Factsheet for measure
EU-2022-51/3238
– measures in European Union
EU helps rebuild education infrastructure in Ukraine
Background information
Russian attacks have damaged or destroyed thousands of educational institutions. Many children do not have a class to attend and online education is dependent on access to energy and technology. To ensure the continuity of education, the renovation of school buildings and the provision of school buses is a top priority for the EU.
On 16 December 2022, the European Commission and the Government of Ukraine signed a support package for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of school facilities destroyed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The support will go to Ukraine through EU humanitarian partners and budget support to the Government of Ukraine.
This is part of the implementation of the President of the Commission's announcement to support Ukraine's reconstruction in the State of the Union report presented in September 2022.
Content of measure
The €100 million support package includes:
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€34 million for humanitarian assistance. This regards light and medium repairs, including repairs to windows, roofs, doors, sanitation and heating, as well as retrofitting classrooms in learning spaces and bomb shelters. This aid will be channelled through UN agencies.
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€66 million directly transferred to the Ukrainian government as budget support.
It is expected that most of the educational facilities that will benefit from this grant will be refurbished before the start of the next school year.
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€14 million of this package will be channelled through Polish bank BGK for the procurement of school buses in co-operation with Polish Solidarity Fund. The Commission has also launched an EU-wide solidarity campaign to donate school buses to Ukraine through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
Use of measure
Not available.
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Does not apply to workers
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Does not apply to businesses
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Children (minors)
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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EU (Council, EC, EP)
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European Funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
The social partners were not involved in the designing and implementation of this measure.
Views and reactions
There was no reaction from the European social partners. It should be noted that the trade unions (European Trade Union Confederation) have set up their own solidarity fund with Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
On the employers' side, the European association of crafts and small medium-sized enterprises SMEunited has consistently developed its own programme of support for Ukraine.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific (only public sector)
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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F - Construction
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F41 Construction of buildings
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P - Education
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P85 Education
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This case is not occupation-specific.
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