Project leader
Email: vladlena AT bankwatch.orgTel.: +38 066 731 26 57
Vladlena Martsynkevych is currently the Bankwatch Ukraine Reconstruction Team leader. She holds masters’ degrees in environmental science and policy from the Central European University and the National University of „Kyiv-Mohyla Academy“. She has been actively monitoring numerous international development projects since 2007. Her main qualifications include research, advocacy work, community support, particularly in the areas of development finance, sectoral reforms and public participation in decision-making.
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Wartime challenges and the European integration process present both obstacles and opportunities for Ukraine. As the country rebuilds, it has the opportunity to adopt EU best practices by embracing democratic values, public participation through the partnership principle, and financial transparency.
The World Bank has vast experience in post-disaster and conflict reconstruction projects across various regions and settings. These previous experiences must be utilised to ensure that Ukraine’s reconstruction considers all aspects of life in a complex, holistic, and multidimensional process. Success depends on combining physical reconstruction with elements of the rule of law, good governance, strengthening democratic institutions, and restoring society.
On 6 June 2023, Russian occupiers blew up the biggest dam in Ukraine. The destruction of the Kakhovka hydropower plant threatens huge environmental and humanitarian consequences for the south of Ukraine and the entire Black Sea region.
On 1 February, representatives of Ukrainian and international civil society organisations sent an open letter to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. In the letter, they call on the European Union to support civil society engagement and the incorporation of green principles into Ukraine’s reconstruction process, which will go hand in hand with the country’s EU accession.
EBRD investments in Ukrainian agro-giant MHP under investigation
February 2, 2023 | Read more
After years of community complaints about the environmental and social damage caused by Ukrainian agro-giant Myronivsky Hliboprodukt (MHP), independent investigators are now looking into the role of international public finance in contributing to those harms. Considering the current food crisis, Ukraine’s important role in the global food supply chain and the prospect of more international investments to prop up Ukraine’s economy, it is time for financiers to learn the lessons of their past mistakes.
