Over 4,000 participants joined the discussion on the future of Ukraine during the architectural and construction BUSINESS FORUM “Reconstruction of the country. Change strategy for the architects, developers and builders” organized by the Confederation of Builders of Ukraine together with the Media Group DMNTR | “House and Interior”.
“Since the Russian Federation full-scale invasion started, more than 50 million square meters of housing, which is about 9% of the entire housing stock, more than 1.2 thousand hospitals, more than 3 thousand educational institutions, thousands of kilometres of roads, hundreds of bridges, enterprises, infrastructure facilities have been destroyed or damaged. The homes of at least 1.3 million Ukrainian families have been damaged or destroyed, over 5 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee the country. We cannot know how long the war will go on but there is the task now to restore. And it has already started. To build better, al processes must be systematic, fast and transparent,” the President of CBU Lev Partskhaladze said, during the opening of the forum.
Over 9 hours of the main program discussion and 3 hours of the discussion within the framework of the Community Recovery Forum took place non-stop at several venues.
In the first panel of the main hall “Investments. Institutions. Reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the global business context”, the state instruments and programmes for attracting international aid, which had already been implemented, were discussed.
In particular, the Head of Implementation of the State Agency for Restoration of Ukraine Vadym Nozdria described the agency functions and offices supporting at the local level, which help the communities to draw up the restoration projects and look for the donor financing based on priorities.
The co-founder of the RISE Ukraine Coalition, CEO at Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) Oleksii Dorohan spoke about the launch of the digital ecosystem DREAM and informed about filling it with potential projects.
“The restoration projects should be entered into the Sectoral System to receive state funding. 5 thousand projects have already been submitted through the system, and when the government decides, which projects it will finance from the Fund for Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression, the decisions will be made based on the digital analysis and comparison of projects not on paper,” Dorohan said.
There was a heated debate regarding the most pressing issue, which is the IDPs housing provision and destroyed housing reconstruction. The most effective and democratic tool is a mortgage, that is why the options for making the state affordable mortgage program eOselya more effective were discussed.
“1 thousand loans worth 1,3 billion UAH have already been issued. It is not much but it is the beginning,” the Deputy Minister of Economy Oleksandr Hryban said.
The Head of the Transformation Office and official of the Ministry for Restoration of Ukraine Maksim Bakhmatov emphasized that only a small part of the aid would come as a grant and the most part would be loans or private investments. And the state, communities and business joint task is to guarantee transparent selection, implementation and financing procedures.
Lev Partskhaladze informed that CBU, the only representative of Ukraine, together with the European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC), which unites 32 countries, and others had developed a general draft of recommendations for the future reconstruction of Ukraine. It contains clauses regarding open and transparent procurements, requirements for the equipment and materials, etc.
“In particular, there are recommendations on payment security, setting appropriate standards, training for communities, contractors, architects and many others, allowing us to rebuild better than before and as quickly as possible,” he said.
At the architectural block, the participants focused on the reconstruction philosophy, energy efficiency and inclusiveness in particular. Already developed projects, which could speed up the reconstruction, were shown. The consultant of the GIZ Project “Promotion of Energy Efficiency and Implementation of the EU Directive about the Energy Efficiency in Ukraine” Svitlana Berzina focused on inevitable implementation of green standards, both in relation to building materials and projects in general.
Andrii Pashenko showed the educational institution typical projects. The Head of Construction Centre Project Office of the Steel Manufacturing Group METINVEST Tetiana Skrypka presented the “Steel Dream” project, houses with a metal frame of different heights and purposes.
During the discussion, the Co-founder and Principal Architect at Archimatika company Dmytro Vasyliev emphasized that the urban planning decisions of rural urbanism need to be rethought during the liberated territories restoration.
The topic of urban planning policy was the main one during the third panel discussion. The analytics presented by LUN (primary and secondary housing) and CBRE Ukraine (commercial real estate) showed a positive trend towards general market recovery and investment interest in Ukraine in particular. But the panel moderator, Founder and Head of Advanter Group Andrii Dligach, emphasized that the main issues had not been resolved yet, either at the state level or at the community level. Where exactly and who should we build the houses and industrial facilities for? Should we restore infrastructure with public/loan funds or private investments? How should we stimulate people to return and invest in business development of various formats, etc.?
