UkraineInvest has presented a detailed pipeline of investment opportunities for Slovak companies within the EU s Ukraine Facility programme and its investment component, the Ukraine Investment Framework. The presentation took place at the conference Slovakia–Ukraine Dialogue A Vision for Shared Prosperity hosted by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for the Recovery Plan and the Knowledge Economy.
Executive Director of UkraineInvest Maryna Khlystun joined a panel on the role of the Ukraine Facility in mobilising private capital for Ukraine s transformational recovery. She emphasised that the combination of war risk insurance support, EU level guarantees and access to skilled human capital makes Ukraine increasingly investable for Slovak business, particularly in the border regions.
Risk mitigation through Ukraine Facility and war risk insurance
The Government of Ukraine is introducing a mechanism to compensate part of the insurance premium for war risk coverage. The scheme will allow companies operating anywhere in the country to reduce their effective insurance rate to around one percent. Compensation per company is capped at one million hryvnias per year and will be administered by the Export Credit Agency of Ukraine.
In parallel the European Investment Bank together with the European Commission and other international institutions is developing Ukraine Investment Framework instruments that include guarantees and blended finance solutions. These tools are designed to reduce political and credit risk for foreign direct investors and to crowd in private capital alongside multilateral funding.
Sectors and projects relevant for Slovak companies
During the conference UkraineInvest and Slovak partners highlighted a range of sectors where Slovak business has both industrial competence and geographic advantages. Priority directions include modernisation of energy and grid infrastructure, storage systems, transport and logistics hubs, multimodal terminals, agro processing near logistics corridors, production of construction materials, digitalisation and IT services, critical raw materials and industrial cooperation in strategic value chains.
Special attention was paid to public private partnership opportunities in healthcare, infrastructure and industrial parks, as well as privatisation assets that can host new production facilities. Successful examples of existing Slovak Ukrainian cooperation such as industrial projects in energy and manufacturing were used to demonstrate that cross border joint ventures are already working in practice.
Institutional cooperation and next steps
UkraineInvest held separate working meetings with representatives of the Slovak Deputy Prime Minister s Office and the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency to deepen institutional cooperation. The parties agreed to coordinate project pipelines, prepare step by step guidance for Slovak companies entering the Ukrainian market and organise targeted business delegations with a focus on concrete deals. A memorandum of understanding defining roles and coordination mechanisms is expected in the near future, with the first new projects to be announced in 2026.
What it means for investors
For Slovak and other international investors, the Ukraine Facility programme and the Ukraine Investment Framework create a more predictable path into Ukrainian projects by combining EU guarantees, war risk insurance compensation and professional support from UkraineInvest. Investors can explore bankable opportunities in energy, logistics, agro processing, construction materials, digital infrastructure and industrial production with risk mitigation tools that were not available before.
Participation today allows companies to secure early positions in cross border supply chains that will serve the long term reconstruction of Ukraine and integration with EU markets. For advisory firms, banks and industrial groups in Slovakia, the emerging pipeline provides multiple entry points ranging from equity participation and project finance to engineering, equipment supply and service contracts.
