KYIV. Nov 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The cost of a pilot project of the German Society for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ) on the establishment in 2014-2017 of two municipal energy agencies in Ukraine amounts to EUR3 million, director of the project “The establishment of energy agencies in Ukraine” Robert Kuenne has reported.
“In general, this project, which will last four years from 2014 to 2017, is worth EUR3 million,” he told reporters during the eleventh international congress “Institutional and technical aspects of reforming housing and utilities services 2015” in Kyiv.
The expert noted that GIZ does not provide funds for projects, but provides technical assistance, consulting and informational support to project teams.
According to him, within the project such first Odesa Municipal Energy Agency created by GIZ in cooperation with the local authorities in Odesa began work in April 2015.
Today GIZ keeps the plan to open the second municipal energy agency in Donetsk region after the Ukrainian government resumes control over the region, he added.