In particular, the panellists, including active business representatives, emphasized that it is business that is able and has the opportunity to attract foreign investments (both direct and in form of funds). And the expectations of safety and legal protection conditions from the state institutions have not changed.
In addition, as a part of the BUSINESS FORUM, the Community Recovery Forum, which brought together the government officials, local self-government associations, regional military administrations, mayors and village heads, as well as the industry experts, was held.
During the discussion, the Chairman of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils Yuriy Andriichuk pointed out the instruments that would stimulate investment in the east of the country are urgently needed. “We consider the 75 km border zone in the East and North should be a priority. Our territories should not be liberated only but there should be the life, and people should return,” he said. The expert drew attention to the fact that it is necessary to attract such tools as concessions and international insurance programs in addition to loans and grants.
“We have already compiled issues of 1,800 settlements in the gray zone. The insurance companies, which will provide the opportunities to create jobs, are needed for an investor to come there,” he said.
During the forum, the President of the Confederation of Builders of Ukraine Lev Partskhaladze and Head of the Association of Small Cities of Ukraine Pavlo Kozyrev signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on joint actions aimed at increasing the capacity of local self-governments of Ukrainian communities to restore the communities and territories affected by Russia’s military aggression. The cooperation provides advisory, informational, expert and analytical, as well as other support, organization and implementation of joint events, projects and programs using the digital platform “SUPERMARKET OF SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES” as an effective tool to interact with local self-government officials.
In total, more than 40 speakers took part in the forum discussions and several hundred viewers joined the online broadcast.
During the forum, architectural bureaus, manufacturers and suppliers of products and technologies presented their projects, products and technologies at the exhibition venues. There was also an exhibition of the works of All-Ukrainian competitions Ukrainian Urban Awards and Interior of the Year. At the same time, master classes of architects, urbanists, designers and developers were held on additional venues in a non-stop format from 12:00 to 21:00.
The organizers transferred 500,000 hryvnias to the Fund of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky UNITED24, destination: Reconstruction of Ukraine.
Lev Partskhaladze emphasized that the BUSINESS FORUM primarily aimed at the consolidation of efforts of all those who will be involved in the reconstruction of Ukraine.
“That is why it is important to bring together government officials, business, communities, international community, etc. on one platform. I am sure that the reconstruction of Ukraine should be implemented quickly, efficiently and transparently due to the synergy and active participation of the professional public and local communities,” he concluded.
General sponsor: Metinvest
General Partner: ARCHICLUB
Finance Partner: Bank Globus
Strategic Partner: LUN, Forbes
Partners of the event: SAGA Development, TOPIAR, TOMA GROUP, Kolorit, Farba Service, Світ Меблів, Sensar Development, Міністерство дверей, KMD- facade solutions, BUDOVA, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Ukraine, Креатор-Буд, Інтергал-Буд, UGLA, MANEZH, Beloded Landscaping, Galleria Porcellanato, Інститут екологічного управління та збалансованого природокористування – проєкт GIZ Energy Efficiency and Climate Projects, СПС-БУД, Нове Століття, Royal House, ГК «Моноліт», Reynaers Aluminium Belgium, АГРОМАТ, ТОВ Данко, GalantPole, hansgrohe Ukraine, KyivBuild, ПБФ ГРУП, Оскар Груп, Ribas Hotels Group, Harmet Modular Houses, Caspian Servise, Natuzzi, Bosphorus Development
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According to the World Health Organization, 48,000 people around the world die of melanoma every year. It is one of the most dangerous types of cancer, because despite the small size of the primary tumor, it can quickly spread to any organs. Although once thought to be a disease of advanced years, it is now often diagnosed among people in their 30s and 50s. Also, women have melanoma more often than men.
Melanoma develops from melanocytes, which normally synthesize pigment to protect our skin from the effects of ultraviolet radiation, meaning sunlight.
95% of melanomas are caused by overexposure to ultraviolet radiation.
The risk of melanoma is increased in people who have:
– a history of sunburn, especially in childhood and adolescence;
– light skin, red hair, blue eyes (light skin phototype (Fitzpatrick I,II phototype);
– many moles (more than 50) or atypical moles;
– family history of melanoma, especially if the disease developed at a young age (i.e., under age 40);
– Age 50 or older;
– Previously diagnosed skin cancer, including basal cell cancer or squamous cell cancer.
