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Reconstruction Fund: Launch Targeted for 2025 – First Board Meeting in July

by Roman Cheplyk
Thursday, June 5, 2025
2 MIN
Reconstruction Fund: Launch Targeted for 2025 – First Board Meeting in July

Kyiv and Washington agree on the steps required to activate the investment vehicle created under April’s Mineral-Resources Accord

1 | Current Status

  • Bilateral consultations: Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko met in Washington with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant and executives of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).

  • Objective: operationalise the Ukrainian-American Reconstruction Investment Fund before year-end.


2 | Immediate Milestones

Date Action Responsible Parties
July 2025 First Fund Board session (Washington) DFC, Ministry of Economy
Q3 2025 Adoption of initial capital structure and multi-year investment policy Fund Board
Q4 2025 First capital calls and deployment to priority projects Fund management team

3 | Launch Parameters under Discussion

  1. Seed capital – quantum to be approved in July; balance between US appropriations, DFC leverage and Ukrainian budget proceeds from new mineral licences.

  2. Investment strategy – focus on critical-infrastructure rebuild, energy transition projects and subsoil-linked value chains.

  3. Governance – parity representation; compliance with international fiduciary and ESG standards.


4 | Legal & Administrative Foundation

  • April 30: Inter-governmental Agreement on the Fund signed in Washington.

  • May 8: Ukrainian Parliament ratified the accord.

  • May 12–13: President Zelensky signed the law; Ukraine and DFC concluded the limited-partnership and general-partner agreements.


5 | Policy Context

The Fund is intended to channel private-sector capital into post-war reconstruction alongside concessional finance. Mineral-royalty streams and new subsoil-use fees will supply part of Ukraine’s contribution, aligning national resource revenue with rebuilding priorities.


Compiled for corporate strategists, investors and policy advisers tracking US-Ukraine recovery initiatives.

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