Launch and Dialogue Event New European Bauhaus Academy Hub (NEBA Hub) Ukraine

Ukraine’s reconstruction is not only a matter of replacing damaged assets, but of rebuilding places and systems in a way that is sustainable, inclusive and future-oriented. According to the Fifth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5), as of 31 December 2025 the total cost of recovery and reconstruction in Ukraine is estimated at almost US$588 billion over the next decade, while 14% of the housing stock has been damaged or destroyed, affecting more than 3 million households. Housing, transport and energy remain among the most affected sectors, which underlines the need for new skills, approaches and partnerships able to support high-quality reconstruction. 

In this context, the New European Bauhaus (NEB) offers a relevant framework for Ukraine. The NEB is a European Commission initiative that translates the objectives of the European Green Deal into tangible change on the ground by bringing together sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics and by promoting participatory, transdisciplinary and multi-level approaches. Its relevance for Ukraine lies in the fact that reconstruction and modernization today must go beyond technical replacement and support greener, more livable and socially inclusive municipalities, while also contributing to Ukraine’s gradual alignment with EU approaches to the built environment and territorial development. The NEB Academy (NEBA) was launched as part of this broader effort to strengthen skills, knowledge, and innovation for the transformation of the built environment. It operates through NEBA Hubs established throughout Europe. 

The NEBA Hub Ukraine project has been designed to join the NEB Academy and contribute to transformation of the built environment in Ukraine. U-LEAD with Europe, Just and Green Urban Recovery Accelerator (JGURA) and EU4Reconstruction are dedicated to advancement of NEB principles in their work via different instruments, and, therefore, and jointly co-hosting this event. The Hub is conceived as a national platform for education, competence development, exchange, collection of practices and multi-stakeholder cooperation around NEB-aligned reconstruction in Ukraine. This launch and dialogue event aims at opening a broader co-creation process for defining Hub’s strategic framework, governance model, partnerships and future areas of activity. It should be seen as the starting point for building a wider community and ecosystem around NEB-based reconstruction in Ukraine.

The event targets Ukrainian government authorities, EU Commission, municipal representatives and local self-government associations, universities vocational education providers, business associations and other relevant professional institutions, civil society organisations, architects, planners, engineers and other built-environment professionals active in NEB and interesting in joining this emerging platform or learning about it.

Format: Online
Languages: Ukrainian and English with simultaneous interpretation
Registration: please email iryna [dot] volskagiz [dot] de (iryna[dot]volska[at]giz[dot]de) by 10 May 2026 to register.