Upgrade Ukraine is an international hub that connects diverse stakeholders participating and investing in Ukraine's recovery

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Challenge

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th has severely negatively impacted the livelihood of most Ukrainians.

After the Russian Air Attacks on Ukraine's Power System, one of the biggest challenges is providing its citizens with electricity, heating, and water.

What we want

We want to create an ecosystem of Ukrainians and Europeans collaborating to develop innovative solutions to help Ukraine recover.

We want to ensure that international recovery funds and are used effectively to support the most needed.

Upgrade Ukraine is structured in 4 phases

October 2022

1 - Upgrade Ukraine Conference

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May 2023

3 - X-prize energy

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May 2023

4 - Pilot Projects

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Podcast

We will create podcasts and media activities to talk about Ukraine's reinvention, rebuilding, and recovery to educate people and show opportunities for recovery. The first topics that we will discuss are Energy and Construction.

Power Ukraine Conference

We will create a series of conferences around Europe on specific topics like Energy, Construction, and Technology to connect Ukrainian and international organizations to cooperate and discuss opportunities in working with Ukraine not only when the war is over but now.

Competition

We will create a competition (like X-prize) to support the best tangible projects to help Ukraine recover. We will make an open call and will raise capital & connect with partners to sustain the competition & invest in the projects that win.

Milestones

The conference Upgrade Ukraine

25th October, Berlin

100 - Ukrainian and international participants

16 - speakers to cooperate and discuss Ukraine's recovery

We have made Upgrade Ukraine conference, which gathered 100 Ukrainian and international participants, and 16 speakers to cooperate and discuss Ukraine's recovery.

The event's main goal was to create an international hub, thanks to which there is an opportunity to establish productive cooperation between representatives of Ukrainian and German businesses now, without waiting for the war's end.

Power Ukraine Conference

The aim of the first conference is to discuss the challenges the energy sector in Ukraine is facing and to identify opportunities for off-grid decentralised energy projects that can be applied domestically.

After the conference, our goal will be to initiate a competition for teams to participate in sustainable decentralized pilot projects within Ukraine when the war is over. A total of 5 teams will be selected and receive funding for 2 years.

WHY CLIMATE AND ENERGY FOCUS

The weaponization of energy has put every nation on alert and highlights the need for diversification of energy supplies. Ukraine’s post-war energy transformation will provide renewable, decentralized energy production opportunities. Ukraine’s above average annual amount of solar irradiation, for instance, makes it an exceedingly attractive producer of solar energy, particularly for existing industrial facilities and the growing agribusiness sector.

WHY competition

Our competition-challenge provides an opportunity and a framework to bring together multi-party stakeholders who are interested in providing investment and technological solutions to a decentralized energy infrastructure in Ukraine as the country rebuilds. The competitions have clear goals that can be objectively measure. We anticipate grants from USD 20 to $50 million to be awarded for this competition.

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