How can you protect yourself and prevent the development of skin cancer?
Follow the basic rules of prevention:
-Avoid sunburns;
-Use protective creams;
-Examine your skin regularly and seek medical attention promptly for any changes.
When examining the skin, pay attention to changes in the size of moles, asymmetry of their edges, color changes, bleeding, pain or discomfort around the mole, formations that differ from other formations on the skin.
If you notice these signs of melanoma in time and contact a dermatologist or dermatologist – the development of the disease can be prevented.
Any skin growth must be removed with histological verification of the diagnosis. For this purpose CSD LAB Medical Laboratory performs histological tests, which help to determine if the neoplasm is benign or malignant.
And the exact results of the laboratory tests are the guarantee of a correct diagnosis and the selection of an effective therapy.
Agroliga group (Kharkiv region) made net profit of EUR0.77 mln in January-March 2023, a 70.5% increase from January-March 2022.
According to the company’s report on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on Tuesday, its first-quarter revenue rose 32.4% to EUR12.91 million.
However, due to higher cost of sales, gross profit rose less, by 11.3% to EUR2.33 million, while distribution costs, which increased 4.2 times to EUR1.01 million, also caused a 36.1% drop in operating profit to EUR1.11 million.
The Agroholding notes that its free cash flow at the end of the first quarter stood at EUR1.67 million, compared with EUR1.74 million at the end of 2022.
The main shareholders of the group are Alexander Berdnik and Irina Poplavskaya with 41.66% each, and 16.68% of the shares are in free float.
As it was reported, Agroliga group received net loss of EUR2.21 million in 2022, compared to net profit of EUR8.13 million a year earlier, which was due to the Russian full-scale aggression. Its revenue grew by 18.9% to EUR47.46 million.
In its annual report the agroholding said it operates about 8 thnd hectares of land, a pressing oil plant with 42 thnd mtpa crushing capacity and an oil extraction plant with 100-180 thnd mtpa sunflower seed processing capacity, which can also produce soybean and rapeseed oil.
In addition, the group completed construction of power facilities that operate at a “green” tariff and ensure zero-waste production.
The Icelandic Parliament has supported the proposal to transfer a field hospital for the Ukrainian military, Prime Minister of Iceland Katrin Jacobsdottir said.
“All parties in the Icelandic parliament have united in a proposal for Iceland to hand over a field hospital to Ukraine,” she tweeted Monday.
“We remain committed to supporting the Ukrainian people: this gesture is a symbol of our continued solidarity,” summarized Katrin Jacobsdottir.
Oil prices are rising on Tuesday morning after a rebound in the previous session, while before that quotations had been falling for three days in a row.
The price of July futures for Brent on London’s ICE Futures Exchange stood at $75.57 per barrel by 8:07 a.m., $0.34 (0.45%) above the close of the previous session. Those contracts rose $1.06 (1.4%) to $75.23 a barrel on Monday.
The price of WTI futures for June oil grew by $0.27 (0.38%) to $71.38 per barrel at electronic auctions of New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) by that time. The day before the contracts value grew by $1.07 (1.5%) to $71.11 per barrel.
The strong macroeconomic data from China were a positive factor for the market, though it turned out to be worse than the market forecasts.
As it was reported, the industrial production in China in April increased by 5.6% compared to the same month last year after growth by 3.9% in March. Meanwhile, retail sales soared 18.4% last month after rising 10.6% a month earlier.
Analysts on average had forecast a 10.9% increase in industrial production and a 21% increase in retail sales, according to Trading Economics.
Also, the market is supported by hopes that the White House and Congress will be able to agree on raising the U.S. debt ceiling.
Negotiations on the debt ceiling between President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are expected to resume on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Energy announced plans to buy up to 3 million barrels of oil to replenish the strategic reserve. Last spring, Biden announced the sale of 180 million barrels from the reserve to combat fuel shortages in the market.
As of May 5, the volume of oil reserves in the strategic reserve was 362 million barrels, while the maximum possible level was 713 million barrels. The current figure is the lowest since the 1980s, writes MarketWatch.
Changes in revenue of consolidated budget in 2021-2023 (%)
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
