The remarkable contribution of Ukrainian municipalities
Since the beginning of the decentralisation reforms, which also have been driven forward with German support since 2014, Ukrainian municipalities have been taking on increasing responsibility for local tasks and development. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian municipalities and municipal companies have been doing extraordinary work to protect the lives of the population […]
Continued support for Irpinvodokanal from the Zweckverbands Wasser/Abwasser Bornaer Land
Background The solidarity operator partnership between ZBL and Irpinvodokanal has been in place since summer 2023. It complements the long-standing town twinning between Borna and Irpin, in which ZBL’s managing director, Simone Luedtke, is heavily involved. Already in the pilot phase of the partnership, urgently needed technical equipment and materials for restoring the drinking water […]
Utility Platform at ReBuild Ukraine 2025
Trilateral Workshop on Tariff Setting in the Water and Wastewater Sector As part of the ReBuild Ukraine Conference, the German Association of Local Public Utilities (VKU) hosted a trilateral workshop on 12 November 2025 together with the Polish Chamber of Waterworks (IGWP) and the Association of Ukrainian Water Utilities (Ukrovodokanalekologiya). Supported by the KommuNe, Felicity II and the […]
Water connects: Operator partnership between Khersonvodokanal and BonnNetz secures supply in times of war
A solidarity operator partnership between the German company BonnNetz and the water supply company Khersonvodokanal from Kherson, Ukraine, has been in place since the end of 2023. The aim of this partnership is to promote the exchange of expertise and to support the Ukrainian partners in restoring and stabilising the drinking water supply. Personal exchange […]
Successful digital workshop strengthens German-Ukrainian operator partnerships
“German-Ukrainian expert exchange is effective – sustainable, practical, cooperative”: Under this motto, the Utility Platform invited municipal utilities from Germany and Ukraine to a digital workshop on 16 September 2025. The participants come from the drinking water, wastewater, waste, and recycling sector and are already involved in a German-Ukrainian operator partnership—some even since 2021, i.e., […]
Sumy water utility enhances laboratory capabilities through operator partnership
For the past three years, the municipal enterprise Miskvodokanal in Sumy has been engaged in a successful international cooperation with the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) in the framework of the Utility Platform project. This ongoing collaboration has significantly strengthened the technical and operational capacity of Miskvodokanal. Through consistent dialogue and exchange with the German partner, the […]
Factsheet of the Utility Platform
The Utlility Platform in brief: background, objectives, approach, including its special approch in the Ukraine.
Solidarity in practice: Visit to PaKo + visit of Ukrainian partners in Oldenburg
After participating in the German-Ukrainian Municipal Partnership Conference in Münster, they worked together on technical topics in Oldenburg, including sewage sludge treatment and remediation using short liners. During the conference, discussions focused on potential synergies in partnerships and Ukraine’s accession to the EU. In a panel discussion on municipal umbrella organisations, Ukraine’s municipal services were […]
Working meeting between the operators EcoService-2022 and BAV
Biowaste management in practice – learning and exchange in a German-Ukrainian utility partnership EcoService-2022 was founded in 2022 by four municipalities in the Poltava oblast as Ukraine’s first waste management association. The founding municipalities received significant support from the ‘Export Initiative Environmental Protection’, which is promoting the development of sustainable waste management in Ukraine on […]
German-Ukrainian municipal partnership conference in June 2025
From 16 to 19 June 2025, the seventh German-Ukrainian Municipal Partnership Conference took place in Münster under the motto “From solidarity to transformation: For Ukraine. For Europe.” Around 650 representatives of municipalities, committed individuals and interested parties from the German-Ukrainian partnership network took part. The conference offered a wide range of opportunities for dialogue, information […]