of selected Ukrainian universities | Education , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Transformations of Faculties of Education and Universities for the 21st Century | Education , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Development of the system of evaluation of the quality of education in Ukrainian regions | Education , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Provision of information system for the State Service for Quality Education of Ukraine | Education , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Reconstruction of premises for a special interrogation room for particularly vulnerable victims | Education , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Modernization of the public education system in Ukraine II | Education | Ukraine |
| NESEHNUTÍ Brno and climate change: new partnerships and increased capacity | Not applicable , Not applicable , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Work together to empower local and regional governments for better governance and more effective development results in EU partner countries | Not applicable , Not applicable | Ukraine |
| Support for Ukrainian medical universities/faculties | Education , Not applicable | Ukraine |
