The mayors of Bashtanka and Pervomaisk went to Denmark to present the projects of their communities and look for partners

Mykolaiv officials at a meeting with the mayor of the Vaille municipality, Jens Christensen, photo: Mykolaiv RMA

The mayors of Bashtanka and Pervomaisk went to Denmark together with the head of Mykolaiv RMA. They presented investment proposals from their communities to partners.

The video of the visit was published by the head of the region Vitaly Kim in his Telegram channel.

In addition to Oleksandr Berehovyi and Oleh Demchenko, the deputy mayor of Mykolaiv Serhii Koreniev can also be seen in the footage.

They presented investment proposals from their communities — Pervomaisk, Voznesensk, Bashtanka, Kobleve, and Mykolaiv. In particular, partners were invited to participate in the supervision of project implementation.

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Vitalii Kim also reported that Mykolaiv region is now moving to a new level of cooperation with Denmark — a community-commune. Such a model of cooperation will make it possible to receive assistance that best meets the needs of an individual community.

According to this principle, the authorities want to proceed to the strategic planning of assistance to partners for the next three years.

«That is, a specific community from Mykolaiv region works with a specific commune in Denmark. This gives us two advantages — residents get exactly what they need, this is decentralization, which we are confidently moving towards. The second is specialization and receiving help in the direction that will give impetus to the development of business and the economy of a particular community. For example, Koblevo is a tourist region, so they will be looking for partners in this direction. For Voznesensk it will be light industry and education, for Bashtanka it will be an agrarian direction, etc.,» Vitalii Kim said.

According to this principle, the future partner of Pervomaisk will be the city of Vailje.

«The main areas of cooperation are energy efficiency, waste processing and modernization of treatment facilities. There are plans to sign the Memorandum in January of next year, but cooperation is already in full swing,» added the head of RMA.

We will remind, the head of Mykolaiv RMA Vitalii Kim is on an official visit to Denmark.

Denmark's cooperation with Mykolaiv

Back in March 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking before the Danish parliament, called on the country to take «chiefship» over Mykolaiv after the end of a full-scale war.

And already at the end of August 2022, the mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych and the Minister of International Development of Denmark Flemming Møller Mortensen signed a memorandum of cooperation. It envisages joint work on the formation of reconstruction projects and the involvement of investors from different countries in the restoration of Mykolaiv.

In January 2023, a meeting of representatives of Denmark and Ukraine took place in Mykolaiv regarding the planning of further restoration of the city. And in July, the Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark announced a package of aid for the Mykolaiv region for special equipment, medical equipment and repair of shelters.

Last September, after a meeting with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the opening of the office of the Danish Embassy in Ukraine in Mykolaiv.

And at the beginning of November, Denmark announced a new large-scale aid package to Ukraine for 40.2 million euros. At that time, it was reported that the main focus of the aid package was on Mykolaiv and the region.

In January 2024, the Kingdom of Denmark allocated another 21 million dollars to the reconstruction of the Mykolaiv region. In May — 17.2 million dollars for the reconstruction of destroyed educational institutions in the region, and in June — 33.5 million euros for the restoration of infrastructure and improving access to water and electricity supply.

In general, about 60% of the aid that Denmark sends to Ukraine goes to Mykolaiv and the Mykolaiv region, said the ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Ole Egberg Mikkelsen. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Denmark has provided 118 million dollars in aid to the Mykolaiv region. He also stated his vision of the post-war reconstruction of Mykolaiv with friendly conditions for pedestrians and bicycle infrastructure.

While in Mykolaiv, the ambassador explained that after the end of the full-scale war, Denmark would help Mykolaiv to restore and modernize its shipbuilding capacity.

In particular, the country will rebuild the Lyceum named after Mykola Arkas while preserving its authentic appearance. As of September 2023, Ukrainian architects presented Ole Egberg Mikkelsen with reconstruction options.

The ambassador also supported the idea of creating a Danish quarter or park in Mykolaiv, but today this issue remains at the idea stage.

Denmark also expressed interest in the privatization of the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant.

Also recently, in Mykolaiv, they finished painting a mural in honor of friendship and partnership with the Kingdom of Denmark. It was opened on the anniversary of the founding of Mykolaiv.

In turn, Deputy Mayor of Mykolaiv Serhii Koreniev said that Denmark plans to help the city for the next 10 years.

On September 17, in Mykolaiv, representatives of Denmark said that they were satisfied with the «positive developments» in the city and announced a new phase of the partnership, which provides for the economic and social recovery of the city.

Also, on September 17, 2024, it became known that Ukraine received the 4th and 5th packages of financial assistance from Denmark in the amount of 64 million euros, 44 of which will be received by the Mykolaiv region.

In October, it was reported that Denmark will provide more than ₴150 million for the restoration of buildings in the Korabelnyi district of Mykolaiv.

We will remind that in October representatives of «Engineers Without Borders» from Denmark visited Mykolaiv, who studied the situation with the implementation of projects of the Danish reconstruction program.