Today, the Parliament passed a very important law on public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the second reading. It is no exaggeration to say that we have been working for years to get it passed .

Thus, in Ukraine, infrastructure will be able to be built or restored not on the principle of "everything from the budget" but in partnership with business and donors. On the basis of public-private partnership. The way it happens in the world.

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Although the concept of PPPs has existed in Ukraine for a long time, we have only signed two large concession agreements so far. Thanks to the changes to the legislation, we expect the PPP mechanism to finally work and bring us up to USD 1 billion in investments in specific projects in the coming years. First of all, these may be the following areas: ports, hospitals, municipal facilities.

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