East Europe Foundation has announced the winners of the grant competition for just transition projects in coal communities under the ROOTS Program – Phase I.

The expert jury selected 9 organisations that will receive funding ranging from UAH 3 to 5 million for initiatives that enhance energy resilience, promote socio-economic diversification, improve the situation of vulnerable population groups, and strengthen the institutional capacity of communities in Lviv and Volyn oblasts.

Learn more about the winning projects:

• Renovating the waste management system in the Novovolynsk urban territorial community: development of a local waste management plan and procurement of specialized equipment
• NOVO: Academy for local business leaders
• Overhaul maintenance of the power supply infrastructure, including installation of a network solar power plant to support the water intake facility in the city of Radekhiv
• Comprehensive thermal modernization of the House of Culture in the village of Lytovezh
• Improving the well-being and economic sustainability of the Poromiv territorial community within the transformation of the coal region by renovating the centralized water supply system and supporting the development of small and medium-sized businesses
• Establishing an immersive technologies laboratory based on the Sokalsky Vocational Lyceum
• Rebuilding the warehouse premises to install a fuel pellet production line in the city of Sheptytsky
• Repairing and replacing the current pressure sewer collector at the sewage treatment plant No. 3 (village of Zhvyrka)
• Renovating electrical grids by installing a hybrid solar power plant for sewage treatment facilities in the city of Sheptytsky

We congratulate the winners and wish them success on this journey. We believe that each initiative will contribute to the just transition and sustainable development of its community.

In total, under the ROOTS Program, we will support up to 15 projects that will implement the Just Transition Action Plan through concrete solutions. The second phase of the program will cover communities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and the city of Ladyzhyn (Vinnytsia Oblast).

Grant Program «Regional Opportunities for Just Transition and Sustainability Grant Program (ROOTS)» implemented by East Europe Foundation with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) and support from Deutsche Gesellschaft for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH